Search results
Harriet Oettinger Parsons was born in 1906 in Burlington, Iowa, [1] the daughter of Louella Parsons and Harry Martin. [2] She appeared as "Baby Parsons" in several movies, which included The Magic Wand (1912), written by her mother. [3] Harriet attended Wellesley College, graduating in 1928. [2] [4]
In 1928, taking a job offered to her mother, Parsons produced a series of short subjects called Screen Snapshots for Columbia. From 1933 to 1940, she produced over 100 of them. She then produced another series, Meet the Stars, for Republic. Harriet Parsons' first full-length film was Joan of the Ozarks (1942), starring Judy Canova and Joe E. Brown.
Mar 16, 2020 · A child performer, Parsons later worked behind the scenes writing and producing films. Overshadowed by her mother, gossip columnist Louella Parsons, Harriet Parsons strove for excellence and seriousness in all she did. Ambitious and dedicated, she became Hollywood’s first female studio producer in the 1930s, fighting against prejudice and ...
In 1928, Louella and her daughter Harriet established the Hollywood Women’s Press Club, an informal forum for female reporters and fan magazine writers to exchange ideas and gossip over lunch at the Brown Derby (Barbas 2005, 124–5). Like Louella, Harriet Parsons was a shrewd professional who combated the prejudices of her contemporaries in ...
Jan 4, 1983 · Harriet Parsons, one of the first women film producers and the daughter of the Hollywood columnist Louella Parsons, died Sunday at St. John's Hospital after a two-year battle with cancer. She was ...
RKO Producer Harriet Parsons acquired the rights for her studio for an updated World War II version set in New England. When RKO management took the film away from her and gave it to producer-writer Dudley Nichols , Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper wrote a strongly worded newspaper editorial criticizing RKO for gender bias.
People also ask
Who was Harriet Parsons?
Who is Harriet Oettinger Parsons?
Where did Harriet Parsons go to school?
Did Harriet Parsons produce 'clash by night'?
Jun 27, 2022 · Along with Virginia Van Upp at Columbia and Joan Harrison at Universal, Harriet Parsons (1906–1983), the only daughter of famed gossip columnist Louella Parsons, was one of the very few women able to make her mark in the industry as a feature film producer during this decade. Parsons got her start at Columbia creating newsreel-like ...
