Complicated Women

Before Hollywood had boundaries, they weren't afraid to push the limits.

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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 actor

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Frances Dee actor

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Karen Morley actor Kitty Carlisle actor

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Mae Madison actor

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Mark Vieira actor

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Mick LaSalle actor

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Molly Haskell actor Barbara Stanwyck actor Bette Davis actor

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C. Aubrey Smith actor

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Chester Morris actor

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Clark Gable actor Claudette Colbert actor

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Dolores del Río actor Fred Astaire actor Fredric March actor Gene Raymond actor

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Ginger Rogers actor

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Greta Garbo actor