When Women Wrote Hollywood

When Women Wrote Hollywood
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : 9781476668871
ISBN-13 : 1476668876
Rating : 4/5 (876 Downloads)

Book Synopsis When Women Wrote Hollywood by : Rosanne Welch

Download or read book When Women Wrote Hollywood written by Rosanne Welch and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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