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