The Women Who Run Hollywood

The Women Who Run Hollywood

52 mins | Documentary | May 16, 2016

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.

The Women Who Run Hollywood

52 mins | Documentary | May 16, 2016

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.
Producers
Original title Et la femme créa Hollywood
Directors Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg
Writers Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg

Cast

Paula Wagner

as Herself

Lynda Obst

as Herself

Robin Swicord

as Herself

Ally Acker

as Herself

Cari Beauchamp

as Herself

Margaret Booth

as Herself (archive footage)

Lillian Gish

as Herself (archive footage)

Alice Guy-Blaché

as Herself (archive footage)

Lois Weber

as Herself (archive footage)

Frances Marion

as Herself (archive footage)

Mary Pickford

as Herself (archive footage)

Anita Loos

as Herself (archive footage)

Ida Lupino

as Herself (archive footage)

Edith Head

as Herself (archive footage)

Dorothy Arzner

as Herself (archive footage)

June Mathis

as Herself (archive footage)

Mabel Normand

as Herself (archive footage)

Mae West

as Herself (archive footage)

Virginia Van Upp

as Herself (archive footage)

Sherry Lansing

as Herself (archive footage)