Girl 27 - A Documentary About One of Hollywood's Earliest #MeToo Cases Is Finally Available, Free on Youtube

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A Documentary About One of Hollywood’s Earliest #MeToo Cases Is Finally Available for All

Director David Stenn brings his 2007 documentary "Girl 27," about Patricia Douglas, to YouTube to continue sharing her story.

MARK PEIKERT | JUNE 5, 2024

On June 4, 1937, Hollywood dancer and movie extra Patricia Douglas went public with her experience at an MGM exhibitors convention the previous month, where she alleged that a salesman raped her in the parking lot of the studio-backed event. What followed was a systematic smear campaign against Douglas (one of the very first women to go public with her sexual assault in Hollywood) and a laughable attempt at a civil trial in which the prosecutor literally never showed up.

Douglas’ story went from the front pages to the dustbin of history, a cautionary tale for anyone who might get any ideas about the possibility of actual justice in Tinseltown. Until that is, David Stenn began researching a biography of Jean Harlow (who died days after Douglas made the front pages) and discovered Douglas’ story.

That discovery ultimately led to Stenn’s 2007 documentary “Girl 27” (how the press referred to Douglas) and a friendship with the still-living Douglas. Though the documentary engendered good reviews and some attention upon its Sundance Film Festival premiere and eventual distribution by Magnolia, “Girl 27” garnered renewed attention in 2017 when the #MeToo movement exploded...more
https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/girl-27-doc-me-too-pioneer-streaming-1235012063/

Link works as of 7/7/24. Fantastic historical images of MGM etc.

[thucythucy]

1. Thank you for posting this.

Another story that needs to be remembered and told.

[Chalco]

2. I watched it last night.

Visceral. Deep into the guts of damage done and the coverup. Excellent.

My husband watched it with me. He found it hard to believe how damaged she was
and for so long. I told him every woman who's been raped has long term damage, each
one handles it differently. But, it never goes away.

I think more men need to be raped. That's the only way they'll get it.

Just joking. I don't want anybody to be raped. It ain't fun.