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Mary C. Mccall Jr : The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Most Powerful Screenwriter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smyth, J. E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McCall, Mary C., Jr., 1904-1986.
- McCall, Mary C.
- Screen Writers' Guild.
- Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
- Motion picture industry.
- Women in the motion picture industry--United States--History--20th century.
- Women in the motion picture industry.
- Women labor leaders--United States--Biography.
- Women labor leaders.
- Women screenwriters--United States--Biography.
- Women screenwriters.
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Biography.
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2024.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780231560719
- 0231560710
- OCLC:
- 1451805337
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