Rotten
Pic's self-serving approach is contemptible.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Girl 27
For 70 years, money and power buried the truth...
2007 · 1h 26m · Not Rated
Documentary
Directed by
David Stenn
Overview
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 and cast
- David Stenn Director
- Patricia Douglas as Self
- Baby Peggy as Self
- Richard W. Bann as Self - Hal Roach Historian
- Kelly Brown as Self - Son of William JF Brown
- Ned Comstock as Self - USC Archivist
- Buron Fitts as Self - Los Angeles County District Attorney
- Judy Lewis as Self - Daughter of Clark Gable and Loretta Young
- Judd D. Minter as Self - Grandson of Patricia Douglas
- Patti Minter as Self - Daughter of Patricia Douglas
- David Stenn as Self - Writer & Director
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Girl 27 is about the moral hypocrisy of Hollywood as well as a testament to the lingering damage inflicted by rape.
Sura Wood, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
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.
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
[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.
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly
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