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* WhipItGood: Silva carries a riding crop with him.
* WomanChild: Baby Doll, and she makes a conscious effort. Still, her marriage to Archie Lee has made her more disillusioned and cynical than most examples.

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* WhipItGood: WhipOfDominance: Silva carries is always carrying a riding crop with him.
him, which gives him a commanding aura. He uses to intimidate Baby Doll when he interrogates her about the arson, swatting her with it a few times, though he claims he's [[BlatantLies "swatting flies"]].
* WomanChild: Baby Doll, and she makes a conscious effort. Still, her marriage to Archie Lee has made her more disillusioned and cynical than most examples.examples.

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%%* GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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Nineteen-year-old Baby Doll (Baker) is married to failing cotton businessman Archie Lee Meighan (Malden), but she's saving herself for her twentieth birthday. She acts like a child and consciously sleeps in a crib [[StillSucksThumb while sucking her thumb]].

Archie Lee is in debt and their furniture is being moved away because of it. It's worse for him when Sicilian Silva Vacarro (Wallach) moves into town with a booming business. Jealous, Archie Lee burns down Vacarro's gin. Vacarro is bent on revenge so he seduces Baby Doll...

The film was banned in the United States for twenty years because it was too scandalous for the time, even though it earned Eli Wallach a Golden Globe Award, and Carroll Baker an Academy Award nomination. The film is credited with originating the name and popularity of the babydoll nightgown.

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Nineteen-year-old In the Mississippi Delta, nineteen-year-old Baby Doll (Baker) is married to failing cotton businessman Archie Lee Meighan (Malden), but she's saving herself for her twentieth birthday. She acts like a child and consciously sleeps in a crib [[StillSucksThumb while sucking her thumb]].

Archie Lee is in debt and their furniture is being moved away because of it. It's Things get even worse for him when Sicilian Silva Vacarro (Wallach) moves into town with a booming business. Jealous, Archie Lee burns down Vacarro's gin. Vacarro is bent on revenge revenge, so he seduces Baby Doll...

The film was banned Banned in the United States for twenty years because it was too scandalous for the time, even time (even though it earned Eli Wallach a Golden Globe Award, UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward and Carroll Baker an Academy Award nomination. The UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination), the film is credited with originating the name and popularity of the babydoll nightgown.nightgown.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ''So much of it''. Silva and Baby Doll's interactions are filled with sexual tension. The film doesn't show what they were up to when playing "chauffeur", though it does imply offscreen sex or seduction when Silva curls up in Baby Doll's crib.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ''So much of it''. Silva GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and Baby Doll's interactions persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are filled with sexual tension. The film doesn't show what they were up reading this in the future, please check the trope page to when playing "chauffeur", though it does imply offscreen sex or seduction when Silva curls up in Baby Doll's crib.make sure your example fits the current definition.
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'''Silva Vacarro:''' No, you just smile, Mrs. Meighan. You got an attractive smile. [[HeroicDimples Dimples]].

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'''Silva Vacarro:''' No, you just smile, Mrs. Meighan. You got an attractive smile. [[HeroicDimples Dimples]].Dimples.
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* WhenSheSmiles: Silvia tells Baby Doll that she has a beautiful smile and asks her to smile again.
-->'''Silva Vacarro:''' You make me think of cotton. No! No fabric or cloth, not even satin or silk cloth, and no kind of fiber, not even cotton fiber, has the absolute delicacy to your skin.\\
'''Baby Doll:''' Well, what should I say? Thanks or somethin'?\\
'''Silva Vacarro:''' No, you just smile, Mrs. Meighan. You got an attractive smile. [[HeroicDimples Dimples]].
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* ComfortingComforter: Baby Doll throws a blanket over Silva while he goes to sleep in her crib.

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