Complicated Women

Before Hollywood had boundaries, they weren't afraid to push the limits.

200356m6.9 (12)
DocumentaryTV 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.

Crew

HM

Hugh Munro Neely

Director

HM

Hugh Munro Neely

Writer

AH

Andie Hicks

Writer

KL

Keith Lawrence

Producer

HM

Hugh Munro Neely

Producer

NH

Nigel Holton

Original Music Composer

HD

Harry Dawson

Director of Photography

JJ

John J. Flynn

Producer

Cast

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda

Self - Narrator (voice)

Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Self - Interviewee

Karen Morley

Karen Morley

Self - Interviewee

Kitty Carlisle

Kitty Carlisle

Self - Interviewee

Mae Madison

Mae Madison

Self - Interviewee

MV

Mark Vieira

Self - Interviewee

ML

Mick LaSalle

Self - Interviewee

Molly Haskell

Molly Haskell

Self - Interviewee

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

Self (archive footage)

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Self (archive footage)

C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith

Self (archive footage)

Chester Morris

Chester Morris

Self (archive footage)

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