Rent Make More Noise!: Suffragettes in Silent Film (1917)

Name: Make More Noise!: Suffragettes in Silent Film
Rating: 2.3

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1h 12min

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Bad behaviour, noise, clamour and violence are not traits normally associated with British women - but for the first 15 years of the twentieth century, fearless females fought with the authorities, and society at large, to make themselves heard. At the same time, cinema was becoming established as a dominant art form, and the suffragettes made it their business to get in front of the cameras. This fascinating selection of over 20 films from the BFI National Archive combines documentary, newsreel and comedy to show how suffragettes were portrayed on the screen during the period when their battles were being waged on the streets.
Highlights include the wild antics of 'Tilly's Party' (1911), the harsh lessons of 'Wife the Weaker Vessel' (1915) and the poignancy of 'Miss Davison's Funeral' (1913).
Actors:: Alma Taylor, Chrissie White, Harry Buss, Hay Plumb, Ruby Belasco, Arthur Staples, Lionelle Howard
Directors:: Lewin Fitzhamon, Frank Wilson
Writers:: Lewin Fitzhamon
Studio:: BFI Video
Genres:: Comedy, Documentary

BBFC:

Release Date:

23/11/2015

Run Time:

72 minutes

Languages:

English Dolby Digital 5.1, Silent

Subtitles:

None

DVD Regions:

Region 2

Formats:

Pal

Aspect Ratio:

Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3

Colour:

B & W

Bonus:

Suffragette Demonstration in London (1910, 3 mins): newsreel of an early suffragette mass march
Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor (1910, 6 mins): The Tilly girls star in this mischievous comedy
London Factory Girls on Strike in Camden Town (1911, 27 secs): newsreel footage of the strikers
Suffragette Pageant in London (1911,1 min): footage of the Women's Coronation Procession
London Church Completely Destroyed by Fire (1913,1 min): newsreel of an arson attack
St Leonards Outrage (1913,1 min): footage of an arson attack on a MP's home
Suffragette Derby of 1913 (1913,5 mins): Gaumont's footage of the 1913 Derby
'Law Abiding' Suffragists in Hyde Park {1913,1 min): a mass NUWSS meeting
Suffragettes Again (1913,1 min): newsreel of an arson attack in Plymouth
Trafalgar Square Meeting (1916,1 min): Mrs Pankhurst and Mrs Dacre Fox address the crowd
Labour's First Woman MP (1922,14 secs): short clip of Susan Lawrence
Lady Astor (Conservative) in Again for Plymouth (1923,13 secs): the first female MP celebrates another win