I recommended this book a few years ago when I first read...

I recommended this book a few years ago when I first read it, but wanted to recommend it again: Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood by Cari Beauchamp (Amazon) and at B&N.

It uses the life and career of Frances Marion as a framework to tell the story of the women writers, directors, and studio heads of the 10s, 20s, and 30s. It's really fascinating, showing how women started out in influential positions but were eventually edged out of the Hollywood pow...