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Pioneers : first women filmmakers Cover Image DVD DVD

Pioneers : first women filmmakers

Arbuckle, Roscoe, 1887-1933 (film director.). Aydingoz, Esin, (composer (expression)). Baker, Renée, (composer (expression)). Baldwin, Ruth Ann, (screenwriter,, film director.). Bryant, Charles, 1879-1948 (film director.). Cunard, Grace, 1893-1967 (screenwriter,, film director.). Davenport, Dorothy, 1896-1977 (film director.). Denio, Amy, (composer (expression),, performer.). Douglas, Illeana, 1965- (film producer.). Ford, Francis, 1882-1953 (screenwriter,, film director.). Franklin, Chester M., 1890-1954 (film director.). Gal, Rob, (composer (expression),, performer.). Gauntier, Gene, 1885-1966 (film director.). Gibson, Angela Murray, 1878-1953 (film director.). Guy, Alice, 1873-1968 (film director.). Hartford, David, 1873-1932 (film director.). Hudson, Deborah, (composer (expression),, performer.). Hurston, Zora Neale, (film director.). Ivers, Julia Crawford, (film producer.). King, Joseph, 1883-1951 (film director.). Lang, Walter, 1898-1972 (film director.). Madison, Cleo, 1883-1964 (film director.). Magnes, Liz, (composer (expression),, performer.). Marion, Frances, 1888-1973 (film director.). Martins, Eunice, (composer (expression),, performer.). Matsumura, Makia, (composer (expression),, performer.). Mendoza, Ava, (composer (expression),, performer.). Meyer, Libby, (composer (expression),, performer.). Mezzacappa, Lisa, (composer (expression),, performer.). Model, Ben, (composer (expression),, performer.). Morley, Meg, (composer (expression),, performer.). Nam, Skylar, (composer (expression)). Nazimova, 1879-1945 (film director.). Nelissen, Maud, (composer (expression),, performer.). Normand, Mabel, 1894-1930 (film director.). Olcott, Sidney, 1873-1949 (film director.). Park, Ida May, (screenwriter,, film director.). Porter, Edwin S., (film director.). Reason, Dana, (composer (expression),, performer.). Rosenberg, Judith, 1946- (composer (expression),, performer.). Seaton, Joanna, (composer (expression),, performer.). Shipman, Nell, 1892-1970 (film director.). Simpson, Andrew, 1967- (composer (expression),, performer.). Smalley, Phillips, 1865-1939 (film director.). Snyder, Bill, (arranger of music.). Sosin, Donald, (composer (expression),, performer.). Stamp, Shelley, 1963- (curator.). Swartz, Carolyn, (composer (expression),, performer.). Tsambis, Chris, (composer (expression),, performer.). Vrebalov, Aleksandra, 1970- (composer (expression),, performer.). Warrenton, Lule, 1863-1932 (film director.). Weber, Lois, 1879-1939 (film director,, screenwriter.). Wood, Bret, (film producer.). Wong, Marion E., 1895-1969 (screenwriter,, film director.). Wilson, Elsie Jane, 1885-1965 (film director.). Oppenheim, James, 1882-1932 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Idle wives. (Added Author). Cook, William Wallace, 1867-1933 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Old West per contract. (Added Author). Payton, Lucy, 1877-1969 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Where are my children? (Added Author). Widdemer, Margaret. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Why not? (Added Author). Robbins, Katherine Leiser. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Her fling. (Added Author). Campbell, Evelyn. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Bread. (Added Author). Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Salomé. (Added Author). Curwood, James Oliver, 1878-1927 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wapi, the walrus. (Added Author). Peterson, Margaret, 1883-1933 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Dust of desire. (Added Author). Berklee Silent Film Orchestra, (performer.). Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, (performer.). Solax Company, (production company.). Kalem Company, (production company.). Rex Motion Picture Company, (production company.). Hobart Bosworth Productions (Firm), (production company.). Universal Film Manufacturing Company, (production company.). Lois Weber Productions, (production company.). Star Ranch Photoplays (Firm), (production company.). Keystone Film Company, (production company.). Gibson Studios (Firm), (production company.). Powers Motion Picture Co., (production company.). Mandarin Film Company, (production company.). Nazimova Productions, Inc., (production company.). Mrs. Wallace Reid Productions (Firm), (production company.). Pallas Pictures (Firm), (production company.). Canadian Photoplays Ltd., (production company.). Shipman-Curwood Company, (production company.). Norma Talmadge Film Corporation, (production company.). Library of Congress, (production company,, issuing body.). Kino Classics (Firm), (production company,, publisher.).

