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Complicated Women

Complicated Women

Documentary

TV Movie

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.

Date: 05/06/2003
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Jane Fonda, Frances Dee, Karen Morley, Kitty Carlisle, Mae Madison, Mark Vieira, Mick LaSalle, Molly Haskell, Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, C. Aubrey Smith, Chester Morris, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Dolores del Río, Fred Astaire, Fredric March, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers, Greta Garbo, Helen Twelvetrees, Irving Thalberg, James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, John Gilbert, Johnny Weissmüller, Katharine Hepburn, Kay Francis, Leslie Howard, Lewis Stone, Loretta Young, Norma Shearer, Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Maureen O'Sullivan, Miriam Hopkins, Myrna Loy, Ricardo Cortez, Robert Montgomery, Ruth Chatterton, Tallulah Bankhead, William H. Hays, Gilbert Roland, Lee Phelps, Nat Pendleton, Warner Oland, Maurice Murphy, Herbert Marshall, George F. Marion, Aline MacMahon, Dorothy Mackaill, Paul Lukas, Jack La Rue, Allen Jenkins, Olin Howland, Jean Hersholt, Ann Harding, Cary Grant, William Gargan, Douglass Dumbrille, Cecil Cunningham, Gary Cooper, Maurice Chevalier, Virginia Bruce, Charles Bickford, Robert Barrat, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery

Jane Fonda as Self - Narrator (voice) in Complicated Women Jane Fonda

Frances Dee as Self - Interviewee in Complicated Women Frances Dee

Karen Morley as Self - Interviewee in Complicated Women Karen Morley

Kitty Carlisle as Self - Interviewee in Complicated Women Kitty Carlisle

Mae Madison as Self - Interviewee in Complicated Women Mae Madison

Mark Vieira

Mick LaSalle

Molly Haskell as Self - Interviewee in Complicated Women Molly Haskell

Barbara Stanwyck as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Barbara Stanwyck

Bette Davis as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Bette Davis

C. Aubrey Smith as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women C. Aubrey Smith

Chester Morris as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Chester Morris

Clark Gable as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Clark Gable

Claudette Colbert as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Claudette Colbert

Dolores del Río as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Dolores del Río

Fred Astaire as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Fred Astaire

Fredric March as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Fredric March

Gene Raymond as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Gene Raymond

Ginger Rogers as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Ginger Rogers

Greta Garbo as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Greta Garbo

Helen Twelvetrees as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Helen Twelvetrees

Irving Thalberg as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Irving Thalberg

James Cagney as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women James Cagney

Jean Harlow as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Jean Harlow

Joan Blondell as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Joan Blondell

Joan Crawford as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Joan Crawford

John Gilbert as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women John Gilbert

Johnny Weissmüller as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Johnny Weissmüller

Katharine Hepburn as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Katharine Hepburn

Kay Francis as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Kay Francis

Leslie Howard as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Leslie Howard

Lewis Stone as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Lewis Stone

Loretta Young as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Loretta Young

Norma Shearer as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Norma Shearer

Mae West as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Mae West

Marlene Dietrich as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Marlene Dietrich

Maureen O'Sullivan as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Maureen O'Sullivan

Miriam Hopkins as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Miriam Hopkins

Myrna Loy as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Myrna Loy

Ricardo Cortez as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Ricardo Cortez

Robert Montgomery as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Robert Montgomery

Ruth Chatterton as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Ruth Chatterton

Tallulah Bankhead as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Tallulah Bankhead

William H. Hays as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women William H. Hays

Gilbert Roland as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Gilbert Roland

Lee Phelps as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Lee Phelps

Nat Pendleton as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Nat Pendleton

Warner Oland as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Warner Oland

Maurice Murphy as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Maurice Murphy

Herbert Marshall as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Herbert Marshall

George F. Marion as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women George F. Marion

Aline MacMahon as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Aline MacMahon

Dorothy Mackaill as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Dorothy Mackaill

Paul Lukas as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Paul Lukas

Jack La Rue as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Jack La Rue

Allen Jenkins as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Allen Jenkins

Olin Howland as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Olin Howland

Jean Hersholt as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Jean Hersholt

Ann Harding as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Ann Harding

Cary Grant as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Cary Grant

William Gargan as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women William Gargan

Douglass Dumbrille as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Douglass Dumbrille

Cecil Cunningham as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Cecil Cunningham

Gary Cooper as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Gary Cooper

Maurice Chevalier as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Maurice Chevalier

Virginia Bruce as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Virginia Bruce

Charles Bickford as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Charles Bickford

Robert Barrat as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Robert Barrat

John Barrymore as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women John Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Lionel Barrymore

Wallace Beery as Self (archive footage) in Complicated Women Wallace Beery

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