Complicated Women
Before Hollywood had boundaries, they weren't afraid to push the limits.
2003-05-06 | 56 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Jane FondaSelf - Narrator (voice)
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Frances DeeSelf - Interviewee
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Karen MorleySelf - Interviewee
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Kitty CarlisleSelf - Interviewee
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Mae MadisonSelf - Interviewee
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Molly HaskellSelf - Interviewee
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Barbara StanwyckSelf (archive footage)
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Bette DavisSelf (archive footage)
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C. Aubrey SmithSelf (archive footage)
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Chester MorrisSelf (archive footage)
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Clark GableSelf (archive footage)
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Claudette ColbertSelf (archive footage)
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Dolores del RíoSelf (archive footage)
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Fred AstaireSelf (archive footage)
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Fredric MarchSelf (archive footage)
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Gene RaymondSelf (archive footage)
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Ginger RogersSelf (archive footage)
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Greta GarboSelf (archive footage)
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