Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

The story

From 1915-1939, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful talents in the movie industry. In one of the most liberating eras for women in film, she wrote more than 200 movies and was the world's highest paid screenwriter - man or woman. Kathy Bates gives voice to Marion's words from her letters, diaries, and memoirs. Includes commentary by silent film historian Kevin Brownlow, critic Leonard Maltin, and Marion's celebrated biographer Cari Beauchamp. Current women filmmakers reflect on the legacy left to them by Marion and the pioneering women of early Hollywood.

Cast & crew

Frances Marion

Frances MarionSelf (archive footage)

Uma ThurmanSelf - Narrator (voice)

Kathy BatesFrances Marion (voice)

Jackie CooperSelf

Martha CoolidgeSelf

Fay Kanin

Fay KaninSelf

Callie KhouriSelf

Leonard MaltinSelf