the marvelous miss carroll baker, ladies and gentlemen. this still frame was taken, of course, from the genius, highly contro-versial 1957 elia kazan film 'babydoll.' its required viewing. i read her autobiography. what a woman. smart, tough, beautiful, and admirably dedicated to her craft. some parties attempted to ban the film with no luck. carroll stars as a child bride who finds herself in the center of a firey vengeful uproar. the role raised many prudish eyebrows and won carroll an oscar nomination. in the early 70's, she parted ways with hollywood to explore the looser restrictions of movies abroad. there were several mainly italian productions in which she was able to take some chances, and take off some clothes. she even worked with andy warhol. i can't praise carroll enough. she's my favorite hollywood blonde; even above harlow and monroe. oh, carroll... it was love at first sight. sigh.
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