Without Lying Down Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2002)

From 19151939 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 worlds highest paid screenwriter man or woman Kathy Bates gives voice to Marions words from her letters diaries and memoirs Includes commentary by silent film historian Kevin Brownlow critic Leonard Maltin and Marions celebrated biographer Cari Beauchamp Current women filmmakers reflect on the legacy left to them by Marion and the pioneering women of early Hollywood