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.
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.
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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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
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
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