

Complicated Women
Visit website6.7/10 • 11
2003-05-06 • 0h 56m
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.
- Directors
- Hugh Munro Neely
- Writters
- Hugh Munro Neely, Andie Hicks
- Editors
- Hugh Munro Neely, Andie Hicks, Hugh Munro Neely

Complicated Women
Visit website2003-05-06 • 0h 56m
6.7/10 • 11
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.
- Directors
- Hugh Munro Neely
- Writters
- Hugh Munro Neely, Andie Hicks
- Editors
- Hugh Munro Neely, Andie Hicks, Hugh Munro Neely
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJane Fonda
Self - Narrator (voice)
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 - Interviewee
Barbara Stanwyck
Self (archive footage)
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- Status
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- movie businesshollywoodpre-code