Girl 27 (2007)

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.

Director:

David Stenn

Writer:

David Stenn

Stars:

Baby Peggy, Richard Bann, Kelly Brown

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Baby Peggy	...	Herself (as Peggy Montgomery)
Richard Bann	...	Himself
Kelly Brown	...	Himself
Ned Comstock	...	Himself
Joan Crawford	...	Herself (archive footage)
Patricia Douglas	...	Herself
Buron Fitts	...	Himself (archive footage)
Clark Gable	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jean Harlow	...	Herself (archive footage)
Judy Lewis	...	Herself
E.J. Mannix	...	Himself (archive footage)
Louis B. Mayer	...	Himself (archive footage)
Judd D. Minter	...	Himself (as Judd Minter)
Patti Minter	...	Herself
Norma Shearer	...	Herself (archive footage)

Storyline

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.

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Plot Keywords:

underage | telephone call | convention | 1930s | newspaper headline montage | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 July 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

TLR Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

If you freeze shots of the hand-written call sheet early in the film, some names of the other extras can be found on the IMDb. They include Eleanor Bayley (5), likely Amber Norman (17), Nancy Deshon (24), Ruth Day (26), Ginger Wyatt (29), Darleen Hackley (aka Darlyn Heckley, 33), Vivian Mason (54), Patsy Perrin (59), Sue Gomes (80), Nancy Page (83), Peggy Campbell (86, probably Jean Stevens), Collette Merton (96), and Thelma Joel (97).

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Connections

Features The Story of Temple Drake (1933)

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Soundtracks

"Pulse"
Composed by Aaron Hondros and Michael Maxwell
Published by Pink Notes Music Publishing (ASCAP) and Chemical Music (ASCAP)

User Reviews

David Stenn, point and shoot, thats all I ask of you.

A documentary that could have used a lot less of the documenter, David Stenn spends far to much time on camera and does, what is to me the death kiss of documentaries. Stenn's editing forces his audience to see thing his way and no other, to feel the emotions he feels and to come to all the same conclusions he does. This is in no way anything new to documentaries, Michael Moore for example is the very master of this, now to be fair, does that mean these film makers viewpoints are wrong, no not at all, sometimes they are right on with mine but for heaven sakes let me come to my own opinion honestly. Give me both sides of a story fairly as best as possible and let me use my brain to decide which I believe. Now, I do realize in the case of Girl 27 there is no real way to show both sides, and to listen to Patricia Douglas talk I have no doubt in my mind that she is an honest woman, but it degrades her to surround her story with unfair edits of MGM convention footage with sinister music overplaying. Also on a side not I found the story about Loretta Young & Clark Gable's daughter to be heartbreaking, to hear Judy Lewis tell her story was one of the saddest things I have ever heard, it made me loose a lot of respect for those two actors. Anyway, David Stenn, let Patricia Douglas tell her story, realize what you have in that, it is all your film needs. The bravery of that women to do what she did in both her situation and during that time period is amazing, and for her to go in front of a camera and re-tell that to the world is to be admired.