Among early Hollywood’s most renowned filmmakers, Lois Weber was considered one of the era’s “three great minds” alongside D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. D

Lois Weber (1879–1939) was one of early Hollywood’s most successful screenwriter-directors. A one-time Church Army worker who preached from street corners,

A major contribution to film scholarship and women's studies, this is the first critical biography of America's first native-born female director. It fully docu

A study of how and why women in early twentieth-century Hollywood went from having plenty of filmmaking opportunities to very few. Women Filmmakers in Early Hol

Among early HollywoodÕs most renowned filmmakers, Lois Weber was considered one of the eraÕs Òthree great mindsÓ alongside D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMil