Complicated Women
Before Hollywood had boundaries, they weren't afraid to push the limits.
200356 min
- Documentary
- TV Movie
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.
- Created by
- Hugh Munro Neely
- Origin
- US
- TMDB rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 12 votes
Cast
Jane FondaSelf - Narrator (voice)
Frances DeeSelf - Interviewee
Karen MorleySelf - Interviewee
Kitty CarlisleSelf - Interviewee
Mae MadisonSelf - Interviewee- Mark VieiraSelf - Interviewee
- Mick LaSalleSelf - Interviewee
Molly HaskellSelf - Interviewee
Barbara StanwyckSelf (archive footage)
Bette DavisSelf (archive footage)