Summary: In the early decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and celebrated filmmakers in America were women. Alice Guy-Blaché helped establish the basics of cinematic language, while others boldly continued its development: slapstick queen Mabel Normand (who taught Charlie Chaplin the craft of directing), action star Grace Cunard, and LGBTQ icon Alla Nazimova. Unafraid of controversy, filmmakers such as Lois Weber and Dorothy Davenport Reid tackled explosive issues such as birth control, abortion, and prostitution. This crucial chapter of film history comes alive through the presentation of a wide assortment of films, carefully curated, meticulously restored in 2K and 4K from archival sources, and presented with new musical scores.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 6 videodiscs (approximately 1,320 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm)
    videodisc
  • Edition: Full screen.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from container.
Full screen.
Originally released as motion pictures 1911-1929.
Accompanying booklet (76 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm) comprises program notes, bibliographical references, and essays by Illeana Douglas, Shelley Stamp, Bret Wood, Arthur Dong, Charles "Buckey" Grimm, Kristen Larvick, and Deborah Levy.
Idle wives based on the novel by James Oppenheim; '49 -'17 based on a story by William Wallace Cook; Where are my children? based on a story by Lucy Payton and Franklin Hall; The dream lady based on the novel Why not? by Margaret Widdemer; The risky road based on the story "Her fling" by Katherine Leiser Robbins; Bread based on a story by Evelyn Campbell; Salomé based on the play by Oscar Wilde; Back to God's country based on the novel Wapi, the walrus by James Oliver Curwood; The song of love based on a novel by Margaret Peterson.
Special features: Audio commentaries by Alison McMahan (for Algie the miner, Falling leaves, Canned harmony, A fool and his money, and Matrimony speed limit); An introduction (documentary short); Alice Guy-Blaché (documentary short); About the restorations (documentary short); Lois Weber (documentary short); Mabel Normand (documentary short); Serial queens (documentary short); Social commentary (documentary short); commentary tracks: Bread (Anthony Slide), Salomé (Gaylyn Studlar), The red kimona (Anthony Slide); The end of an era (documentary short).
Formatted Contents Note: Disc six : The feature film: The call of the Cumberlands / Pallas Pictures ; produced by Julia Crawford Ivers (1916) (64 min.) -- Back to God's country / Canadian Photoplays Ltd., Shipman-Curwood Company ; directed by David Hartford and Nell Shipman [uncredited] (1919) (73 min.) -- The song of love / Norma Talmadge Film Corporation ; directed by Frances Marion and Chester M. Franklin.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Music, Eunice Martins, Ava Mendoza, Meg Morley, Liz Magnes, Makia Matsumura, Andrew Earle Simpson, Ben Model, Carolyn Swartz, Maud Nelissen, Deborah Hudson, Esin Aydingoz, Berklee Silent Film Orchestra, Skylar Nam, Rob Gal, Amy Denio, Lisa Mezzacappa, Bill Snyder, Judith Rosenberg, Chris Tsambis, Aleksandra Vrebalov, Libby Meyer, Renée C. Baker, Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, Joanna Seaton, Donald Sosin, Dana Reason.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen aspect ratio (1.33:1).
Language Note:
Silent with English intertitles and added music.

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Subject: Silent films United States
Women in the motion picture industry United States History 20th century
Women motion picture producers and directors United States
Genre: Nonfiction films.
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RACC Documentary - PN1998.2 .P56 2018 (Text) 33624024936674 DVD Available -
Allentown Public Library DVD 791.4302 PION (Text) 34455006623199 Adult DVD Nonfiction Available -
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