IDA LUPINO: BEYOND THE CAMERA, SPECIAL 100TH BIRTHDAY EDITION (hardback)

ISBN  9781629332789 After Ida Lupino appeared in They Drive by Night (1940) opposite stars George Raft, Ann Sheridan, and Humphrey Bogart, many people thought she was a new discovery, but she had been in talkies as a teenager as early as 1931 and had appeared in a number of British and American films.   Her work in High Sierra (1940) with Humphrey Bogart brought her wide attention, and The Hard Way (1943) won her the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. She and her husband, Collier Young, formed an independent company, and Ida’s first directing assignments included the critically acclaimed Never Fear (1949), Outrage (1950), and The Hitch-Hiker (1953), making her the first woman to direct a film noir.    She continued to write, product, direct, and star in many films throughout the 1950s-1970s, and also directed more than a hundred American tv series episodes, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Thriller; The Twilight Zone; Have Gun – Will Travel; Honey West; The Donna