I've uploaded the trailer to the As Close to Crime YouTube channel in case you want a glimpse of what's in store for you should you chose to see this 2007 documentary. Here's the link - https://youtu.be/9s9ZDh-Y0FM
Here's the cover art from the DVD followed by a brief synopsis.
In 1937, Patricia Douglas was Girl 27 of 120 chorus girls invited to attend a sales convention for MGM. During the course of the evening she was raped. Patricia's attempts to seek justice fell flat due to the power of the film studio, the corruption of the District Attorney, the willingness of the newspapers to blame the victim and eventually betrayal by her own mother.
More than 50 years later author David Stenn reads about the crime in archived newspapers, becomes intrigued and spends the next 10 years investigating the story.
On screen interviews with Patricia Douglas and her daughter drive home the reality that this one evening ruined several lives.
Greta Van Susteren is as outraged as anyone can be 70 years after the fact.
Diana Serra Cary at the 2011 Cinecon Festival |
Diana Serra Cary aka Baby Peggy, who was working as an MGM extra after her own career as a child actress was over, is as insightful as ever.
For more on Baby Peggy, I absolutely recommend her 1996 autobiography "What Ever Happened to Baby Peggy?"