Screenwriter Frederica Sagor Maas turns 110

thomas_gladysz · Post by **thomas_gladysz** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:42 pm

Silent era screenwriter Frederica Sagor Maas turned 110 years old yesterday.

My article on her can be found at http://www.examiner.com/x-7605-SF-Silen ... -turns-110

bobfells · Post by **bobfells** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:41 pm

Wow - a remarkable age for a remarkable woman. I read her autobio just a few months ago and found it one of the most unusual and candid accounts of working in Hollywood's Golden Age. She doesn't spare anybody including herself.

drednm · Post by **drednm** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:06 pm

and I thought I was the only one at 110

R Michael Pyle · Post by **R Michael Pyle** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:49 am

Dr. Ed, I'm right there with you...

boblipton · Post by **boblipton** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:04 am

Hit 100 here yesterday.

Bob

drednm · Post by **drednm** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:34 am

LOL... I meant age, not temperature....

Actually it's cold in Santa Fe and I still have woolen blankets on the bed...

Was 52 degrees when I left the house this morning....

Einar the Lonely · Post by **Einar the Lonely** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:43 pm

That is as stunning as one those few guys still alive who were in the trenches of WWI....

And, OMG... she met Stroheim, while he was editing FOOLISH WIVES.

That sort of thing defies any comprehension for me...oO

silentstar5 · Post by **silentstar5** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:29 pm

Thank you Thomas for setting the record straight. David Shepherd made a posting last year stating that she had passed on:
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject: R. I. P. Frederica Sagor Maas, 109 (!)
His source was a newspaper article of some sort so I can understand the confusion.
I am currently re-reading Hollywood Remembered by Paul Zollo and there is a very insightful chapter of reminicences by Ms. Maas.

Post by **silentfilm** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:39 am

She is definitely still alive. Here is an article about her birthday...

http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a ... S-110.html

drednm · Post by **drednm** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:50 pm

While she was probably a talented scenarist/writer, she has a slight Louis Brooks/sour grapes sort of edge to a lot of her anecdotes. I know this edge doesn't make them false but I do get tired of the same old stuff about Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Norma Shearer, etc.

What I found most interesting was her section on Riza Royce and Josef von Sternberg.

Sagor captures the feel of 20s Hollywood well and I her personal stories of her own career and downfall are fascinating.

sepiatone · Post by **sepiatone** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:55 pm

Bless her , 110 years strong.