Directed by Dorothy ArznerDorothy Arzner was the exception in Hollywood film history the one woman who succeeded as a director, in a career that spanned three decades. In Part One, Dorothy Arzner's film career her work as a film editor to her directorial debut, to her departure from Hollywood in 1943 is documented, with particular attention to Arzner's roles as star maker and woman's director. In Part Two, Mayne analyzes a number of Arzner's films and discusses how feminist