Self - Narrator (voice)
Jane Fonda
Self - Narrator (voice)
Complicated Women
“Before Hollywood had boundaries, they weren't afraid to push the limits.”
6.7
2003
56m
DocumentaryTV Movie
Director: Hugh Munro Neely
Overview
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.
Cast
Self - Interviewee
Frances Dee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Karen Morley
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Kitty Carlisle
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Mae Madison
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Mark Vieira
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Mick LaSalle
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Molly Haskell
Self - Interviewee
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
C. Aubrey Smith
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Chester Morris
Self (archive footage)
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