baby face be a precode melodrama star a very young barbara stanwyck and an almost unrecognizable george brent and and theresa harris . it about a girl who go to the city to make good . or should i say make time . stanwyck father have be pimp her for one reason or another her whole life in dingy and depressed and filthy erie and pennsylvania . after her father dy and one old father type who know what she be through and truly care about her future advise her to go to the big city and take advantage of opportunity there and not the easy one and to take the high road in life . ( note that i saw the censored version and not the uncut this part of the film be redone for the censor . ) she and chico ( harris ) go to new york where lily ( nickname represent baby face ) decide the low road a lot smooth and will get her where she want to go a lot faster . in the movie most famous scene and the camera move u up the corporate ladder by take u from floor to floor a lily sleep her way to the top . she finally corral the big man himself and be able to quit her day job . trouble follow and and she soon involve in a huge scandal . stanwyck wear lot of makeup and for most of the film be cool a a cucumber a she seduce one man after another with no regret and and she great at play the innocent victim . in one scene and she sit star at a king ransom in jewel while wear a black dress that look like it decorate with diamond at the top . then she ask chico for another case and and that fill with more jewelry and plus security . all in a day work . theresa harris be an interesting talent she could be play down or glamorous and and be a talented singer and dancer as well . here and she sing or hum the movie theme and st. louis woman throughout . she work in literally dozen of movie and be very good here a a friend of stanwyck and her best work be in the precode era . a a bizarre byproduct of the code and black be often give less to do in film after it be put in place . precode film could be more sexually blatant and therefore and though theyre 70 plus year old and seem more modern . even though these film do not have to have moral ending and baby face learn her lesson how like life it be after all . there be several ending of this film and all with the same message . the one i saw have an added scene and but apparently and there be two other ending that do not pass the censor . ( there wasn not a code but there be always censor . ) at any rate and it a neat surprise . baby face be an important film in movie history a must see .