Pioneers : first women filmmakers
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Contributors

Arbuckle, Roscoe, 1887-1933, film director.
Baldwin, Ruth Ann, screenwriter,
Bryant, Charles, 1879-1948, film director.
Cunard, Grace, 1893-1967, screenwriter,
Davenport, Dorothy, 1896-1977, film director.

Published

New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2018].

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Table of Contents

Disc one: Alice Guy-Blaché: Mixed pets (1911, 14 min.) ; Tramp strategy (1911, 12 min.) ; Greater love hath no man (1911, 16 min.) ; Algie the miner (1912, 10 min.) ; Falling leaves (1912, 12 min.) ; The little rangers (fragment) (aka Two little rangers) (1912, 11 min.) ; Canned harmony (1912, 16 min.) ; A fool and his money (1912, 11 min.) ; The high cost of living (1912, 14 min.) ; The coming of sunbeam (1913, 11 min.) ; Burstup Homes' murder case (1913, 15 min.) ; A house divided (1913, 13 min.) ; Matrimony's speed limit (1913, 14 min.) ; The ocean waif (1916, 36 min.) --

The colleen bawn / directed by Gene Gauntier and Sidney Olcott (1911, 35 min.) --

On the brink (fragment) / directed by Edwin S. Porter and Lois Weber (1911, 12 min.) --

The cricket (fragment) / directed by Elsie Jane Wilson (1917, 12 min.).

Disc two: Lois Weber: From death to life / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1911, 13 min.) ; Fine feathers (1912, 15 min.) ; The rosary / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1913, 14 min.) ; Suspense / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1913, 11 min.) ; Lost by a hair (fragment) / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1914, 4 min.) ; Hypocrites (1915, 51 min.) ; Sunshine Molly (fragment) / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1915, 31 min.) ; Idle wives (fragment) / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1916, 23 min.) ; Too wise wives (1921, 69 min.) ; What do men want? (fragment) (1921, 40 min.).

Disc three: Pioneers of genre: The hazards of Helen, episodes 9, 13, 26 / author, E.W. Matlack ; producer, Paul C. Hurst (1915) --

The purple mask, episodes 5, 12, 13 / written and directed by Grace Cunard and Francis Ford (1917) --

A daughter of "The law" / written and directed by Grace Cunard (1921, 22 min.) --

Eleanor's catch / directed by Cleo Madison (1916, 13 min.) --

'49

'17 /

written and directed by Ruth Ann Baldwin (1917, 70 min.) --

Caught in a cabaret / directed by Mabel Normand (1914, 23 min.) --

Mabel's blunder / directed by Mabel Normand (1914, 16 min.) --

Mabel and Fatty's wash day / directed by Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle (1915, 13 min.) --

Mabel lost and won / directed by Mabel Normand (1915, 13 min.) --

That ice ticket / directed by Angela Murray Gibson (1922, 10 min.) --

Ethnographic films / directed by Zora Neale Hurston (1929, 12 min.).

Disc four: Social commentary 1: Where are my children? / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1916, 65 min.) --

Her defiance / directed by Cleo Madison and Joe King (1916, 21 min.) --

When little Lindy sang / directed by Lule Warrenton (1916, 10 min.) --

The curse of Quon Gwon : when the Far East mingles with the West / written and directed by Marion E. Wong (1917, 35 min.) --

Scandal / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1915, 35 min.) --

The dream lady / directed by Elsie Jane Wilson (1918, 54 min.) --

Something new / written and directed by Nell Shipman and Bert Van Tuyle (1920, 57 min.).

Disc five: Social commentary 2: The risky road (fragment) / written and directed by Ida May Park (1918, 2 min.) --

Bread (fragment) / written and directed by Ida May Park (1918, 16 min.) --

Salomé / directed by Charles Bryant and Alla Nazimova [uncredited] (1923, 71 min.) --

The red Kimona / directed by Walter Lang and Dorothy Davenport Reid [uncredited] (1925, 77 min.) --

Motherhood: life's greatest miracle / written and directed by Lita Lawrence (1925, 59 min.) --

Linda / directed by Dorothy Davenport Reid (1929, 73 min.).

Disc six: The feature film: The call of the Cumberlands / Julia Crawford Ivers 1916, 64 min.) --

Broadway love / directed by Ida May Park (1918, 61 min.) --

Back to God's country / directed by David Hartford and Nell Shipman [uncredited] (1919, 73 min.) --

The song of love / directed by Frances Marion and Chester M. Franklin (1923, 81 min.).

Subjects

LC Subjects

Documentary films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Silent films -- United States.
Silent films.
Video recordings.
Women in the motion picture industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women motion picture producers and directors -- United States.

More Details

Published

New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2018].

Format

Blu-ray

Physical Desc

6 blu-ray discs (approximately 1710 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm)

Language

English

UPC

738329234119

Notes

General Note

Title from container.

General Note

Originally released as motion pictures 1911-1929.

General Note

Full screen.

General Note

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.

General Note

2K and 4K restorations of more than 50 films.

General Note

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).

General Note

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.

Creation/Production Credits

Includes works by directors: Ruth Ann Baldwin, Grace Cunard, Dorothy Davenport Reid, Alice Guy-Blaché, Zora Neale Hurston, Cleo Madison, Frances Marion, Alla Nazimova, Mabel Normand, Ida May Park, Nell Shipman, Lois Weber, Elsie Jane Wilson, Marion E. Wong.

Creation/Production Credits

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.

Description

"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."--Container.

System Details

Blu-ray; region A; aspect ratio (1.33:1); stereo; requires Blu-ray player.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Home use only.

Language

Silent with English intertitles and added music.

Local note

BLU-RAY

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Arbuckle, R., Baldwin, R. A., Bryant, C., Cunard, G., Davenport, D., Ford, F., Franklin, C. M., Gauntier, G., Gibson, A. M., Guy, A., Hartford, D., Hurston, Z. N., Ivers, J. C., King, J., Lang, W., Lawrence, L., Madison, C., Marion, F., Nazimova, 1., Normand, M., Olcott, S., Park, I. M., Porter, E. S., Shipman, N., Smalley, P., Warrenton, L., Weber, L., Wilson, E. J., Wong, M. E., Stamp, S., Wood, B., Douglas, I., Martins, E., Mendoza, A., Morley, M., Magnes, L., Matsumura, M., Simpson, A., Model, B., Swartz, C., Nelissen, M., Hudson, D., Aydingoz, E., Nam, S., Gal, R., Denio, A., Mezzacappa, L., Snyder, B., Rosenberg, J., Tsambis, C., Vrebalov, A., Meyer, L., Baker, R., Seaton, J., Sosin, D., Reason, D., Oppenheim, J., Cook, W. W., Payton, L., Widdemer, M., Robbins, K. L., Campbell, E., Wilde, O., Curwood, J. O., & Peterson, M. (2018). Pioneers: first women filmmakers (Expanded Blu-ray edition.). Kino Classics.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Roscoe Arbuckle et al.. 2018. Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers. Kino Classics.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Roscoe Arbuckle et al.. Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers Kino Classics, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Arbuckle, Roscoe, et al. Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers Expanded Blu-ray edition., Kino Classics, 2018.

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