When Women Wrote Hollywood : Essays on Female Screenwriters in the Early Film Industry
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1476668876
ISBN-13
9781476668871
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint
McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 3rd, 2018
Print length
229 Pages
Weight
402 grams
Dimensions
18.20 x 25.50 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Theatre studiesFilms, cinemaFilm scripts & screenplays
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Presents a collection of 23 essays on the lives of female screenwriters from early Hollywood, whose bold, brash, brilliant words have enhanced our film experiences, but whose names have been left out of most film history textbooks. These essays explore the themes of their writing and the trajectories of each woman's career.
This collection of 23 new essays focuses on the lives of female screenwriters of Golden Age Hollywood, whose work helped create those unforgettable stories and characters beloved by audiences--but whose names have been left out of most film histories. The contributors trace the careers of such writers as Anita Loos, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Lillian Hellman, Gene Gauntier, Eve Unsell and Ida May Park, and explore themes of their writing in classics like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Ben Hur, and It''s a Wonderful Life.
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