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Author:   Rosanne Welch
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781476668871

ISBN 10:   1476668876
Pages:   229
Publication Date:   03 July 2018
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword: Finding Frances Marion (Cari Beauchamp) Introduction (Rosanne Welch) 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) 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) 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 Index

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"""Absolutely a must read.""--Argunners Magazine"

“Absolutely a must read.”—Argunners Magazine

Author Information

Rosanne Welch teaches the history of screenwriting and one-hour drama for the Stephens College MFA in Screenwriting. As a television writer/producer, her credits include Beverly Hills 90210, Picket Fences and Touched by an Angel. The book reviews editor for Journal of Screenwriting, she lives in Los Angeles.

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