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

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

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.

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Frances Marion
as Self (archive footage)

Uma Thurman
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Kathy Bates
as Frances Marion (voice)

Jackie Cooper
as Self

Martha Coolidge
as Self

Fay Kanin
as Self

Callie Khouri
as Self

Leonard Maltin
as Self

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Bridget Terry
Director

Bridget Terry
Writer

Cari Beauchamp
Author

Eric Anderson
Director of Photography

Cari Beauchamp
Producer

Bridget Terry
Producer

Hugh Hefner
Executive Producer

Glenn A. Jordan
Original Music Composer

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