Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Los Angeles.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Paper trail: efficiency, clerical labor, and women in the early film industry -- Studio tours: feminized labor in the studio system -- The Girl Friday and how she grew: female clerical workers and the system -- "His acolyte on the altar of cinema": the studio secretary's creative service -- Studio girls: women's professions in media production -- Epilogue: the legacy of "women's work" in contemporary Hollywood