Complicated Women

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A list of movies referenced in Mick LaSalle's book on the pre-Code era, Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood. I've included every film listed in the appendix, save Broadway After Dark and The Snob, which are considered lost.

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  1. 2 -

    42nd Street

    1933, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 4 -

    The Animal Kingdom

    1932 — a.k.a. The Woman in His House, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 14 -

    Bed of Roses

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 15 -

    Belle of the Nineties

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 16 -

    Big Business Girl

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 17 -

    Blonde Crazy

    1931 — a.k.a. Larceny Lane, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 31 -

    Dancing Lady

    1933, in 1 top list Check
  8. 32 -

    Design for Living

    1933, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 34 -

    Dinner at Eight

    1933, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 46 -

    Female

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 50 -

    Flying Down to Rio

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 53 -

    Footlight Parade

    1933, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 57 -

    The Girl from Missouri

    1934 — a.k.a. 100 Per Cent Pure, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 58 -

    Girls About Town

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 59 -

    Gold Diggers of 1933

    1933, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 60 -

    Goldie

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 61 -

    Good News

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 63 -

    The Greeks Had a Word for Them

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 64 -

    The Guardsman

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 65 -

    Havana Widows

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 69 -

    Her Cardboard Lover

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 70 -

    His Secretary

    1925, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 71 -

    Holiday

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 72 -

    Hollywood Party

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 76 -

    Idiot's Delight

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 77 -

    I'm No Angel

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 80 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 86 -

    A Lady of Chance

    1928, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 87 -

    The Lady of Scandal

    1930 — a.k.a. The High Road, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 89 new

    The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

    1937, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 92 -

    Let Us Be Gay

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 97 -

    Love Is a Racket

    1932 — a.k.a. Such Things Happen, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 98 -

    Love Me Tonight

    1932, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 101 -

    Made on Broadway

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 102 -

    Man Wanted

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 117 -

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  37. 126 -

    Platinum Blonde

    1931, in 1 top list Check
  38. 127 -

    Pleasure Cruise

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 129 -

    Private Lives

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 133 -

    Red-Headed Woman

    1932, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 139 -

    Sally, Irene and Mary

    1925, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 142 -

    Search for Beauty

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 144 -

    She Done Him Wrong

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 151 -

    The Stolen Jools

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 152 -

    The Smiling Lieutenant

    1931, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 159 -

    The Stranger's Return

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 166 -

    The Thin Man

    1934, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 169 -

    Three Wise Girls

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 173 -

    Two-Faced Woman

    1941, in 1 top list Check
  50. 177 -

    The Waning Sex

    1926, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Apr 14, 2021 by Rodolfo;