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The Women Who Run Hollywood

70 %|May 16, 2016|Documentary

The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances Marion wrote screenplays for the Hollywood Star Mary Pickford and won two Oscars, Dorothy Arzner was the most powerful film director in Hollywood. And what do all of them have in common? They are all women and they have all been forgotten. Incredibly, it also took until 2010 for the first woman, Kathryn Bigelow, to win the Oscar for Best Director. Even if underrepresented women have always played a big part in Hollywood and it is this part of the film history left untold that this documentary sets out to uncover.

Featured Crew

Clara Kuperberg
Director
Julia Kuperberg
Director
Julia Kuperberg
Producer
Clara Kuperberg
Producer
Clara Kuperberg
Editor
Julia Kuperberg
Editor
Peter Krajewski
Director of Photography
Mike Nolan
Director of Photography

Cast

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Margaret Booth
Self (archive footage)
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Lillian Gish
Self (archive footage)
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Alice Guy-Blaché
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Lois Weber
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Frances Marion
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Mary Pickford
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Anita Loos
Self (archive footage)
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Ida Lupino
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Edith Head
Self (archive footage)
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Dorothy Arzner
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June Mathis
Self (archive footage)
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Mabel Normand
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Mae West
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Virginia Van Upp
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Sherry Lansing
Self (archive footage)