Lady Director a Rare Breed on Television
By Linda Crawford
Chicago Tribune
April 3, 1966
Gloria Monty is one of a rare breed--the female television director. It's not hard to figure out why they're so scarce.
"You have about 40 men working for you," Miss Monty points out. "You have to keep a happy balance between being just one of the boys and being just a woman. Also, the hours aren't the best.
Miss Monty's working day as director of CBS-tv's soap opera, The Secret Storm, extends from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and it's perpetual motion all the way.
We looked in on her one day just as the show, offered live, went on the air. She sat in the control booth, one hand holding her omnipresent cigaret, the other snapping out a directive every few seconds. At the end, exasperated with a slip-up, she briefly reprimanded an assistant, introduced herself,...
By Linda Crawford
Chicago Tribune
April 3, 1966
Gloria Monty is one of a rare breed--the female television director. It's not hard to figure out why they're so scarce.
"You have about 40 men working for you," Miss Monty points out. "You have to keep a happy balance between being just one of the boys and being just a woman. Also, the hours aren't the best.
Miss Monty's working day as director of CBS-tv's soap opera, The Secret Storm, extends from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and it's perpetual motion all the way.
We looked in on her one day just as the show, offered live, went on the air. She sat in the control booth, one hand holding her omnipresent cigaret, the other snapping out a directive every few seconds. At the end, exasperated with a slip-up, she briefly reprimanded an assistant, introduced herself,...
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