Dorothy Arzner (1897 - 1979)

American film director, one of the few female directors in the 1920s-1940s..

* January 3, 1897 San Francisco, California, USA
 October 1, 1979 La Quinta, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, September 1931
Photoplay, October 1932

Books on Dorothy Arzner

Judith Mayne Directed by Dorothy Arzner Judith Mayne
Directed by Dorothy Arzner
Indianapolis, 1994

Judith Mayne Directed by Dorothy Arzner Judith Mayne
Directed by Dorothy Arzner
Bloomington, 1994

Claire Johnston (ed.)
The Work of Dorothy Arzner, Towards a Feminist Cinema
London, 1975

Books with substantial mentioning of Dorothy Arzner

John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume I
New York, NY, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Amy L. Unterburger (editor) Women Filmmakers & Their Films Amy L. Unterburger (editor)
Women Filmmakers & Their Films
Detroit - New York - London, 1998

Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Women film directors, An international bio-critical dictionary
Westport, Connecticut; London, 1995

Ally Acker Reel Women Ally Acker
Reel Women, Pioneers of the Cinema 1896-Present
New York, 1991

Books with an entry on Dorothy Arzner

Denise Lowe An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930 Denise Lowe
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930
New York, London, Oxford, 2005

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Erster Band. A-C
Berlin, 2001

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929