J. E. Smyth

Mary C. McCall Jr.

The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Most Powerful Screenwriter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A screenwriter, novelist, labor leader, Hollywood insider, and feminist, Mary C. McCall Jr. was one of the film industryâ s most powerful figures in the 1940s and early 1950s. J. E. Smyth tells McCallâ s remarkable story for the first time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 155mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780231215282
• ISBN-10: 0231215282
• Artikelnr.: 70141938

Autorenporträt

J. E. Smyth is professor of history at the University of Warwick. She is the author or editor of several books, including Nobody's Girl Friday: The Women Who Ran Hollywood (2018) and a new edition of Jane Allen's novel I Lost My Girlish Laughter (2019). In 2021, she was named an Academy Film Scholar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 1943-the Turning Point
1. Mary Jr.
2. The Pirate
3. It's Tough Being Famous
4. A Second Chance
5. Bending the Codes
6. Breaking the Rules
7. Independence
8. The Invention of Maisie
9. Golden Girls and Brass Rings
10. A President at War
11. A Woman in the Establishment
12. The Party Is Over
13. Scarlet Woman
14. Smaller Screens
15. The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index