The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood

by Frederica Sagor Maas

Book Overview

" Freddie Maas's revealing memoir offers a unique perspective on the film industry and Hollywood culture in their early days and illuminates the plight of Hollywood writers working within the studio system. An ambitious twenty-three-year-old, Maas moved to Hollywood and launched her own writing career by drafting a screenplay of the bestselling novel The Plastic Age for ""It"" girl Clara Bow. On the basis of that script, she landed a staff position at powerhouse MGM studios. In the years to come

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813121221
• ISBN13: 9780813121222
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher