Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I
The Cinderella Girl of the Movies

1. Apprenticeship
2. Successes and Failures
3. The Independent
4. After Hollywood

Part II
Films for Women Made by Women

5. Working Girls

6. Odd Couples

7. Dance, Girls, Dance

Part III
Girl Director Sets New Standards of Beauty

8. Looking for Dorothy

Conclusion: Lesbian Detection

Notes
Filmography
Index

Promotional Information

The first major study of the only woman film director who survived and flourished in Hollywood of the 1930s and '40s.

About the Author

JUDITH MAYNE, Professor of French and Women's Studies at Ohio State University, is the author of Cinema and Spectatorship, The Woman at the Keyhole, Kino and the Woman Question: Feminism and Soviet Silent Film, and Private Novels, Public Films.

Reviews

"It is the first major study of Arzner's work since 1975 and, considering the depth of Mayne's research, will be the landmark study for many to come." - Lambda Book Report " ... brilliant and lively reading ... " - Feminist Boookstore News " ... displays an interpretive subtlety that does justice to Arzner's films themselves." - The Lesbian Review of Books " ... brilliantly written and constructed ... " - Gay Times "[Mayne explores] in fascinating detail how Arzner succeeded in becoming a director, how her films reflected a distinct sensibility and set of life experiences, and how she was portrayed in the popular media." - Steven Mintz, H-Net Book Review