Introduction : surveying a new field for newspaper women -- Women writers lead the way, 1914-1916 -- Grace Kingsley, Los Angeles Times -- Kitty Kelly, Chicago Tribune -- Charlotta Bass, California Eagle -- Louella O. Parsons, Chicago Record-Herald -- Esther Hoffman, The Day Book -- The Film Girl, Syracuse Herald -- Dorothy Day, Des Moines Tribune -- Mildred Joclyn, Chicago Post -- Oma Moody Lawrence, Chicago Post - Mae Tinee, Chicago Tribune - Women writers during the Great War, 1917-1918 - Mae Tinée, Chicago Tribune - Louella O. Parsons, Chicago Herald and New York Morning Telegraph - Dorothy Day, Des Moines Tribune - Kitty Kelly, Chicago Herald and Examiner - Janet Flanner, Indianapolis Sunday Star - Genevieve Harris, Chicago Post - Charlotte S. Kelly, Indianapolis Sunday Star - A peak period for women writers, 1919-1921 - Marjorie Daw, Cleveland Sunday Plain Dealer and Detroit Journal - Mae Tinée, Chicago Tribune - Charlotte S. Kelly, Indianapolis Sunday Star - Genevieve Harris, Chicago Post - Virginia Tracy, New York Sunday Tribune - Dorothy Day, Des Moines Tribune - Rae McRae, Des Moines Register - Virginia Dale, Chicago Journal - Harriette Underhill, New York Tribune - Alberta Hartley, Des Moines News - Women writers carry on, 1922-1923 - Grace Kingsley, Los Angeles Times - Harriette Underhill, New York Tribune - Elizabeth Kern, Omaha World-Herald - Virginia Dale, Chicago Journal - Genevieve Harris, Chicago Post - Polly Wood, Chicago Herald and Examiner.
Summary:
"During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. Richard Abel returns these women to film history with an anthology of reviews, articles, and other works. Drawn from newspapers of the time, the selections show how columnists like Kitty Kelly, Mae Tinee, Louella Parsons, and Genevieve Harris wrote directly to female readers. They also profiled women working in jobs like scenario writer and film editor and noted the industry's willingness to hire women. Sharp wit and frank opinions entertained and informed a wide readership hungry for news about the movies but also about women on both sides of the camera. Abel supplements the texts with hard-to-find biographical information and provides context on the newspapers and silent-era movie industry as well as on the professionals and films highlighted by these writers. An invaluable collection of rare archival sources, Movie Mavens reveals"-- Provided by publisher.
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