Frederica Sagor Maas
Writing
Biography
Frederica "Freddie" Sagor Maas was an early story editor and script reader in the U.S. movie industry, and later a script/story writer. She was active from 1921 - 1950, in both the Silent and Talkie eras. In 1927 she married Ernest Maas (born 1891), another screenwriter who was also a documentary filmmaker. The two remained married until Ernest's death in 1986. The couple--who were avid progressives with sympathies for Left-leaning causes--found themselves locked out of the film industry by 1950, after being investigated by the FBI at the height of the McCarthy era. Frederica went on to work in the (non-film) insurance industry and Ernest went into ghostwriting for academics and also worked as a writing consultant. In 1999--at the age of 99--Frederica published a book about her experiences in the film industry, entitled The Shocking Miss Pilgrim. It took its name from the popular 1947 film of the same name, which was written by both Frederica and Ernest, their crowning achievement. Frederica Sagor Maas died in 2012, at the age of 111, one of the last surviving writers of the Silent film period.
Known For
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
A free-spirited young girl has three middle-aged admirers, each of whom sees her from a completely different perspective. Unknown to her, they also happen to be the guardians of a wealthy young man to whom she is attracted. Only a small fragment of this film survives.
Red Hair
When a secretary overhears her boss disparaging her looks, she decides to show him how wrong he is.
His Secretary
Though billed second, the stunningly beautiful Louise Brooks is the focal point of the campus comedy Rolled Stockings. It's the old one about two collegiate brothers, Jim and Ralph Treadway (James Hall, Richard Arlen), in love with the same girl, Carol Fleming (Brooks).
Rolled Stockings
May s married to Roger, an alcoholic hell-raiser. During one of their riotous parties, she tests his fidelity by impersonating a notorious masked dancer and trying to seduce him.
Dance Madness
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Piernas de seda
Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party, and finds that it's impossible to please her and still keep up with his studies and athletic training. Soon the two face some difficult decisions.
The Plastic Age
Male and female sales agents, Phil and Ruth, for rival hosiery concerns try to land an order. For a while Phil succeeds and puts on an exhibition but Ruby makes the mannequins use her own brand of hose, flirts with the buyer and wins order away from her rival.
Silk Legs
A light hearted comedy romance involving a fake French woman and lots of 1920's fashions
That Model from Paris
The Farmer's Daughter is a 1928 American comedy film directed by Arthur Rosson.