Sexual Liberation 1920s Style: The Screenwriting Career of Josephine Lovett – Dr. Rosanne Welch, Script Magazine, December 2025
From On Screenwriting and Media with Dr. Rosanne Welch by Dr. Rosanne Welch
December 20, 2025
About this episode
This episode explores the screenwriting career of Josephine Lovett and her contributions to the portrayal of sexual liberation in the Silent Era.
In the Silent Era, before the existence of the Hays Code (and largely a cause for it), many female screenwriters wrote heroines who flouted the brazen sexual freedom of the new century, a specialty of Josephine “Jo” Lovett. Born in October 1877 in San Francisco Lovett would spend some time as a lead actress on the … Continue reading "Sexual Liberation 1920s Style: The Screenwriting Career of Josephine Lovett – Dr. Rosanne Welch, Script Magazine, December 2025" Related posts: From Missouri to Musicals: The Screenwriting Career of Dorothy Yost – Dr. Rosanne Welch, Script Magazine, November 2025 Lois Weber: More than a Writer-Director She’s the Auteur Activist of Early Cinema – Dr. Rosanne Welch, Script Magazine, April 2025 Focused on Sin and Redemption Before the Hays Code: The Screenwriting Career of Alice D.G. Miller – Dr. Rosanne Welch, Script Magazine, September 2025
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Rosanne Welch
Topics covered
- female screenwriters
- Silent Era
- sexual liberation
- Josephine Lovett
- Hays Code
- film history
Keywords
- Josephine Lovett
- screenwriting
- Silent Era
- female filmmakers
- Hays Code
- sexual freedom
- film history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Script Magazine
Places: San Francisco
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