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. J. E. Smyth tells McCall's remarkable story for the first time.

List of contents

Introduction: 1943—the Turning Point
1. Mary Jr.
2. The Pirate
3. It’s Tough Being Famous
4. A Second Chance
5. Bending the Codes
6. Breaking the Rules
7. Independence
8. The Invention of Maisie
9. Golden Girls and Brass Rings
10. A President at War
11. A Woman in the Establishment
12. The Party Is Over
13. Scarlet Woman
14. Smaller Screens
15. The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

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.

Summary

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. J. E. Smyth tells McCall’s remarkable story for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: J. E. Smyth, Smyth J. E.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2024
• EAN: 9780231215275
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21527-5
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Screenwriting, Biography: arts & entertainment, Screenwriting techniques, Social and cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Screenwriting, Biography: arts and entertainment, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, performing arts; history