Frederica Sagor Maas
Frederica Sagor Maas (born July 6, 1900 in New York City , † January 5, 2012 in La Mesa , California ), a native of Frederica Alexandrina Sagor , was an American screenwriter .
Life
Sagor was born in New York as the youngest daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants. She studied journalism at Columbia University and occasionally wrote articles for the New York Globe . Universal Studios hired her as a story editor in 1923 , and two years later Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave her a job as a screenwriter.
She celebrated her first success in 1925: The film The Plastic Age gave actress Clara Bow her breakthrough. During the silent film era , she regularly worked with stars such as Greta Garbo , John Gilbert , Emil Jannings , Barbara Kent and, last but not least, Norma Shearer , with whom she had a very close relationship.
Her last screenplay, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim , whose central theme is feminism in the late 19th century, was made into a film in 1947. After a few bitter disappointments, she withdrew from the film business.
In 1927 she married Ernest Maas , with whom she stayed until his death in 1986. During the McCarthy era , both were interrogated by the FBI for subscribing to two communist publications.
At the age of 99, she published her autobiography The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood . There Frederica Sagor Maas dealt mercilessly with Hollywood and the US government .
Shortly before her death, Frederica Sagor Maas was one of the 50 oldest known living people.
Filmography
- 1925: The Goose Woman - Directed by Clarence Brown
- 1925: His Secretary - Directed by Hobart Henley
- 1925: The Plastic Age - Directed by Wesley Ruggles
- 1926: Dance Madness - Director: Robert Z. Leonard
- 1926: The Waning Sex - Director: Robert Z. Leonard
- 1926: That Model from Paris - Directed by Louis J. Gasnier
- 1926: Es war (Flesh and the Devil) - Directed by Clarence Brown
- 1927: The First Night - Director: Richard Thorpe
- 1927: That Certain Something (It) - Director: Clarence G. Badger
- 1927: Rolled Stockings - Directed by Richard Rosson
- 1927: The Way of All Flesh (The Way of All Flesh) - Director: Victor Fleming
- 1927: Hula - Director: Victor Fleming
- 1927: Silk Legs - Director: Arthur Rosson
- 1928: Red Hair - Directed by Clarence G. Badger
- 1928: The Farmer's Daughter - Directed by Arthur Rosson
- 1935: Piernas de seda
- 1947: The Shocking Miss Pilgrim - Director: George Seaton
Web links
- Frederica Sagor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with Frederica Sagor Maas on Salon.com (English)
- Frederica Sagor Maas dies at 111; silent film screenwriter obituary in Los Angeles Times January 7, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sagor Maas, Frederica |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sagor, Frederica |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 2012 |
| Place of death | La Mesa , California |