The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood

" 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

Author: Frederica Sagor Maas
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 06/10/1999
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.37h x 6.40w x 1.06d
ISBN: 9780813121222

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/24/1999 pg. 56
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/1999 pg. 779
Library Journal 06/01/1999 pg. 116
Booklist 06/15/1999 pg. 1772

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