Rent Early Women Filmmakers 1911-1940 (1940)
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9h 39min
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- Synopsis:
More women worked in film during its first two decades than at any time since. But many of those pioneering female filmmakers were subsequently written out of cinematic history, their contributions eventually forgotten. This timely collection presents the work of nine of early cinema's most innovative and influential women directors, restoring them and their work to the narrative of film history. International in scope, this groundbreaking collection features more than 10 hours of material, comprised of 22 films made between 1911 and 1940, including rare titles not widely available until now. For the first time in the UK, this release brings together the work of Mabel Normand, Alice Guy-Blache, Lois Weber, Dorothy Davenport, Germaine Dulac, Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Mary-Louise Iribe, Dorothy Arzner and Mary Ellen Bute - women who were technically and stylistically innovative, and who pushed the boundaries of narrative, aesthetics and genre. - Actors:
- Claudia Dell, Lola Lane, Richard Hemingway, Jason Robards Sr., Paul Ellis, Douglas Cosgrove, Mischa Auer, Sheila Bromley, Louise Beavers, Tom O'Brien, Neal Pratt, Charles Doherty, Mary Gordon, Julia Griffith, Lindsay McHarrie, Eva McKenzie, Fletcher Norton, Hal Price, Charles Sullivan, Mace Greenleaf
- Directors:
- Dorothy Davenport, Alice Guy, Alexander Butler, Edward Warren, Lois Weber, Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin, Leo McCarey
- Producers:
- Herbert Blaché, Alice Guy, William Barker, Kevin Brownlow, David Gill, Lois Weber, Mack Sennett, Hal Roach
- Writers:
- Alice Guy, Rowland Talbot, Marion Orth, Lois Weber, Henry Lehrman, Charles Chaplin, Albert Austin, Alfred J. Goulding, H.M. Walker
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch if You Like: King Kong, A Brief History of French Poetic Realism, A Brief History of Galleries and Museums in Film: Part 1, A Brief History of the Tradition of Quality, All the Twos: 1902-62
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/06/2019
- Run Time:
- 641 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, French LPCM Mono, Silent
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- B&W and Tinted
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Alice Guy Blache: a documentary (2018, 8 mins): film historians Alison McMahan, Shelley Stamp, Jane M Gaines and Anthony Slide reflect upon the life and work of Alice Guy-Blache
- Lois Weber: a documentary (2018, 9 mins): film historians Shelley Stamp and Anthony Slide discuss the life and work of Lois Weber
- Mabel Normand: a documentary (2018, 8 mins): film historians Shelley Stamp, Rob Stone and Karen Ward Mahar reflect upon the life and work of Mabel Normand
- Newly recorded scores for Mabel's Dramatic Career, Mabel's Blunder, His Trysting Place and Should Men Walk Home? by The Meg Morley Trio
- Newly commissioned alternative score to Should Men Walk Home? by Mordecai Smyth
- Stills Gallery
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following films:
- Falling Leaves (1912)
- Making an American Citizen (1912)
- The Girl in the Armchair (1912)
- Greater Love Hath No Man (1911)
- Algie, the Miner (1912)
- Matrimony's Speed Limit (1913)
- Ocean Waif (1913) - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following films:
- Suspense (1913)
- Discontent (1916)
- The Blot (1921)
- Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914) - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following films:
- The Woman Condemned (1934)
- La Cigarette (1919)
- La Souriante MME. Beudet (1922) - Disc 4:
- This disc includes the following films:
- Le Village Du Peche (1927)
- Le Roi Des Aulnes (1929)
- Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
- Parabola (1937)
