Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000)

7.6/10 • 56 min • Documentary TV Movie

Overview

From 1915-1939, 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 world's highest paid screenwriter - man or woman. Kathy Bates gives voice to Marion's words from her letters, diaries, and memoirs. Includes commentary by silent film historian Kevin Brownlow, critic Leonard Maltin, and Marion's celebrated biographer Cari Beauchamp. Current women filmmakers reflect on the legacy left to them by Marion and the pioneering women of early Hollywood.

Cast

Frances Marion

Self (archive footage)

Uma Thurman

Self - Narrator (voice)

Kathy Bates

Frances Marion (voice)

Jackie Cooper

Martha Coolidge

Fay Kanin

Callie Khouri

Leonard Maltin

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