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Girl 27

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Patricia Douglas discusses the 1937 MGM scandal in which she and 100 other underage girls were tricked into attending a stag party, where she was raped.

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Carina Chocano Los Angeles Times 07/26/2007
3/5
Writer David Stenn stumbled across the shocking story of Patricia Douglas and MGM around the time he was finishing his biography of Jean Harlow, and he immediately sprang into action. Go to Full Review
Ella Taylor L.A. Weekly 07/26/2007
[Girl 27] not without fascination, in part because he's dug up extraordinary footage that features Douglas and her attacker. He also dug up Douglas herself, and it's her story that dominates the movie. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey Variety 01/31/2007
Pic's self-serving approach is contemptible. Go to Full Review
Jennifer Merin About.com 09/01/2009
4/5
This stunning expose of Hollywood's buried scandal is a revelation about the movie industry's influence, and a well-documented backgrounder on Hollywood's 'casting couch' attitude towards women Go to Full Review
Tony Medley tonymedley.com 07/30/2007
7/10
Archival clips and personal interviews tell a fascinating story of a girl done in by the corruption of MGM, the District Attorney, her attorney, and her own mother! Go to Full Review
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat 07/26/2007
... his tone of righteous indignation, while justifiable, sometimes gets in the way of the valuable points he makes ... Go to Full Review
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05/23/2022 I'm glad someone finally told her story. She deserved that closure. There was a lot of good investigative work. My only issue is the parts where the director David Stenn makes it about himself. The oddest part was where Patricia Douglas is interviewed about the first time she met the director and she talks of him "courting" her. It then switches to him talking about basically being in love with her. She was in her 80s and he looks to be in his late 20s or 30s maybe. It really ruined the film for me. It was so awkward feeling and cringey. He should have stuck to the topic and left all that personal stuff out. It's almost as if he tried to make it a documentary about HIMSELF and his journey to find her. See more adam b 11/18/2020 I damn near cried watching this film. Such a heartbreaking story about one courageous woman and the slimy filth that was MGM Studios See more david f @dfulmer 05/03/2020 This is a fascinating documentary about a sexual assault which took place in the heyday of the Hollywood Studio system only to be forgotten for decades. The filmmaker tracked down people with firsthand knowledge of what happened and tells this story which is representative of the unsavoury side of Hollywood. See more 04/10/2014 revealing tale of rape culture and cover ups in MGM, as one elderly woman and one young film maker form a bond and bring everything into the light. See more 11/29/2013 the life and story of Patricia Douglas: very enigmatic and also very sad...this kind of event only shows the power and greed hollwywood used to have back in the "good ol' days" it is a relief to know that,we don't have those kind of issues today... See more 08/29/2013 Tears. That's all I have. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Patricia Douglas discusses the 1937 MGM scandal in which she and 100 other underage girls were tricked into attending a stag party, where she was raped.
Director
David Stenn
Producer
Lindsay Webster
Screenwriter
David Stenn
Production Co
TLR Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 27, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 30, 2017
Runtime
1h 26m