
The Women Who Run Hollywood
The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances Marion wrote screenplays for the Hollywood Star Mary Pickford and won two Oscars, Dorothy Arzner was the most powerful film director in Hollywood. And what do all of them have in common? They are all women and they have all been forgotten. Incredibly, it also took until 2010 for the first woman, Kathryn Bigelow, to win the Oscar for Best Director. Even if underrepresented women have always played a big part in Hollywood and it is this part of the film history left untold that this documentary sets out to uncover.
Release Date: 2016-05-16
Documentary
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Official website: https://www.wichitafilms.com/en/films/the-women-who-run-hollywood/
Casts

Paula Wagner
as Self

Robin Swicord
as Self

Margaret Booth
as Self (archive footage)

Lillian Gish
as Self (archive footage)

Alice Guy-Blaché
as Self (archive footage)

Lois Weber
as Self (archive footage)

Frances Marion
as Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)

Anita Loos
as Self (archive footage)

Ida Lupino
as Self (archive footage)