Baby Doll; the script for the film, incorporating the two one-act plays which suggested it; 27 wagons full of cotton [and] The long stay cut short; or The unsatisfactory supper.
The story of Archie, a Mississippi cotton gin owner who has only one real joy in life: his child-bride Baby Doll. In a few hours he will really have her, because the one-year marriage agreement that has kept them under the same leaky roof--but never in the same bed--is about to run out. Baby Doll be...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York]
New Directions
[1956]
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| Summary: | The story of Archie, a Mississippi cotton gin owner who has only one real joy in life: his child-bride Baby Doll. In a few hours he will really have her, because the one-year marriage agreement that has kept them under the same leaky roof--but never in the same bed--is about to run out. Baby Doll becomes the pawn in a battle between her husband and his enemy. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Basbanes Collection copy is part of the Nicholas A. Basbanes Collection. |
| Physical Description: | 208 pages 21 cm Also issued online. |