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Marion then wrote Woman Against the Sea for Fox for $5,000; by the time filming began, the woman against the sea was being played by William Farnum and was called The Iron Man, but Marion retained her $5,000.
Frances Marion (born Marion Benson Owens; November 18, 1888 [1] – May 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter, director, journalist and author often cited as one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. During the course of her career, she wrote over 325 scripts. [2]
Ad, The Love Light (1921), directed and written by Frances Marion. Using the Pickford-Marion formula of adding slapstick comedy to drama, the film begins with Angela (Pickford) as an Italian peasant girl chasing her brothers around several inebriated farm animals.
1888-1973. By Mariana Brandman, NWHM Predoctoral Fellow in Women’s History | 2020-2022. The winner of two Academy Awards, Frances Marion is credited with writing more than 130 produced films during Hollywood’s silent and early sound eras. Her female-driven films showcased women’s strengths while delighting popular audiences.
Marion, Frances, 1888-1973. Marion, Frances, 1888-1973 Friends and associates. Women in the motion picture industry California Los Angeles History 20th century; Women screenwriters United States Biography; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Biography
The Battle of Hearts is a 1916 American silent drama film written and directed by Oscar Apfel, and produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It starred William Farnum and Elda Furry (later known as Hedda Hopper). The story was written by Frances Marion, then still an actress herself. [1] [2] This was Hopper's first motion picture. [3]
Apr 20, 2021 · By the time of the Revolutionary War’s Southern Campaigns of 1780–1782, enterprising 48-year-old Patriot partisan General Francis Marion did everything in his power to effectuate Rogers’s concepts in the Carolinas following the surrender of Charleston.
