Great interview w/ Leslie Kreiner Wilson about Hollywood screenwriter #MaryCMcCallJr in the latest #Americana. 🙏 We discussed the origin of the pipe & 🍺 📖 cover photo 👇, her writing style, regrets, and why being Irish helped her career! 🎥 #skystorians

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What to do when the book editor says, ‘This won’t sell’ with J.E. Smyth We talk with historian and film critic J.E. Smyth about her most recent book, Mary C. McCall Jr.: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Most Powerful Screenwriter. We talk about writing the kinds of books ...

At the end of the academic year, some unfiltered Hollywood tea from me on the Writing It! podcast with Rachel Gordan....😎

#MaryCMcCallJr #feminism #filmsky #labor #screenwriters #shittalking #skystorians #writing

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The days when #Hollywood producers treated writers with some respect…and when #MaryCMcCallJr was president of the Screen Writers Guild…

Really enjoyed talking with @bhamharold.bsky.social for @laborheritage.bsky.social about McCall. Check out the book: bit.ly/4dBPoAU.

‘Mary C. McCall Jr.’ Review: The Screenwriters’ Champion McCall’s way with words brought her success with scripts in 1930s Hollywood, but her starring role was as a union leader.

Good Friday. 👇

#WSJ #MaryCMcCallJr #screenwriters #HerStory #filmsky @columbiaup.bsky.social

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The Avon in April.

Too far to visit Mary C. McCall Jr.’s grave in LA on her birthday, so I walked to the grave of her favourite playwright, William Shakespeare.

Here’s the view of the Avon and what I still think of as the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre from Holy Trinity.

#Shakespeare #MaryCMcCallJr #BOTD #April

Yes, but Pickford didn’t run UA all by herself. She was one of the 4 founders. Weber and Guy Blache are two, not a legion. In the 30s over 25% of all unionised screenwriters were women; their numbers went up c1940s. Here’s the Writers Guild president below, #MaryCMcCallJr, New book on her too. 🤗

A screenwriter’s career from fame to obscurity From May to September 2023, 11,500 screenwriters represented by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike. Their dispute – which concerned both

"Her tenure, unlike Riskin’s, was dedicated to the protection of screenwriters’ intellectual property and due remuneration."—Lillian Crawford, TLS https://buff.ly/4ghfMAz #BookReview #MaryCMcCallJr #ScreenwritingPioneer #WomenInFilm
#HollywoodHistory #ScreenWritersGuild #HollywoodLegends

Stephen Haberfeld with Mary-David Sheiner, Los Angeles, 2024.

Alfons was the last leader of the Jewish community in Auschwitz before #WWII. How do I know? Before their son Stephen became the great lawyer + #Watergate prosecutor, his school friend was Mary-David Sheiner, daughter of #MaryCMcCallJr. They are still friends.

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BBC World Service - Outlook, How Hollywood’s most powerful woman won and lost it all Before she was blacklisted, Mary McCall Jr. was a hit writer who transformed Hollywood

Thrilled to be interviewed by @bbcworldservice.bsky.social about the remarkable #MaryCMcCallJr with McCall's daughter, writer #MDSheiner. The show airs live tomorrow GMT 12 noon + 1800, + 0300 on 4/12 (4am, 10am + 7pm tomorrow PST). #WomensHistory #HerStory #FilmSky
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Now available! In this book, J. E. Smyth tells McCall’s remarkable story for the first time, putting the spotlight on her trailblazing career and crucial influence. https://buff.ly/4d8OjQR #MaryCMcCallJr #ScreenwritingPioneer #WomenInFilm #WomenInHollywood #HerStoryMatters #WomenFilmmakers