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Dorothy Arzner is a prominent female, lesbian, Hollywood filmmaker who has had little recognition until her work was revisited in the 1970's. She was the first female to be a part of the Directors Guild, and who had made a name for herself in the male dominated industry in the 1920's and 30's earning much success in the box office. She began her career in the film industry at Paramount, typing film scripts. After six months she moved on to cutting and editing, editing over fifty two pictures. Driven to become a director she planned to leave Paramount unless she was able to direct A list films. Arzner's films included feminist ideas, including strong female protagonists while portraying the experiences of women, their relationships with others and one another, all in relation to gender, social and economic class. Her films portrayed some controversial subjects such as in Christopher Strong and Working Girls. These topics include sexual affairs outside of marriage, pregnancy, prostitution, eroticism, etc. Arzner also made a technological contribution to the film industry by inventing the first boom microphone, which is an invention still used today. She is also known to have been the first woman to direct a film with sound. And is also credited as the woman that has directed the most Hollywood studio films. She directed more than 50 Pepsi commercials - for Joan crawford.