Pretty Baby

7.0
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 110 min
  • Premiere: 1978. April 5.

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.

Discover

Antonio Fargas

Professor

Barbara Steele

Josephine

Gerrit Graham

Highpockets

Don Hood

Alfred Fuller

Miz Mary

Odette

Mae Mercer

Mama Mosebery

Pat Perkins

Ola Mae

Lisa Shames

Antonia

Patrick M. Burke

Fanny's Customer

C.C. Courtney

Naval Officer

Joe Catalanotto

Hattie's Customer

Don Lutenbacher

Violet's First Customer

Hobe May

Farmer

Stocker Fontelieu

Brothel Patron (uncredited)

Bill Holliday

Gussie's Client (uncredited)

Art

James L. Berkey

Set Decoration

Trevor Williams

Production Design

Mark Wade

Property Master

Camera

Sven Nykvist

Director of Photography

Michael McGowan

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Dave Grayson

Makeup Artist

Charlene Roberson

Makeup Artist

Charlene Johnson

Hairstylist

Mina Mittelman

Costume Supervisor

Crew

Jelly Roll Morton

Additional Music

Greg Van Dyke

Transportation Coordinator

Directing

Louis Malle

Director

Donald Heitzer

Assistant Director

Toby Lovallo

Second Assistant Director

John M. Poer

Assistant Director

Alan Greedy

Script Supervisor

Editing

Suzanne Baron

Supervising Editor

Ruth Blakeslee

Assistant Editor

Mateel Hoppe

Assistant Editor

Alice Miller

Assistant Editor

Production

Lindsley Parsons Jr.

Production Manager

Gary Chason

Casting Director

Tony Wade

Unit Production Manager

Louis Malle

Producer

Polly Platt

Associate Producer

Al Rose

Researcher

Sound

Skip Godwin

Sound Engineer

Donald F. Johnson

Sound Mixer

Raymond Burke

Musician

Louis Cottrell

Musician

Bob Greene

Musician

Kid Thomas

Musician

Jerry Wexler

Music Supervisor

Writing

Polly Platt

Screenplay

Art

James L. Berkey

Set Decoration

Trevor Williams

Production Design

Mark Wade

Property Master

Camera

Sven Nykvist

Director of Photography

Michael McGowan

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Dave Grayson

Makeup Artist

Charlene Roberson

Makeup Artist

Charlene Johnson

Hairstylist

Mina Mittelman

Costume Supervisor

Crew

Jelly Roll Morton

Additional Music

Greg Van Dyke

Transportation Coordinator

Directing

Louis Malle

Director

Donald Heitzer

Assistant Director

Toby Lovallo

Second Assistant Director

John M. Poer

Assistant Director

Alan Greedy

Script Supervisor

Editing

Suzanne Baron

Supervising Editor

Ruth Blakeslee

Assistant Editor

Mateel Hoppe

Assistant Editor

Alice Miller

Assistant Editor

Production

Lindsley Parsons Jr.

Production Manager

Gary Chason

Casting Director

Tony Wade

Unit Production Manager

Louis Malle

Producer

Polly Platt

Associate Producer

Al Rose

Researcher

Sound

Skip Godwin

Sound Engineer

Donald F. Johnson

Sound Mixer

Raymond Burke

Musician

Louis Cottrell

Musician

Bob Greene

Musician

Kid Thomas

Musician

Jerry Wexler

Music Supervisor

Writing

Polly Platt

Screenplay