Complicated Women
2003
6.9 (12)
56 min
English
Before Hollywood had boundaries, they weren't afraid to push the limits.
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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Timeline Films
Keywords
- movie business
- hollywood
- pre-code
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Top Cast
Jane Fonda as Self - Narrator (voice)
Frances Dee as Self - Interviewee
Karen Morley as Self - Interviewee
Kitty Carlisle as Self - Interviewee
Mae Madison as Self - Interviewee
Mark Vieira as Self - Interviewee
Mick LaSalle as Self - Interviewee
Molly Haskell as Self - Interviewee
Top Crew
Hugh Munro Neely · Director, Writer
Andie Hicks · Writer, Editor
Mick LaSalle · Book
Nigel Holton · Composer
Harry Dawson · Cinematographer
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