We're sharing history with a special guest. Chicago filmmaker, Cassie Ballschmidt takes the reigns to school us on American screenwriter and director, Frances Marion, just as Frances Marion schooled the whole dang film industry.


Frances Marion


WFP MAR10-1


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Sources for this story: Time, Columbia University’s Women Film Pioneers Project, The Atlantic, and others (see below for formal citations)


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Original Art: Sarah Cruz


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Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

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