Diana Birchall, author of the book Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton, blogs at Vulpes Libris about her grandmother.

For eight years she churned out screenplays, and a few made it to the Silver Screen: Shanghai Lady was one, and Mississippi Gambler with Edward G. Robinson was another. She valiantly battled the white male powers of the Hollywood studios, who assigned her mostly to B movies with exotic themes (Mexicans, Gypsies, French, Indian, you name it). When Hollywood had ground her down and spit her out, she was thankful to retire to Calgary with a rich husband.