Hollywood Heroines: The Most Influential Women in Film History

This is a topical resource that provides a comprehensive look at the most influential women in Hollywood cinema across a wide-range of occupations rarely found together in a single volume.· Provides the reader with an invaluable, complete, and easy-to-understand view of film history and filmmaking while simultaneously highlighting the most important women, making the subject of Hollywood and film more transparent as a whole· Enables a fuller understanding of the many complicated challenges women have faced historically and currently in Hollywood filmmaking· Offers a unique blend of film history and industry information, cohesively presenting them both in one place· Reaches beyond the more commonly discussed categories of women who have had important roles throughout Hollywood film history, such as directors and actresses, although they too are included· Examines women's visibility and representation in Hollywood in the context of the history of the film industry for students