Patricia Dorothy Douglas (March 5, 1917 – November 11, 2003) was a dancer and movie extra. Douglas was the subject of the documentary Girl 27 documenting her 1937 rape by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) salesman David Ross and the aftermath.

2017年11月13日 · MGM held a convention in May of 1937 to reward its salesmen for the best fiscal year the studio had ever had. There was a ticker-tape parade. They rented out the Ambassador Hotel. There was a...

2003年4月1日 · When Patricia Douglas was raped by an MGM salesman at a 1937 studio party, the 20-year-old dancer filed charges, taking on Hollywood's most powerful institution. Today, as Douglas...

2022年12月14日 · In 1937, an MGM salesman raped Douglas, then a 20-year-old dancer, at a company party. When Douglas demanded justice, the studio smeared her reputation using bribes, dirty detectives, and perjury. Douglas’ career was in tatters — and all because she was victimized by a powerful media mogul.

2018年1月23日 · MGM’s 1937 sales convention was an affair to remember. There were celebrity meet-and-greets, marching bands, an escort of motorcycle cops. There was a private rail car and plenty of booze and...

2007年7月27日 · In 1937, for example, MGM was the biggest employer in Los Angeles County and, according to filmmaker David Stenn’s powerful new documentary “Girl 27,” the studio was able to engineer the ...

2019年3月22日 · Between 1937 and 1957, MGM ran an in-house cartoon studio which produced some of the most popular cartoon series and characters in the world, including Tom and Jerry, Barney Bear, Droopy, Red Hot Riding Hood & The Wolf, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior, and Spike and Tyke.

Active from 1937 until 1957, the studio was responsible for producing animated shorts to accompany MGM feature films in Loew's Theaters, which included popular cartoon characters Tom, Jerry, Droopy, Butch, Spike, Tyke, and Barney Bear.

Girl 27 is a 2007 documentary film by writer/director David Stenn about the 1937 rape of dancer and occasional movie extra Patricia Douglas (1917–2003) at a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer exhibitors' convention, the front-page news stories that followed, and …

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