Pioneers first women filmmakers
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Contributors

Stamp, Shelley, 1963- curator.
Guy, Alice, 1873-1968, film director.
Gauntier, Gene, 1885-1966, film director.
Olcott, Sidney, 1873-1949, film director.
Porter, Edwin S. film director.

Published

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

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Table of Contents

Disc one : Alice Guy-Blaché. Mixed pets / Solax Film Company ; directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (1911 ; 14 min.) --

Tramp strategy / Solax Film Company ; directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (1911 ; 12 min.) --

Greater love hath no man / Solax Film Company ; directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (1911 ; 16 min.) --

Algie the miner / Solax Film Company ; directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (1912 ; 10 min.) --

Falling leaves / Solax Film Company ; directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (1912 ; 12 min.) --

The little rangers (fragment) (aka Two little rangers) / Solax Film Company ; directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (1912 ; 11 min.) --

Canned harmony / Solax Film Company ; directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (1912 ; 16 min.) --

A fool and his money / Solax Film Company ; directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (1912 ; 11 min.) --

The high cost of living / Solax Film Company ; directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (1912 ; 14 min.) --

Matrimony's speed limit / Solax Film Company ; directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (1913 ; 14 min.) --

The ocean waif / Solax Film Company ; directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (1916 ; 36 min.) --

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

On the brink (fragment) / Rex Motion Picture Company ; directed by Edwin S. Porter and Lois Weber (1911 ; 12 min.).

Disc two : Lois Weber. From death to life / Rex Motion Picture Company ; directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1911 ; 13 min.) --

Fine feathers / Rex Motion Picture Company ; directed by Lois Weber (1912 ; 15 min.) --

The rosary / Rex Motion Picture Company ; directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1913 ; 14 min.) --

Suspense / Rex Motion Picture Company ; directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1913 ; 11 min.) --

Lost by a hair (fragment) / Rex Motion Picture Company ; directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1914 ; 4 min.) --

Hypocrites / Hobart Bosworth Productions ; written and directed by Lois Weber (1915 ; 51 min.) --

Sunshine Molly (fragment) / Hobart Bosworth Productions ; directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1915 ; 31 min.) --

Idle wives (fragment) / Universal Film Manufacturing Company ; adapted and directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1916 ; 23 min.) --

What do men want? (fragment) / Lois Weber Productions ; written and directed by Lois Weber (1921 ; 40 min.).

Disc three : Pioneers of genre. The hazards of Helen. Episode 13, The escape on the fast freight / The Kalem Company ; author, E.W. Matlack ; producer, Paul C. Hurst (1915 ; 11 min.) --

The hazards of Helen. Episode 26, The wild engine / The Kalem Company (1915 ; 10 min.) --

The purple mask. Episode 12, The vault of mystery / Universal Film Manufacturing Company ; written by Grace Cunard ; directed by Francis Ford (1917 ; 19 min.) --

The purple mask. Episode 13 reel 1, The leap / Universal Film Manufacturing Company ; written by Grace Cunard ; directed by Francis Ford (1917 ; 10 min.) --

A daughter of "the law" / Star Ranch Productions ; written, produced by Grace Cunard (1921 ; 22 min.) --

Eleanor's catch / Rex Motion Picture Company ; story by William V. Mong ; directed by Cleo Madison (1916 ; 13 min.) --

'49 - '17 / Universal Film Manufacturing Company ; scenario and direction by Ruth Ann Baldwin (1917 ; 70 min.) --

Caught in a cabaret / Keystone Film Company ; directed by Mabel Normand (1914 ; 23 min.) --

Mabel's blunder / Keystone Film Company ; directed by Mabel Normand (1914 ; 16 min.) --

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

That ice ticket / Gibson Studios ; producer, 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? / Universal Film Manufacturing Company ; written and produced by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1916 ; 65 min.) --

Her defiance / Universal Film Manufacturing Company ; story by Harvey Gates ; directed by Cleo Madison and Joe King (1916 ; 21 min.) --

When little Lindy sang / Powers Picture Plays ; story by Olga Printzlau ; directed by Lule Warrenton (1916 ; 10 min.) --

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

Scandal mongers / Universal Film Manufacturing Company ; story by Lois Weber ; produced by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley (1915 ; 35 min.) --

The dream lady / Universal Film Manufacturing Company ; [presented by] Carl Laemmle ; directed by Elsie Jane Wilson (1918 ; 54 min.).

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

Bread (fragment) / Universal Film Manufacturing Company ; written and directed by Ida May Park (1918 ; 16 min.) --

Salomé / Nazimova Productions ; written for the screen by Peter M. Winters ; directed by Charles Bryant [and Alla Nazimova] (1922 ; 72 min.) --

The red kimona / Mrs. Wallace Reid Productions ; [story] by Adela Rogers St. Johns ; adaptation by Dorothy Arzner ; titles by Malcolm Stuart Boylan ; directed by Walter Lang ; produced under the personal supervision of [Dorothy Davenport] Reid (1925 ; 77 min.) --

Linda / a Mrs Wallace Reid Productions ; [presented by] Willis Kent ; adaptation by Frank O'Connor and Maxine Alton ; titles by Ruth Todd ; screen play by Wilfred Noy ; directed by [Dorothy Davenport] Reid (1929 ; 73 min.).

