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Plot summary

In 1917, the last months of legal prostitution in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana. Hattie, a prostitute at the elegant home of Madame Nell, and her 12-year-old daughter Violet are the only ones awake when photographer Ernest J. Bellocq comes by with his camera. He takes photographs of Hattie and fascinates Violet. Over the next few months, Nell arranges for the auction of Violet's virginity, Hattie marries and goes to St. Louis, leaving Violet behind, and Violet determines to marry Bellocq. Whore redirects here. ... Storyville was the prostitution district of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1897 through 1917. ... The De Wallen red-light district in Amsterdam A red-light district is a neighborhoooood where prostitution and other businesses in the sex industry flourish. ... Nickname: Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: , Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Government  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area  - City  350. ... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... Ernest J. Bellocq (1873-1949) was a professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century. ... Large format camera lens. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Main cast

• Brooke Shields .... Violet
• Keith Carradine .... Bellocq
• Susan Sarandon .... Hattie
• Frances Faye .... Nell
• Antonio Fargas .... Professor
• Matthew Anton .... Red Top
• Diana Scarwid .... Frieda
• Barbara Steele .... Josephine
• Seret Scott .... Flora
• Cheryl Markowitz .... Gussie
• Susan Manskey .... Fanny
• Laura Zimmerman .... Agnes
• Miz Mary .... Odette
• Gerrit Graham .... Highpockets
• Mae Mercer .... Mama Mosebery

Shields and Carradine (center left) and Sarandon (center right) in a setting with costumes and poses inspired by the historic photos of Ernest J. Bellocq

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Film music

The soundtrack used many local New Orleans musicians playing in the jazz, ragtime, and blues style of the city in the early 20th century. A LP album of the soundtrack, also entitled Pretty Baby, was issued in 1978 on ABC Records. // In film formats, the sound track is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Look up ragtime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. ... It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ... ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records, the recording arm of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres. ...

Academy Award for Original Music Score in the "Adaptation Score" category. As defined by Rule Sixteen of the Academy Awards Rules, the Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. ...

Performers include the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, James Booker, Kid Thomas Valentine, Raymond Burke, Louis Nelson, Louis Barbarin. James Booker James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 – November 8, 1983) was an eccentric and flamboyant pianist and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Thomas Valentine, commonly known as Kid Thomas (3 February 1896 - 18 June 1987) was a jazz trumpeter and bandleader. ... Raymond Burke (6 June 1904 - 21 March 1986) was a jazz clarinetist. ... Louis Nelson (born September 17, 1902 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died April 5, 1990 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was a trombonist most associated to Dixieland music. ... Louis Barbarin (1902-1997) was a New Orleans Jazz drummer. ...

Controversy

• In addition to the subject of child prostitution, some eyebrows were raised because of scenes involving a 12-year-old Brooke Shields appearing nude. Because of this, the 109 minute film was edited down to 106 minutes in some releases. The unedited version of the film is now available on DVD, but there is controversy amongst its fans because of differences in film dimensions, leading some people to believe that the film was either incorrectly matted or the victim of false letterboxing.
• Susan Sarandon provided a g-string for Brooke Shields to wear in most of her nude scenes so she would not have to be totally nude.^[1] This film received an R rating in the U.S., an 18 rating in the U.K., and an R18+ rating in Australia, for nudity and sexual content.

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External links

• Pretty Baby at the Internet Movie Database
• Pretty Baby at All Movie Guide
• Pretty Baby at Rotten Tomatoes

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References

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078111/trivia