Forbidden Overview:

Forbidden (1932) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by Tod Browning and produced by Irving Thalberg, Tod Browning, Dwain Esper, Harry Rapf and Hildegarde Stadie.

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Book Review: Forbidden Cocktails: Libations Inspired By The World Of Pre-Code Hollywood

By Stephen Reginald on Jun 17, 2024 From Classic Movie Man

Book Review: Forbidden Cocktails: Libations Inspired By The World Of Pre-Code Hollywood Title: Forbidden Cocktails: Libations Inspired By The World Of Pre-Code Hollywood By: Andre Darlington Publisher: Running Press – Turner Classic Movies ISBN: 978-0-7624-8520-8 (hardcover) ISBN: 978... Read full article


Treat Yourself to Forbidden Cocktails!

By shadowsandsatin on Mar 7, 2024 From Shadows and Satin

If you know me, you know that I enjoy a tasty cocktail from time to time. I even like the word ?cocktail? ? it invokes Art Deco rooms peopled by beautiful people clad in impeccable clothes exchanging exquisitely memorable bon mots. Toss a pre-Code movie into this mix, and I?m in heaven! That?s what ... Read full article


“Forbidden Street,” the hit that never was

By Stephen Reginald on Feb 14, 2024 From Classic Movie Man

“Forbidden Street,” the hit that never was Forbidden Street (1949) was a melodrama directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Dana Andrews and Maureen O’Hara. The other cast members include Sybil Thorndike, Fay Compton, and A. E. Matthews. The movie, set in Victorian London, was ... Read full article


Book Review: FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD--THE PRE-CODE ERA (1930-1934)

By Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 20, 2019 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Probably no other entity has done more to showcase "Pre-Code" cinema than Turner Classic Movies. The cable television network constantly shows Pre-Code films day after day, and many home video collections containing titles from that era have been released with TCM's support. The network's connection... Read full article


Silent Sunday – Forbidden Fruit (1921)

By Michael on Apr 29, 2018 From Durnmoose Movie Musings

Since Sunday tends to be a day of quiet and reflection for many people, it seems an appropriate day to celebrate silent movies. But in keeping with the “day of rest” theme, I’m just going to post this without any commentary and just sit back and let you enjoy.... Read full article


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Quotes from

Roscoe: [whenever he asks only one of the two Siamese twins to stay, and the twins have to leave together] You always use that as a excu-excuse, an alib-b-b-bi.


Phroso: Schlitze your a real man,s woman.


[referring to a "half-man/half-woman" who has given Hercules an alluring look]
Roscoe: I think she likes you - but he don't.


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After the film had been withdrawn and shelved by MGM, the distribution rights were acquired by notorious exploitation roadshow specialist Dwain Esper. Esper traveled the country showing the film under such lurid titles as "Forbidden Love" and "Nature's Mistakes".
When MGM production chief Irving Thalberg gave Willis Goldbeck the assignment to write a draft of a screenplay based on Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins's story "Spurs", the only direction he gave Goldbeck was that the script had to be "horrible". The writer completed his draft quickly and turned the script over to Thalberg. A few days later, Goldbeck was summoned to Thalberg's office, where he found the producer slumped forward on his desk with his face buried in his arms, as if overwhelmed. After a moment, Thalberg sat up straight and looked at Goldbeck. "Well," said Thalberg, "it's horrible."
Dwarf John George - for reasons unknown - does not appear in "Freaks", even though a role was specifically written for him in the screenplay.
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