The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

A Writer in Early Hollywood

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by Frederica Sagor Maas

Type: Autobiographies
Subject: Others persons > Frederica Sagor Maas
Keywords: Frederica Sagor Maas, screenwriter, 1920s
Publishing date: 1999
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English

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Hardcover • 296 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN-10 ISBN-13

0-8131-2122-1
978-0-8131-2122-2

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" 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, she worked with and befriended numerous actors and directors, including Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, and Eric von Stroheim, as well as such writers and producers as Thomas Mann and Louis B. Mayer. As a professional screenwriter, Fredderica quickly learned that scripts and story ideas were frequently rewritten and that screen credit was regularly given to the wrong person. Studio executives wanted well-worn plots, but it was the writer's job to develop the innovative situations and scintillating dialogue that would bring to picture to life. For over twenty years, Freddie and her friends struggled to survive in this incredibly competitive environment. Through it all, Freddie remained a passionate, outspoken woman in an industry run by powerful men, and her provocative, nonconformist ways brought her success, failure, wisdom, and a wealth of stories, opinions, and insight into a fascinating period in screen history.

Press Reviews:
Choice A bittersweet, extraordinarily detailed recollection of Maas's 30-year career in the motion picture industry.... Chockablock with anecdotes, and a blinding amount of star-wattage to boot. -Salon.com

Maas's story is important because she tells us how the various studios operated back then. -Rapport

An excellent history of what it was to be a writer in the film industry then. -Southern Pines (NC) Pilot

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