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1 Online-Ressource (296 pages)
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0813137438
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0813127076
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1283327120
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9780813137438
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9780813127071
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9781283327121
Inhalt:
"Freddie Maas's revealing memoir offers a unique perspective on the film industry and Hollywood culture in their early days and illuminates the plight of Hollywood writers working within the studio system. An ambitious twenty-three-year-old, Maas moved to Hollywood and launched her own writing career by drafting a screenplay of the bestselling novel The Plastic Age for ""It"" girl Clara Bow. On the basis of that script, she landed a staff position at powerhouse MGM studios. In the years to come, she worked with and befriended numerous actors and directors, including Norma Shearer, Joan Crawfo
Inhalt:
17 The Desecration of Miss Pilgrim's Progress18 Civil War Stories Are Out; Epilogue; Index; Illustrations follow page
Inhalt:
Cover; THE SHOCKING MISS PILGRIM; Title; Copyright; To the "Swell Fish" that my husband, Ernest, and I parented-creative works that never saw the light of day.; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Family Roots; 2 From Columbia to Universal; 3 Story Editor; 4 Purchase of The Plastic Age; 5 My Introduction to Hollywood; 6 Hollywood Parties; 7 My Friend, Riza; 8 The Troublemaker; 9 Meeting Ernest Maas; 10 Honor Among Thieves; 11 The Maases Go to Europe; 12 "Swell Fish"; 13 The Depression Years; 14 Marriage in Crisis; 15 Motion Picture Peddler; 16 World War II
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ISBN 9780813121222
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Maas, Frederica Shocking Miss Pilgrim : A Writer in Early Hollywood Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2010 ISBN 9780813121222
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