Still writing that mini-series about women in Hollywood during the 1920s

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And it helps me to have images of the characters in my mind, usually actors and actresses who would be right for the role. I don't watch much TV so open to suggestions if any come to mind.



Studio boss (in the mode of Mary Pickford/Jody Foster/Frances Marion), pragmatic, can be tough and all-business but always beautiful - Sarah Snook (above in killer dress)
Studio boss' stay-at-home husband -- Chris Evans
Studio Exec -- Alec Baldwin (at 40YO)
Independent film maker (in the mode of Lois Weber / Alice Guy), free spirited, often impractical - Winona Ryder (at 30YO)
Indy film maker's mother (in the mode of Mary Pickford's mother) -- Geena Davis

Btw, Has Geena Davis ever been cast to play Winona Ryder's (character's) mother?

I need:

1. A Silent era leading lady type with big eyes, expressive, foreign accent, could be kind of Clara Bow

2. Leading lady's talking/singing replacement, can sing and deliver zingers

3. Studio Boss' younger female assistant, about 22-24YO, overworked, underpaid but holding up well

[geralmar]

1. Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)

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Study the heartbreaking supporting role performance by Blanche Sweet, a major actress in 1920s, washed up by age the coming of "talkies". She is essentially playing herself.

[smirkymonkey]

2. Silent era leading lady type...

Marion Cotillard?

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Leading lady's talking/singing replacement:

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)



Studio Boss's younger female assistant:

Dakota Fanning

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3. thanks

[hunter]

4. My grandma and her sister were wild young women of Hollywood in the 1920's.

When my children were teenagers and young adults all I could think was "Dear God, their poor mother!"

My grandma and her sister flirted with movie stars, they flew in airplanes, they went to parties, they wore scandalous clothing, and they drank as if Prohibition didn't exist.

My great grandma had wanted her daughters to do something sensible; maybe marry prosperous men in the dairy business. She didn't think movie making or airplane manufacturing were serious business.

My great aunt made costumes. She married and divorced a number of men before she found a good one. She worked on some very famous movies, and she saw many other movies being made as a guest on the sets.

My grandmother eventually married a handsome young Army Air Corp officer who'd been working with Southern California aircraft industry. He also had some contacts in the film industry.

In her nineties, my great aunt told me with great delight, and far too much detail, how she'd once checked into a swank hotel with a guy she wasn't married to. That was illegal then, but so was drinking.

When they finished college my parents both went to work in Hollywood and that's where they met. They're artists, but art isn't how they paid the rent.

When I was a child my grandma and her sister wanted me and my siblings to be child stars. I was a complete failure at that. My television career began and ended when I was four. I used to stare at important people as if they were interesting insects. I'd ignore whatever they were asking me, or worse, I'd tell them what I was thinking in a "little professor" autistic spectrum way. Two of my siblings were more successful, playing small parts on various television shows over the years, but they were never able to make a career of it. My sister still shows up on television occasionally and maintains her SAG membership.