Directed by Dorothy Arzner (Women Artists in Film) by Judith Mayne

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Format: Paperback

Publisher: Indiana University Press, , 1995

Dimensions: 9.22 x 6.2 x 0.73 inches, pages

SKU: 903t

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Book Description:

Dorothy Arzner was the exception in Hollywood film history?the one woman who succeeded as a director, in a career that spanned three decades. In Part One, Dorothy Arzner's film career?her work as a film editor to her directorial debut, to her departure from Hollywood in 1943?is documented, with particular attention to Arzner's roles as star-maker and woman's director. In Part Two, Mayne analyzes a number of Arzner's films and discusses how feminist preoccupations shape them, from the women's communities central to Dance, Girl, Dance and The Wild Party to critiques of the heterosexual couple in Christopher Strong and Craig's Wife. Part Three treats Arzner's lesbianism and the role that desire between women played in her career, her life, and her films. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly The subject of close scrutiny by feminist film theorists for the past two decades, Arzner is arguably the most important woman film director in Hollywood history. From The Wild Party, starring Clara Bow in her first sound film, to Dance, Girl, Dance, with Lucille Ball, Arzner earned a reputation as a star-maker.'' Mayne (The Woman at the Keyhole) here reviews Arzner's 16-year directing career, offering a feminist reading of her films that emphasizes their preoccupation with communities of women and the performance'' of gender, as well as their questioning of heterosexuality. Mayne also delves into Arzner's biography for evidence of how her identity as a lesbian affected her work, and her research into Arzner's personal life reveals a moving picture of her ``unspeak...