---
title: 'Forbidden (1932)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Capra'
released: '1932-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/forbidden-1932'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022905/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Forbidden (1932)

1932 · 83 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Forbidden is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, and Ralph Bellamy. An original story inspired by the 1931 novel Back Street by Fannie Hurst, with a screenplay by Jo Swerling, the film is about a young librarian who falls in love with a married man while on a sea cruise. The film's copyright was registered in 1932 and renewed in 1959. It will enter the American public domain on January 1, 2028.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Capra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-capra)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank Capra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-capra), [Fannie Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/fannie-hurst), [Jo Swerling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jo-swerling)
- **Producer:** [Frank Capra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-capra), [Harry Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cohn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-walker)
- **Editor:** [Maurice Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-wright)

## Cast

- [Barbara Stanwyck](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-stanwyck)
- [Florence Wix](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-wix)
- [Edward LeSaint](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-lesaint)
- [Jack Chefe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-chefe)
- [Adolphe Menjou](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolphe-menjou)
- [Fred Kelsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-kelsey)
- [Harry Holman](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-holman)
- [Eddie Kane](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-kane)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Wild Bill Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/wild-bill-elliott)
- [Claude King](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-king)
- [Arthur Hoyt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hoyt)
- [Thomas Jefferson](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-jefferson)
- [Halliwell Hobbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/halliwell-hobbes)
- [Edmund Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-mortimer)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/forbidden-1932
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