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

NR

2000

56 minutes

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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.

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Frances Marion headshot

Frances Marion

Self (archive footage)

Uma Thurman headshot

Uma Thurman

Self - Narrator (voice)

Kathy Bates headshot

Kathy Bates

Frances Marion (voice)

Jackie Cooper headshot

Jackie Cooper

Self

Martha Coolidge headshot

Martha Coolidge

Self

Fay Kanin headshot

Fay Kanin

Self

Callie Khouri headshot

Callie Khouri

Self

Leonard Maltin headshot

Leonard Maltin

Self