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Virginia Van Upp (January 13, 1902 – March 25, 1970) was an American film producer and screenwriter.
Mar 20, 2017 · Her name was Virginia Van Upp, a tiny redhead who had unexpectedly ascended to the role of associate producer. Her male colleagues were aghast but Virginia had spent her entire life chasing a prominent creative role in the shark tank of the Hollywood system.
Virginia Van Upp was a producer and screenwriter who worked her way up in the film industry after having been a script reader, script editor, casting director, and agent. She was married with one child when she was named Executive Producer of Columbia Pictures by Harry Cohn in 1945.
Virginia Van Upp was a producer and screenwriter who worked her way up in the film industry after having been a script reader, script editor, casting director, and agent. She was married with one child when she was named Executive Producer of Columbia Pictures by Harry Cohn in 1945.
Jan 1, 2019 · Her name was Virginia Van Upp, a tiny redhead who had unexpectedly ascended to the role of associate producer. Her male colleagues were aghast but Virginia had spent her entire life chasing a prominent creative role in the shark tank of the Hollywood system.
Feb 18, 2019 · By 1943, Virginia Van Upp had written more than a dozen screenplays, many of which rely on the generic formula "Boy Meets Girl/Boy Loses Girl/Boy Gets Girl" to tell their story. This is the same formula most Hollywood musicals use, but Van Upp stayed away from musicals because she felt they "lacked stories."
Virginia Van Upp began her film career as a five-year-old child actress. Upon reaching adulthood, Van Upp determined to learn the production end of the business. Starting out as a script girl, she worked her way up to screenwriter and in this capacity kept busy at Paramount from 1930 to 1943.
