When Women Wrote Hollywood: Essays on Female Screenwriters in the Early Film Industry
I’m so excited to see that we’re now publishing on this collection of essays written by the original cohort of students in our first Stephens College MFA in Screenwriting which I edited and for which author Cari Beauchamp wrote a wonderful forward covering the life and influence of Frances Marion.
These 23 essays cover a range of female screenwriters from the early years of film through the 1940s, women whose work helped create the unforgettable stories and characters beloved generations of audiences but whose names have been left out of most film histories. Not this one. This collection is dedicated to those women and written by a group of women grateful to stand on the shoulders of those who came before – as a beacon to those who will come after.
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Table Of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword: Finding Frances Marion
Cari Beauchamp
Introduction
Rosanne Welch 5
Adela Rogers St. Johns: Survival Of The Feisty
Sarah Amble Whorton
Jeanie Macpherson: A Life Unknown
Amelia Phillips
Anita Loos: A Girl Like Her
Toni Anita Hull
The Nature And Genius Of Alice Guy Blaché
Khanisha Foster
“You’d Better Learn To Hold Your Liquor”: Bess Meredyth And A Career In Early Hollywood
Sydney Haven
The Best Revenge Is Outliving Them All: The Life And Heartbreak Of Frederica Sagor Maas
Mikayla Daniels
Silent Screenwriter, Producer And Director: Marion Fairfax
Sarah Phillips
Smart Girl In Charge: Eve Unsell
Laura Kirk
The Glorious Ms. Glyn
Amy L. Banks
Fearless And Fierce: June Mathis
Lauren Elizabeth Smith
Writing Around Lois Weber
Chase Thompson
Gene Gauntier: Ascending By Drowning
Yasser Omar Shahin
Lorna Moon: A Woman Of A Certain Influence
Elizabeth Dwyer Sandlin
Clara Beranger: The Unseen Laborer
Amanda R. Stockwell
Ida May Park: Prolific Pioneer
Jackie Perez
Frances Goodrich And Albert Hackett: The Most Beloved Couple In Hollywood
Julie Berkobien
In Defense Of Lillian Hellman
Kelley C. Zinge
The Intimately Unknowable Dorothy Parker: A Study Of Her Life And Art
Elizabeth Dwyer Sandlin
Joan Harrison: Redefining Femininity In Film Noir And Hollywood
Chelsea Andes
The Six Degrees Of Sarah Y. Mason And Victor Heerman
Pamela L. Scott
Zoë Akins: A Quiet Rebellion
Sarah Amble Whorton
Marriage Of Words: Bella And Sam Spewack
Laura Kirk
The Forgettable Ms. Murfin
Amy L. Banks
A Team In Passionate Action: Ruth Gordon And Garson Kanin
Rosanne Welch
About The Contributors