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Before Hollywood had boundaries, they weren't afraid to push the limits. - Complicated Women
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Title: Complicated Women

Release Date: 6 May 2003

Runtime: 56m

Genre: Documentary, TV Movie

Director: Timeline Films

Production Companies: Timeline Films

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.7 (11 votes)

Cast

  • Self - Narrator (voice): Jane Fonda
  • Self - Interviewee: Frances Dee
  • Self - Interviewee: Karen Morley
  • Self - Interviewee: Kitty Carlisle
  • Self - Interviewee: Mae Madison
  • Self - Interviewee: Mark Vieira
  • Self - Interviewee: Mick LaSalle
  • Self - Interviewee: Molly Haskell
  • Self (archive footage): Barbara Stanwyck
  • Self (archive footage): Bette Davis
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