Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

From 1915-1939, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful talents in the movie industry. In one of the most liberating eras for women in film, she wrote more than 200 movies and was the world's highest paid screenwriter - man or woman. Kathy Bates gives voice to Marion's words from her letters, diaries, and memoirs. Includes commentary by silent film historian Kevin Brownlow, critic Leonard Maltin, and Marion's celebrated biographer Cari Beauchamp. Current women filmmakers reflect on the legacy left to them by Marion and the pioneering women of early Hollywood.

Directed by Bridget Terry

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Cast

Frances Marion

Self (archive footage)

Uma Thurman

Self - Narrator (voice)

Kathy Bates

Frances Marion (voice)

Jackie Cooper

Self

Martha Coolidge

Self

Fay Kanin

Self

Callie Khouri

Self

Leonard Maltin

Self

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