“Frances maintained they took care of each other and claimed “I owe my greatest success to women. Contrary to the assertion that women do all in their power to hinder one another’s progress, I have found that it has always… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“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;… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“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,… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“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
