Mary C. McCall Jr.: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Most Powerful Screenwriter By J.E. Smyth
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Review for TLS coming soon History Biography Nonfiction As someone who knows nothing about Mary C McCall Jr this was a great read super informative and what a life This was very dense but I feel that without all the information it would be lacking in the story and journey in Mary s life Thank you NetGalley and publisher for my E ARC in exchange for my honest review History Biography Nonfiction
J E Smyth is a historian critic and Professor of History at the University of Warwick Smyth has written and edited several books including a new edition of Jane Allen s Hollywood novel I Lost My Girlish Laughter Random House 2019 and Nobody s Girl Friday Oxford University Press 2018 a history of the many high powered women who worked in the golden age of the Hollywood studio system 1924 1954 She was awarded the Richard Wall Special Jury Prize by the Theatre Library Association the International Association of Media Historians Michael Nelson Prize a Choice Outstanding Academic Title and the Association of American Publishers Award She was a Getty Research Institute scholar in residence and contributed to the award winn J E Smyth is a historian critic and Professor of History at the University of Warwick Smyth has written and edited several books including a new edition of Jane Allen s Hollywood novel I Lost My Girlish Laughter Random House 2019 and Nobody s Girl Friday Oxford University Press 2018 a history of the many high powered women who worked in the golden age of the Hollywood studio system 1924 1954 She was awarded the Richard Wall Special Jury Prize by the Theatre Library Association the International Association of Media Historians Michael Nelson Prize a Choice Outstanding Academic Title and the Association of American Publishers Award She was a Getty Research Institute scholar in residence and contributed to the award winning PBS documentary Children of Giant 2015.
Mary C. McCall Jr. ebook3000 She was awarded an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences film scholar grant in 2021 Her latest book Mary C McCall Jr The Rise and Fall of Hollywood s Most Powerful Screenwriter was published by Columbia University Press in September 2024 and was profiled in the Observer in July 2024 site_link A screenwriter novelist labor leader Hollywood insider and feminist Mary C McCall Jr was one of the film industry s most powerful figures in the 1940s and early 1950s She was elected the first woman president of the Screen Writers Guild after leading the fight to unionize the industry s writers and secured the first contract guaranteeing a minimum wage credit protection and pay raises Her advocacy was not welcomed by To screenwriters McCall was an avenging goddess but to studio heads she was in the words of one Hollywood executive the meanest bitch in town And after a clash with the mogul Howard Hughes in the blacklist era 1950s she disappeared from the pages of Hollywood history.
Mary C. McCall Jr. epubor J E Smyth tells McCall s remarkable story for the first time putting the spotlight on her trailblazing career and crucial influence She explores McCall s life and work from her friendships with stars such as Bette Davis Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney to her authorship of the hit Maisie series about a working class showgirl s adventures Analyzing McCall s deft political maneuvering Smyth offers new insight on screenwriters struggle for equality and recognition She also examines why McCall s legacy is unrecognized showing how the Hollywood blacklist and entrenched sexism obscured her accomplishments Colorful and compelling this biography provides a powerful account of how one extraordinary woman shaped Golden Age Hollywood Mary C McCall Jr The Rise and Fall of Hollywood s Most Powerful Screenwriter.