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Support   2007 | 86 min
Hollywood 1937—Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the world’s most prestigious and powerful movie studio, tricks 120 underage chorus girls into attending a stag party for its visiting salesmen. When dancer Patricia Douglas tries to flee, she is brutally raped; defying the studio’s order for silence, Douglas files a landmark lawsuit while MGM launches the biggest cover-up in Hollywood history-until six decades later, when author-screenwriter David Stenn stumbles upon the story. Stenn’s decade-long search for the truth leads to Patricia Douglas herself, nearly ninety and still in hiding. Will she go public once again, or will Hollywood’s best-suppressed scandal die with her? Comments Posted 11/16/08 by Nan
I was going to watch it for a minute or two and ended up not moving until the entire movie was over. I was overwhelmed with anger at powerful people who could so easily destroy another person’s life and so sad for a woman who never got to be all that she could be. Posted 11/16/08 by kari
This is an amazing story. I am so glad that you took the time and the determination to make sure it was told. Posted 11/12/08 by Elizabeth
What an incredible tribute to a courageous woman who fought back in a time and place when it was barely possible. It is fascinating to realize how many people were affected not only by her rape, but also the shame of its cover-up. Being violated by a despicable man changed the course of Patricia Douglas’s life as well as her daughter’s. Imagine the lives they both might have led if this had never happened to her...This story has an important place in women’s history, Hollywood history, and legal history. Hope you continue documentaries, Mr. Stenn! Thank you for breaking the silence! Director David Stenn Writer David Stenn Producer Lindsay Webster Original Music Hal Lindes Recommended titles like this one:
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