Nobody's girl Friday the women who ran Hollywood Smyth, J. E. 1977- creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History nyu 2018 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xv, 304 pages) : illustrations "Disillusioned with what the American film industry had become by the 1970s, Bette Davis remembered a time when "women owned Hollywood." This book is their story. Historian J.E. Smyth challenges the belief, reinforced in too many histories and public comments, that feminism died between 1930 and 1950, that women were not important within the Hollywood studio system, that male directors called all the shots, and that the most important Hollywood writer you should know about is Dalton Trumbo"-- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: the equal right to be the best -- The fourth Warner brother -- Organization women -- Jills-of-all-trades -- Madam president -- Controlling the cut -- Designing women -- Last woman standing -- Epilogue: the cellophane wall. J.E. Smyth. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us-ca Women in the motion picture industry California Los Angeles History 20th century Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) History 20th century Femmes dans l'industrie cinématographique Californie Los Angeles Histoire 20e siècle BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Industries Media & Communications TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Telecommunications Women in the motion picture industry California Los Angeles California Los Angeles Hollywood 1900-1999 fast PN1995.9.W6 S639 2018eb 384/.80820979494 (DLC) 2017026978 9780190840839 0190840838 9780190840853 0190840854 9780190840846 0190840846 9780190840822 019084082X 2017026978 7FE53632-CD82-4FDB-825C-072F22F8A598 OverDrive, Inc. http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/8495 N$T 180219 20260319164720.1 in00005715592 eng