Queen of the 'B's: Ida Lupino Behind the Camera

Although Ida Lupino is best known as a leading actress in many Hollywood B movies, her work as a filmmaker has been neglected by critics, historians, and audiences. In the late 1940s, Lupino turned writer, producer, and director in her own independent production company. The films she made, beginning with Not Wanted in 1949, were low—budget pictures taking an uncompromising approach to controversial subject matter — unmarried motherhood, disability, rape, bigamy. Lupino is exceptional as th...