Ida Lupino, Director: Her Art and Resilience in Times of Transition

by Julie Grossman and Therese Grisham

Book Overview

Dominated by men and bound by the restrictive Hays Code, postwar Hollywood offered little support for a female director who sought to make unique films on controversial subjects. But Ida Lupino bucked the system, writing and directing a string of movies that exposed the dark underside of American society, on topics such as rape, polio, unwed motherhood, bigamy, exploitative sports, and serial murder.

The first in-depth study devoted to Lupino's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813574900
• ISBN13: 9780813574905
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher