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Beneath the unforgiving sun of Los Angeles, the Martha Washington School for Girls stands as a stoic sanctuary for the wayward and the lost. This reformatory, encased in locked gates and fenced in by barbed wire, is ruled by the iron-fisted matron, Mrs. Nichols. With 23 years of experience under her belt, she views the girls not as lost lambs but as irredeemable liars deserving of nothing but discipline and stern intolerance.
Among the sea of faces within the reformatory, "Green Eyes" stands out. A month shy of her release, she dreams of a life beyond the reformatory's imposing walls, of running off with her ex-convict lover, Cliff Munster, and living a life imbued with the simplicity of decency.
The institution's monotonous days are disrupted by the arrival of two new faces: Betsy Abel, a young inmate straight from an institution for unwed pregnant teens, and Margaret Wilson, a new housemother. Betsy's heart aches for her two-month-old son, now in her mother's custody, while Margaret, affectionately known as Peggy and Maggie, is brimming with an unwavering belief that the girls can be redeemed and nurtured into young women, ready to embrace the world beyond the reformatory.
As Christmas draws near, a secret blossoms within the grim walls of the reformatory. The girls unite, driven by a common purpose, to conceal a newborn baby boy from the prying eyes of the institution's administration. Each day is a covert operation as they craft makeshift diapers from stolen linens, take turns to cradle the baby, and create humble Christmas presents from odds and ends. Their mission? To give little "Buddy" a Christmas that none of them have ever had, a beacon of hope within their hardened hearts.
"The Green-Eyed Blonde" is a poignant tale of redemption, resilience, and the power of the human spirit, all set against the backdrop of a harsh reformatory in the heart of Los Angeles.
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The Green-Eyed Blonde is a crime movie featuring Susan Oliver and directed by Bernard Girard.
The Green-Eyed Blonde is currently streaming on Criterion Channel.