Mary C. McCall Jr.: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Most Powerful Screenwriter - Hardcover
by J. E. Smyth
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231215275ISBN-10:231215274UPC:9780231215275Book Category:Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Film, WomenBook Topic:History & Criticism, ScreenwritingSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCS02CWHMZ
Mary C. McCall Jr.: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Most Powerful Screenwriter
A screenwriter, novelist, labor leader, Hollywood insider, and feminist, Mary C. McCall Jr. was one of the film industry's most powerful figures in the 1940s and early 1950s. She was elected the first woman president of the Screen Writers Guild after leading the fight to unionize the industry's writers and secured the first contract guaranteeing a minimum wage, credit protection, and pay raises....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231215275ISBN-10:231215274UPC:9780231215275Book Category:Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Film, WomenBook Topic:History & Criticism, ScreenwritingSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCS02CWHMZ
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.
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