Lois Weber by Martin F. Norden - 9781496820808

Lois WeberInterviews\nAuthor(s): Martin F. Norden\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781496820808, 978-1496820808\nSynopsis\nLois Weber [tel] was one of early Hollywood's most successful screenwriter-directors. A one-time Church Army worker who preached from street corners, Weber began working in the American film industry as an actress around 1908 but quickly ascended to the positions of screenwriter and director. \n\nShe wrote, directed, starred in, edited, and titled hundreds of movies during her career and is believed to be the first woman to direct a feature film. At the height of her influence, Weber used her medium to address pressing social issues such as birth control, abortion, capital punishment, poverty, and drug abuse. \n\nShe gained international fame in 1915 with her controversial Hypocrites, a complex film that featured full female nudity as part of its important moral less.