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Dominated by men and bound by the restrictive Hays Code, postwar
Hollywood offered little support for a female director who sought
to make unique films on controversial subjects. But Ida Lupino
bucked the system, writing and directing a string of movies that
exposed the dark underside of American society, on topics such as
rape, polio, unwed motherhood, bigamy, exploitative sports, and
serial murder. The first in-depth study devoted to Lupino’s
directorial work, this book makes a strong case for her as a
trailblazing feminist auteur, a filmmaker with a clear signature
style and an abiding interest in depicting the plights of postwar
American women. Ida Lupino, Director not only examines her work as
a cinematic auteur, but also offers a serious consideration of her
diverse and long-ranging career, getting her start in Hollywood as
an actress in her teens and twenties, directing her first films in
her early thirties, and later working as an acclaimed director of
television westerns, sitcoms, and suspense dramas. It also
demonstrates how Lupino fused generic elements of film noir and the
social problem film to create a distinctive directorial style that
was both highly expressionistic and grittily realistic. Ida Lupino,
Director thus shines a long-awaited spotlight on one of our
greatest filmmakers. Â
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