The pre-code Hollywood movies were such a triumph in filmmaking for actresses. We highlight the best of sexually and financially "empowered" women in early Hollywood classics featuring Mae West, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo and Barbara Stanwyck.
Sylvia Sydney's character was definitely into it-especially if she wanted to be governor! She and non other than George Raft star in this 1946...
Fred Mac Murray learns he is the smartest man in the room only when he's alone. This gold standard/template for the film noir genre...
This 1955 action movie from Spencer Tracy (yeah he was kinda old here, but about that action)) was something people used to actually say...