Carroll Baker: Difference between revisions

[[File:The Big Country Baker Peck screenshot.jpg|thumb|Baker with [[Gregory Peck]] in ''[[The Big Country]]'' in 1958]]

[[File:Carroll Baker Come On Strong Broadway 1962.jpg|thumb|Baker in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''Come on Strong'' in September 1962]]

After the success of ''Baby Doll'', Baker was subsequently offered parts in ''[[The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film)|The Brothers Karamazov]]'' (1958), ''[[Too Much, Too Soon]]'' (1958), and ''[[The Devil's Disciple (1959 film)|The Devil's Disciple]]'' (1959).<ref>{{cite news |title=Carroll Baker Becomes Star in Quick Order |author=Schallert, Edwin |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 17, 1957 |page=E1}}</ref> She refused to make ''Too Much Too Soon'', so Warner Bros. put her on suspension, which prevented her from starring in ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1958) at MGM.<ref>{{cite news |title=WARNERS TO HOLD ACTRESS TO PACT: Studio Halts Deal Between Carroll Baker and M-G-M for 'Karamazov' Movie Maria Schell Sought |author=THOMAS M. PRYOR |date=May 3, 1957 |work=New York Times |page=20}}</ref> Baker was also chosen by MGM for the lead in ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film)|Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' (1958) and by [[Twentieth Century Fox]] for ''[[The Three Faces of Eve]]'' (1957), but her contract with Warner Bros. again prevented her from accepting the roles.<ref name="newsday" /><ref name="bts">{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/196854%7C0/Bridge-to-the-Sun.html |work=Turner Classic Movies |title=Bridge to the Sun |access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> Tensions between Baker and the studio escalated further when she went against their wishes by appearing in ''[[Arms and the Man]]'' on stage.<ref>{{cite news |title=TOWER TICKER |author=Lyon, Herb |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |date=July 1, 1957 |page=b11}}</ref> Baker commented on the effect of the system on her career, saying: "I came in at the end of the big studio system. I still had a slave contract and they were willing to put you in almost anything they had."<ref name="jones" />