Forbidden

1932 • 85 minutes

About this movie

In this fast-paced potboiler, Barbara Stanwyck stars as a staid librarian who falls in love with district attorney Adolph Manjou. The two have an affair though Menjou is married. Stanwyck has a daughter and the child is adopted by Menjou, while Stanwyck gets a job working Ralph Bellamy. Meanwhile, Menjou works his way up the political ladder to governor and Stanwyck marries Bellamy, who soon learns of her past. © 1932, renewed 1959 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.