She may have been a “bitter” woman with low self esteem or even “mental problems”, but she had her reasons...and as anyone who has been through somthing like that knows ..it isnt easy to remember or face such a horrible incident. She also was obviously very affected by it.Who wouldnt be. SOme people are stronger than others...i think it takes a very strong person to survive all those years with such a horrible secret eating away at her and seeing that justice abandoned her..its no wonder why she was so indifferent & untrusting to those around her.

This is just one example of the exploitation that happened and CONTINOUS to happen. although now it is more like an Understanding that if a woman wants to make it, she has to pay the “Dues” even by the time of Monroe that was understood.  and Monroe regularly had to “DO” all the executives of any new picture she got.  In fact, I believe that she was desireable enough that executives were willing to “give her” a movie as payment for the opportunity to HAVE her.  after all she was a bad actress, the story lines worthless, so it was more like 20 executives would “pitch in” in the movie payoff deal in exchange for having sex with her. 
it is a known fact Monroe had to do several executives and producers in a single day and more on subsequent days until all “got a piece” then she would get a new deal.

But Patricia Douglas Really got a RAW deal.
she got a forceful rape and then a cover up
by the Studio.

It is too bad that she was so bitter to the end that she could not come forward and do a new “trial”.
and expose MGM

This Documentary was a beginning of a Vindication but NOT a full Vindication.

MGM still is the same. nothing happened.

To Abel—Did you see the whole film?  It is not surprising that she had such a low self - esteem considering what MGM and others who supposingly loved her and were ‘on her side’ all did to her.  Some people are stronger than others but at least in this day and age a woman can fight back more to what is done to them—more than a woman could do at that time. IMO it took alot of courage to come out with her story in 1937 and try to fight ‘city hall’ in that time and era. There are many stories of corruption in the movie industry during the 30’s and so on.  Mental problems or not it took courage and I am glad that she finally summoned the strength to tell her story once again so it would not be forgotten. It may have given her some peace before she passed on. It is just sad that she didn’t do so sooner.  She might have found a good man instead of the ones she ended up with who hurt her daughter as well. If she had opened up then maybe she could have had a better relationship with her daughter. But Ms. Douglas came from a different generation who had a different mentality of ‘opening up’ to others. Look at what happened when she did try in the 30’s, so in her mind she probably figured it was better not to face what happened to her any more and try to just bury it.
BTW, IMO this would make a good movie and would finally give some justice to show how corrupt MGM was........... I am sure there were many others who were victims of MGM as well.  This story can give them some justice as well........