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Complicated Women (2003)
Directed by Hugh Munro Neely
“Before Hollywood had boundaries, they weren't afraid to push the limits.”
Documentary, TV Movie · 56m
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
Jane Fonda
Self - Narrator (voice)
Frances Dee
Self - Interviewee
Karen Morley
Self - Interviewee
Kitty Carlisle
Self - Interviewee
Mae Madison
Self - Interviewee
M
Mark Vieira
Self - Interviewee
M
Mick LaSalle
Self - Interviewee
Molly Haskell
Self - Interviewee
Barbara Stanwyck
Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis
Self (archive footage)
C. Aubrey Smith
Self (archive footage)
Chester Morris
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- Hugh Munro Neely
- Writer
- Hugh Munro Neely, Andie Hicks
- Director of Photography
- Harry Dawson
- Original Music Composer
- Nigel Holton
- Editor
- Hugh Munro Neely, Andie Hicks
- Producer
- Keith Lawrence, Hugh Munro Neely, John J. Flynn
Details
- Release date
- 2003-05-06
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Documentary, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Timeline Films