for “women’s pictures, which inevitably means sex pictures.” The best of these starred Ruth Chatterton, who brought her clipped diction and slinky elegance to Female, in which she runs an auto factory and emulates Catherine the Great. Wingate wrote: “It is made very plain that she has been satisfying a too definitely indicated sex hunger by frequently inviting any young man who may appeal to her to her home and there bringing about a seduction. After having satisfied her desires with these various males, she pays no further attention to them other than to reward them with bonuses.
