boston.com
A 1937 film-industry scandal apparently reported only outside of Los Angeles--the rape of movie extra Patricia Douglas--is the subject of an interesting 2007 documentary I just came across called
Girl 27. It's available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClnIc5wb8Qs
A review:
http://www.ferdyonfilms.com/?tag=hollywood
filmmakermagazine.com
Accused and accuser ( David Ross and Patricia Douglas), pushed together by photographers at a hearing in the Hall of Justice downtown.
An excerpt of an April 2003
Vanity Fair article on the case by the maker of the documentary, David Stenn, can be seen here:
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2...86-7028154_ITM (registration is required to view the full article).
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Patricia Douglas and her mother lived at 1160 S. Bronson in 1937.