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Without Lying down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood (A Lisa Drew book) (Hardcover)

by Cari Beauchamp (Author) "Marion Benson Owens first publicly documented her creative talents at San Francisco's Hamilton Grammar School "when I was caught drawing cartoons of my teacher on..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 475 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD (24 Mar 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0684802139
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684802138
  • Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,012,569 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Draws on personal letters, journals, and interviews with family members and colleagues to capture the life and times of Frances Marion.
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Marion Benson Owens first publicly documented her creative talents at San Francisco's Hamilton Grammar School "when I was caught drawing cartoons of my teacher on the blackboard and was expelled from all public schools." Read the first page
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2.0 out of 5 stars great info, drippy book, 9 Mar 1999
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full of interesting facts about early hollywood and women's contributions to movies, as actresses, writers and much else. too bad that the writing is slack, the descriptions are flat, and that the whole thing is presented with a kind of rah-rah feminism that's already looking dated.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best movie-based biography in ages!!, 15 Sep 1998
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I loved this book! The author recognizes the greatness of her subject and rises to the occasion, writing in a highly engaging style. I was most impressed with Marion's deep friendships with her female co-horts through the years from Mary Pickford to newspaper columnist Jill Jackson (still active, by the way). Thoroughly entertaining, interesting, and moving at times. Anybody who believes there is no such thing as friendship in Hollywood has obviously never read this book. I only wish Mary Pickford had as sympathetic a personal biographer as the author is here. She, like, Frances Marion, was one of the greats.
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5.0 out of 5 stars You did a very good job of documenting a very complex woman, 11 Jun 1999
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This review is from: Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood (Paperback)
I knew Frances well when she lived in Woodbridge,CT, to be near her son Fred who was teaching at Yale...She was a remarkable women and I still treasure her friendship...GREAT BOOK, Cari
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