Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

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Aug 03, 00 Documentary , TV Movie

Overview

From 1915-1939, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful talents in the movie industry. In one of the most liberating eras for women in film, she wrote more than 200 movies and was the world's highest paid screenwriter - man or woman. Kathy Bates gives voice to Marion's words from her letters, diaries, and memoirs. Includes commentary by silent film historian Kevin Brownlow, critic Leonard Maltin, and Marion's celebrated biographer Cari Beauchamp. Current women filmmakers reflect on the legacy left to them by Marion and the pioneering women of early Hollywood.

Director
Bridget Terry
Writer
Bridget Terry
Author
Cari Beauchamp
Director of Photography
Eric Anderson
Executive Producer
Hugh Hefner

Top Billed Cast

Frances Marion
Self (archive footage)
Uma Thurman
Self - Narrator (voice)
Kathy Bates
Frances Marion (voice)

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