| Girl 27 |
| Directed by |
David Stenn |
| Written by |
David Stenn |
| Release date(s) |
2007 |
| Running time |
86 minutes |
| Country |
USA |
| Language |
English |
Girl 27 is a 2007 documentary film about the 1937 rape of MGM movie extra Patricia Douglas, the front-page news stories that followed, and the subsequent cover-up of the entire event. Also covered are a similar assault on singer Eloise Spann and her subsequent suicide, as well as the better known scandal involving actress Loretta Young and her "adopted" daughter Judy Lewis. The filmmaker uses first-person interviews and vintage film footage and music to explore the political power of movie studios in 1930's Hollywood as well as public attitudes toward sexual assault that discouraged victims from coming forward. The filmmaker's dogged pursuit of Douglas and their subsequent friendship is a consistent theme throughout. Variety reviewed: "In tabloid-TV-host fashion, (Stenn) stays onscreen as much as possible while exploiting the painful memories of a woman raped at a 1937 MGM party. Her story compels, but pic's self-serving approach is contemptible."[1]
- ^ January 31, 2007, Dennis Harvey in Variety
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