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Because she was a female director, her studio emphasized her femininity, often at the urging of Lupino herself.

As one professor puts it “… Lupino ’ s cinematic tenure can be understood as a varied and complex attempt to control both image and image reception .” She even credited her refusal to renew her contract with Warner Bros. under the pretences of her domesticity, claiming “ I had decided that nothing lay ahead of me but the life of the neurotic star with no family and no home .” She wanted to seem unthreatening in a male dominated environment, which is made clear by a statement she made in which she says, “ That ’ s where being a man makes a great deal of difference.

I don ’ t suppose the men particularly care about leaving their wives and children.

During the vacation period the wife can always fly over and be with him.

It ’ s difficult for a wife to say to her husband, come sit on the set and watch ,” in regards to the benefit of being a male director.