Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur: From Film Noir to the Director's Chair

by Alexandra Seros

An archival study of Ida Lupino's work in film and television directing, writing, producing, and acting from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Though her acting career is well known, Ida Lupino was, until very recently, either unknown or overlooked as an influential director. One of the few female directors in Classical Hollywood, Lupino was the only woman with membership in the Directors Guild of America between 1948 and 1971. Her films were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477330658
• ISBN13: 9781477330654
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 240 Pages