Complicated Women
7.6
“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.
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Jane Fonda
Self - Narrator (voice)
Known for
Monster-in-Law
The Newsroom
Frances Dee
Self - Interviewee
Known for
I Walked with a Zombie
Of Human Bondage
Hugh Munro Neely
Elaina Archer
Nigel Holton
Karen Morley
Self - Interviewee
Known for
Scarface
Our Daily Bread
Tom Brown
Andie Hicks
Also in
Titanic
Warrior of Justice
Kitty Carlisle
Self - Interviewee
Known for
A Night at the Opera
Catheryn Clarke
Harry Dawson
Mae Madison
Self - Interviewee
Also in
The Big Stampede
So Big!
Hugh Munro Neely Director · Andie Hicks Writer Mick LaSalle Author
United States release May 6, 2003 · Produced in United States
Production
Timeline Films
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 6, 2003
TV · TCM
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