| Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood Contributor(s): Beauchamp, Cari (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520214927 ISBN-13: 9780520214927 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $28.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: Frances Marion was Hollywood's highest paid screenwriter--male or female--for almost three decades, wrote almost 200 produced films and won Academy Awards for writing "The Big House" and "The Champ". Here author Cari Beauchamp masterfully combines biography with social and cultural history to examine the lives of Frances Marion and her many female colleagues who shaped film making from 1912 throughout the 1940s. 62 photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Film - Screenwriting |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97044800 |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 5.81" W x 8.96" (1.45 lbs) 475 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cari Beauchamp masterfully combines biography with social and cultural history to examine the lives of Frances Marion and her many female colleagues who shaped filmmaking from 1912 through the 1940s. Frances Marion was Hollywood's highest paid screenwriter-male or female-or almost three decades, wrote almost 200 produced films and won Academy Awards for writing "The Big House" and "The Champ." |