Pretty Baby
Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet. When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips town to get married, Violet quickly loses her innocence and focuses on reuniting with Bellocq. But a life with Bellocq is compromised for Violet after her mother returns to town.
- genus: Drama
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- keyword: virgin, prostitute, photographer, photography, brothel, new orleans, louisiana, loss of virginity, young prostitute, brothel madam, 1910s, child prostitution, demeaning, disheartening, distressing, inflammatory
- cast: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye, Antonio Fargas, Matthew Anton
