Movie
Complicated Women
Released: May 6, 2003 (2003)
Runtime: 56 minutes
Genres: 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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Barbara Stanwyck as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 95
- Bette Davis as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 95
- Frances Dee as Self - Interviewee
Age at release: 93
- Karen Morley as Self - Interviewee
Age at release: 93
- Kitty Carlisle as Self - Interviewee
Age at release: 92
- Mae Madison as Self - Interviewee
Age at release: 88
- Jane Fonda as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age at release: 65
- Molly Haskell as Self - Interviewee
Age at release: 63
- Mark Vieira as Self - Interviewee
Age at release: 52
- Mick LaSalle as Self - Interviewee
Age at release: Unknown
Show more cast
- C. Aubrey Smith as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 139
- Leslie Howard as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 110
- Fredric March as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 105
- John Gilbert as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 105
- Fred Astaire as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 103
- James Cagney as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 103
- Chester Morris as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 102
- Clark Gable as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 102
- Claudette Colbert as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 99
- Dolores del Río as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 98
- Johnny Weissmüller as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 98
- Kay Francis as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 98
- Greta Garbo as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 97
- Joan Crawford as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 97
- Joan Blondell as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 96
- Katharine Hepburn as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 95
- Gene Raymond as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 94
- Helen Twelvetrees as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 94
- Jean Harlow as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 92
- Ginger Rogers as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 91