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Dorothy Arzner
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American film director and film editor (1897–1979)
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Dorothy Arzner was an American film director, film editor, screenwriter and theatrical producer, born on 3 January 1897 in San Francisco. She was educated at the University of Southern California and studied under James Cruze, who along with Alla Nazimova influenced her work. She began working in the industry in 1922 and was employed by the University of California, Los Angeles, the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Paramount Pictures and RKO Pictures.
Arzner's sexual orientation was homosexuality, and her work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, recognised in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection, and died on 1 October 1979 in La Quinta.
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San Francisco, California, USA
Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. From 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood. Additionally, she was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in…
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- The Women Who Run Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2016
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Key facts
- Born
- Dorothy Emma Arzner , ( 1897-01-03 ) January 3, 1897, San Francisco , California, U.S.
- Died
- October 1, 1979 (1979-10-01) (aged 82), La Quinta, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Film director
- Years active
- 1922–1943
- Partner
- Marion Morgan (1927–1971; her death)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Emma
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- La Quinta
- Occupation
- director
- Student of
- James Cruze
- Image
- Dorothy Arzner.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dorothy Arzner
- date of birth
- 1900-01-03
- date of death
- 1979-10-01
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Art+Feminism
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Dorothy Arzner
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- start of work period
- 1922-00-00
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- Commons Creator page
- Dorothy Arzner
- described at URL
- www.filmportal.de/8DEFCCEC57944D2EB431DBC4E5EF1DC3
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Encyclopedic overview
Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. With the exception of long-time silent film director Lois Weber, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood from 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943. She was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s. Arzner made a total of twenty films between 1927 and 1943 and launched the careers of a number of Hollywood actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, and Lucille Ball. Arzner was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America and the first woman to direct a sound film.
Early life
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