Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur: From Film Noir to the Director's Chair by Seros, Alexandra

Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur: From Film Noir to the Director's Chair

An archival study of Ida Lupino's work in film and television directing, writing, producing, and acting from...
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Author: Alexandra Seros
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Language: English
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Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur: From Film Noir to the Director's Chair by Seros, Alexandra

Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur: From Film Noir to the Director's Chair

Dhs. 397.05

Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur: From Film Noir to the Director's Chair

Dhs. 397.05
Author: Alexandra Seros
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

An archival study of Ida Lupino's work in film and television directing, writing, producing, and acting from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Though her acting career is well known, Ida Lupino was, until very recently, either unknown or overlooked as an influential director. One of the few female directors in Classical Hollywood, Lupino was the only woman with membership in the Directors Guild of America between 1948 and 1971. Her films were about women without power in society and engaged with highly controversial topics despite Hollywood's strict production code. Working in a male-dominated field, Lupino was forced to manage her public persona carefully, resisting attempts by the press to paint her solely as a dutiful wife and mother--a continual feminization--just so that she could continue directing.

Filmmaker Alexandra Seros retells the story of Ida Lupino's career, from actor to director, first in film, then in television, using archival materials from collections housed around the world. The result provides rich insights into three of Lupino's independently directed films and a number of episodes from her vast television oeuvre. Seros contextualizes this analysis with discussions of gendered labor in the film industry, the rise of consumerism in the United States after World War II, and the expectations put on women in their family lives during the postwar era. Seros's portrait of Lupino ultimately paints her life and career as an exemplar of collaborative auteurship.



Author: Alexandra Seros
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 12/10/2024
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781477330654


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2024 pg. 115
Publishers Weekly 10/14/2024

About the Author

Alexandra Seros is a working screenwriter and PhD. She is currently working with UCLA to preserve film and early television movies directed and written by Ida Lupino.


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