#BOTD 1893 – 1967 Dorothy Parker, 73, US poet, author, critic, satirist, blacklisted screenwriter.
Screenplay co-writer: A Star is Born (1937) Sweethearts * Trade Winds * Week-End for Three * #Hitchcock Saboteur * Smash-Up Story of a Woman * The Fan (1949 Lady Windermere's Fan)
#BOTD 1893 – 1967 Dorothy Parker, 73, US poet, author, critic, satirist, blacklisted screenwriter.
"Story of a rising nightclub singer who marries another singer. As his career takes off, she falls into alcoholism, giving up her career for him."
Smash-Up Story of a Woman (1947)
#BOTD 1893 – 1967 Dorothy Parker, 73, US poet, author, critic, satirist, blacklisted screenwriter.
When a young actress arrives in Hollywood a chance encounter places her under the wing of older actor Norman Maine.
The original non musical drama. (1937)
#DorothyParker gave a blistering speech on behalf of those who refused to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), warning:
“For heaven’s sake, children, Fascism isn’t coming—it’s here. It’s dreadful. Stop it.”
#Hitchcock Saboteur original story (1942)
#BOTD 1893 – 1967 Dorothy Parker, 73, US poet, author, critic, satirist, blacklisted screenwriter.
Hollywood blacklisted at the peak of her career. When she died she left her estate to #MartinLutherKing on his death to #NAACP
#Hitchcock Saboteur Original Story/Screenplay (1942)
When I was young, bold and strong, right was right and wrong was wrong. With plume on high, flag unfurled, I rode away to right the world. But now I’m old - and good and bad are woven in a crazy plaid. I sit and say the world is so, and wise is she who lets it go. #DorothyParker
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