Ida Lupino, Director: Her Art and Resilience in Times of Transition

Dominated by men and bound by the restrictive Hays Code, postwar Hollywood offered little support for a female director who sought to make unique films on controversial subjects. But Ida Lupino bucked the system, writing and directing a string of movies that exposed the dark underside of American society, on topics such as rape, polio, unwed motherhood, bigamy, exploitative sports, and serial murder.

The first in—depth study devoted to Lupino’s directorial work, this book makes a strong cas...