Call Her Savage

Call Her Savage (also known as Red Headed Savage), is a 1932 pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon. The film was based on the book of the same name by Tiffany Thayer, which contains themes of promiscuity, sadism, and lesbianism. The film stars Clara Bow, Gilbert Roland, Thelma Todd, Monroe Owsley, Estelle Taylor, Weldon Heyburn and Willard Robertson. The movie was Bow's first return to the screen after she had experienced a nervous breakdown, and took a temporary leave of absence from appearing in any films, and it was Bow's second-to-last film role. Its portrayal of a scene in a gay bar would become impossible in less than two years, when enforcement of the Hays Code became more stringent. Hays office was not pleased with the racier content in the film, a