I really don’t know how these things get done but to create another list of directors and this time having it be overlooked directors and not to include any women just blows me away.
From the press release: Turner Classic Movies unveiled the network’s list of 15 most overlooked classic Hollywood directors. The list includes stylish visionary Frank Borzage (Seventh Heaven), sci-fi director Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man), the prolific Allan Dwan (Sands of Iwo Jima), Disney stalwart Robert Stevenson (Mary Poppins), screwball-comedy director Gregory La Cava (My Man Godfrey) and blacklisted filmmaker Robert Rossen (All the King’s Men).
Here’s a quote:
“As much as we love the work of famous directors, those of us at TCM also respect the work of the men and women who never gained widespread fame,” said Charlie Tabesh, senior vice president of programming for TCM. “There are a lot of great filmmakers who are, to many film fans, still almost unknown.”
Hey Charlie- where are the women?
Here’s their full list:
Jack Arnold
Frank Borzage
Clarence Brown
John Cromwell
Allan Dwan
John Farrow
Edmund Goulding
Henry King
Gregory La Cava
Mitchell Leisen
Fred Niblo
Robert Rossen
Robert Stevenson
W. S. Van Dyke
Sam Wood
Please don’t tell me that there are no women to include on this list. Which women directors would you include on this list? How about Dorothy Arzner?
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Dorothy Arzner, as you mentioned, and Ida Lupino.
hello melissa i think gloria STEINEM WOULD HAVE DIRECTED THE SHRINKING MAN BETTER THAN ANYONE LOL WELL SHE S A WOMAN AND A FEMINIST.AND ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN EVER.AND WOULDNT IT BE A MILLION TIMES MORE FUN TO SEE WHAT GLORIA STIENEM WHAT HAVE DONE WITH A SHRINKING MAN LOL ITS A JOKE TO US WOMEN BUT I BET SHE WOULD HAVE MADE IT MORE FUN AND A JOY TO WATCH FOR WOMEN THAN JACK ARNOLD.WHO BY THE WAY IS ONE OF MY HUSBANDS FAV DIRECTORS.GREAT QUESTION MELISSA.WISH I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF IT FIRST LOL PS IT WAS STILL AT LEAST TO ME THE FIRST PRO FEMINIST SCI FI MOVIE EVER TAKE CARE A NEW FAN VICTORIA