Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow
When underage dancer Patricia Douglas is raped at a wild MGM stag party in 1937, she makes headlines and legal history, and then disappears. "Girl 27" follows author-screenwriter David Stenn as he inv...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 16, 2007
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October 10, 2009Harrowing, sad story of how an unconscionable act covered up by an all mighty studio system basically crushed and twisted an innocent young woman into a frigid, completely shut down woman. Interesting side stories too. The only small issue is that the film maker, who obviously fe...( read more)
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March 18, 2009I had never heard of Patricia Douglas or anything of this scandal until watching this documentary. I knew the film industry in Hollywood at the time (1930s) was king, but geez! The horrible injustice that MGM created for this woman was just unbelievable. David Stenn does a great ...( read more)
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January 7, 2009A very good documentary about the seediness of old Hollywood. I was amazed at all the old footage that was available for this story and it really brought the past to life.
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July 1, 2008I am trying to only review the movies as I see them (first or again), but saw this listing and couldn't help it. This is another great subject documentary that got lucky with some points (interviews in this case), but needed a better filmmaker. Still, see it. It is very intriguing.
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March 17, 2008I don't want to see any movie about an underage dancer getting raped at a "wild MGM stag party in 1937." What demographic are they appealing to?
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November 1, 2007While there was real tragedy in how the cover-up of Patricia Douglas' rape ruined so many lives, there's another tragedy here: that Patricia Douglas and her family had their tragedy exploited by an opportunistic director. This was all about David Stenn and how he made the movie, ...( read more)
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