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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Title: Girl 27 (2007)
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1 nomination.
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Cast
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Patricia Douglas | ... | Self - Girl 27 |
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| Baby Peggy | ... | Self (as Peggy Montgomery) | |
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Richard W. Bann | ... | Self - Hal Roach Historian (as Richard Bann) |
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Kelly Brown | ... | Self - Son of William JF Brown |
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Ned Comstock | ... | Self - USC Archivist |
| Joan Crawford | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Dorothy Dandridge | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Buron Fitts | ... | Self - Los Angeles Country District Attorney 1928-1940 (archive footage) |
| Jodie Foster | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Clark Gable | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Oliver Hardy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jean Harlow | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jack La Rue | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Stan Laurel | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Judy Lewis | ... | Self - Daughter of Clark Gable and Loretta Young | |
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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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dance lesson | watching television | reference to edward g. robinson | drunkenness | reference to saint luke |Taglines:
Hollywood's Shocking Scandal . . . Exposed. See more »Certificate:
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Written by Rube Bloom and Ted Koehler
Performed by Ina Ray Hutton & Her Melodears and Buck and Bubbles
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The DVD for the film includes as a bonus feature the short ten minute one-reeler Hollywood Extra Girl (1935). See more »Soundtracks
TruckinWritten by Rube Bloom and Ted Koehler
Performed by Ina Ray Hutton & Her Melodears and Buck and Bubbles
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I was glad to see that many of the other comments felt like I did - that this was a very compelling story - a story that should be brought to light, but that it is very badly handled by the inexperienced filmmaker. Now David Stenn is a talented writer and my friends who devour Hollywood biographies speak very highly of his (I believe he's written about Clara Bow and other big Hollywood Golden Era stars) and it is interesting how he came across this awful scandal that was covered up by MGM but he seems to not trust the power of poor Ms. Douglas' story and I actually was cringing with the horrid decision to add Hollywood movie clips of women being shaken or slapped or pushed down (from various fiction films) - as Ms. Douglas begins to tell of the actual sexual assault and how it destroyed her - the forced clips almost seemed to parody what was happening (which I am sure is the opposite effect the director wanted). The way the story is told, the way he films a lot of the interviews - it is just amateurish. I read the article Stenn wrote in Vanity Fair and that is much more complex and fascinating than the film. Hollywood truly had the power to sweep all of its dirty secrets under a large rug and this story is a perfect example of that. Ms. Douglas was a very brave woman to even try and stand up to MGM but of course they crushed her with newspaper lies and huge powerful law firms. The film is still worth watching because of the subject matter but as far as documentary skill - it truly fails.