“While Photoplay mused that “Strangely enough, women outrank men as continuity writers,” it wasn’t strange to them. Women had always found sanctuary in writing; it was accomplished in private and provided a creative vent when little was expected or accepted… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share
“Frances maintained they took care of each other and claimed “I owe my greatest success to women. Contrary to the assertion that women do… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“While Photoplay mused that “Strangely enough, women outrank men as continuity writers,” it wasn’t strange to them. Women had always found sanctuary in writing; it was accomplished in private and provided a creative vent when little was expected or accepted of a woman other than to be a good wife and mother. For Frances and her friends, a virtue was… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share
“Privately, she was proud of her Oscar for The Big House because she had conquered a variety of obstacles to create a realistic film… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“At twenty-five, Marion had already developed the philosophy to “take failure with my chin up and success, when it comes, in stride.” — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“Eventually Frances was credited with writing 325 scripts covering every conceivable genre. She also directed and produced half a dozen films, was the first… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“There was Mary Pickford, who called Frances “the pillar of my career,” for she had written Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Pollyanna, A Little Princess, and a dozen more of Pickford’s greatest successes. Frances was also her best friend and had seen her through her divorce from Owen Moore and marriage to Douglas Fairbanks; Frances and Mary had even honeymooned with… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share
“As Frances Marion rose to accept the Academy Award for Screenwriting for her original story The Big House, she became the first woman writer… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“Their task was to film the work of the Allied women. More than 20,000 American women served overseas during the war—10,000 as nurses in… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“Her friendships were as legendary as her stories and some of the best were with her fellow writers for during the teens, 1920s, and… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“Los Angeles in 1912 was a sprawling flatland stretching between the ocean and the mountains. Within a thirty-five-mile radius, there were forty incorporated towns,… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“George Cukor was still a young emerging talent at RKO, but they were to become lifelong friends after making Dinner at Eight and Camille… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“Today, names of screenwriters like Zoe Akins, Jeanie Macpherson, Beulah Marie Dix, Lenore Coffee, Anita Loos, June Mathis, Bess Meredyth, Jane Murfin, Adela Rogers… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