Disc six : The feature film. The call of the Cumberlands / Pallas Pictures ; produced under the direction of Julia Crawford Ivers (1916 ; 64 min.) --

Back to God's country / Canadian Photoplays Ltd., Shipman-Curwood Company ; a Curwood-Carver production ; directed by David M. Hartford [and Nell Shipman] (1919 ; 73 min.) --

The song of love / Norma Talmadge Film Corporation ; [presented by] Joseph M. Schenck ; screen version by Frances Marion ; directed by Frances Marion and Chester Franklin (1923 ; 81 min.)

Subjects

LC Subjects

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

DVD

Physical Desc

6 videodiscs (approximately 1320 min.) : sound, black & white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm)

Language

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UPC

738329234102

Notes

General Note

Title from container.

General Note

Greater love hath no man based on the novel by Frank Packard; The colleen Bawn is based on the play by Dion Boucicault; 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; Linda based on a novel by Margaret Prescott Montague; The call of the Cumberlands based on the novel by Charles Neville Buck; 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

Originally released as individual motion pictures 1911-1929.

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.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Creation/Production Credits

Hypocrites: Photographed by Dal Clawson and George W. Hill.

Creation/Production Credits

Sunshine Molly: Photographed by Dal Clawson.

Creation/Production Credits

Idle wives: Photographed by Allen Seigler.

Creation/Production Credits

'49-'17: Photographed by S.S. Norton.

Creation/Production Credits

Scandal mongers: Photographed by Dal Clawson.

Creation/Production Credits

Salome: Sets and costumes by Natacha Rambova, after Aubrey Beardsley ; photography by Charles J. Van Enger.

Creation/Production Credits

The red kimona: Photography by James Diamond.

Creation/Production Credits

Linda: Film editor, Edith Wakeling ; photography by Henry Cronjager.

Creation/Production Credits

Back to God's country: Photographers, Dal Clawson, J.M. Walker ; film editor, Cyril Gardner.

Creation/Production Credits

The song of love: Photography, Antonio Gaudio ; art direction, Stephen Goosson ; film editor, Hal C. Kern.

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.

Participants/Performers

Ocean waif: Carlyle Blackwell, Doris Kenyon, Edgar Norton, Fraunie Fraunholz, William Morris.

Participants/Performers

Colleen Bawn: Gene Gauntier, Jack Clark, Sidney Olcott, J.P. McGown, Arthur Donaldson.

Participants/Performers

Suspense: Lois Weber, Valentine Paul, Douglas Gerard, Sam Kaufman.

Participants/Performers

Hypocrites: Courtenay Foote, Myrtle Stedman, Herbert Standing, Adele Farrington.

Participants/Performers

Sunshine Molly: Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, Herbert Standing, Adele Farrington, Frank Elliott.

Participants/Performers

Idle wives: Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, Maude George, Ben Wilson, Charles Perley, Neva Gerber.

Participants/Performers

The hazards of Helen: Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, James Davis.

Participants/Performers

The purple mask: Grace Gunard, Francis Ford, Pete Gerald

Participants/Performers

Daughter of "the law:" Grace Cunard.

Participants/Performers

Eleanor's catch: Cleo Madison, William V. Mong, Lule Warrenton.

Participants/Performers

'49-'17: Joseph Girard, Leo Pierson, Jean Hersholt.

Participants/Performers

Caught in a cabaret: Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin.

Participants/Performers

Mabel's blunder: Mabel Normand, Charley Chase, Harry McCoy.

Participants/Performers

Mabel and Fatty's wash day: Mabel Normand, Fatty Arbuckle, Harry McCoy.

Participants/Performers

Where are my children: Tyrone Power.

Participants/Performers

Her defiance: Cleo Madison, Willis Marks, Edward Hearn.

Participants/Performers

When little Lindy sang: Ernestine Jones, Nora Dempsey, Margaret Whistler, Benjamin Suslow.

Participants/Performers

The curse of Quon Gwon: Violet Wong.

Participants/Performers

Scandal mongers: Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber.

Participants/Performers

The dream lady: Carmel Myers, Thomas Holding.

Participants/Performers

The risky road: Dorothy Phillips.

Participants/Performers

Bread: Mary MacLaren.

Participants/Performers

Salome: Nazimova.

Participants/Performers

The red kimona: Priscilla Bonner, Nellie Bly Baker, Carl Miller, Mary Carr, Virginia Pearson, Tyrone Power.

Participants/Performers

Linda: Warner Baxter, Noah Beery, Helen Foster, Mitchell Lewis, Lillian Brockwell, Kate Price.

Participants/Performers

The call of the Cumberlands: Dustin Farnum.

Participants/Performers

Back to God's country: Nell Shipman.

Participants/Performers

The song of love: Norma Talmadge, Joseph Schildkraut, Arthur Edmund Carew, Laurance Wheat, Maude Wayne.

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.

System Details

DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation.

Language

Silent with English intertitles, and accompanying music.

Awards

National Film Registry selection, 1993 (Where are my children).

Awards

National Film Registry selection, 2000 (Salome).

Awards

National Film Registry selection, 2006 (The curse of Quon Gwon).

Awards

National Film Registry selection, 2009 (Mabel's blunder).

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Stamp, S., Guy, A., Gauntier, G., Olcott, S., Porter, E. S., Weber, L., Smalley, P., Cunard, G., Ford, F., Madison, C., Baldwin, R. A., Normand, M., Arbuckle, R., Gibson, A. M., Hurston, Z. N., King, J., Warrenton, L., Wong, M. E., Wilson, E. J., Park, I. M., Bryant, C., Nazimova, 1., Lang, W., Davenport, D., Ivers, J. C., Hartford, D., Shipman, N., Marion, F., Franklin, C. M., Matlack, E. W., Mong, W. V., Gates, H. H., Printzlau, O., St. Johns, A. R., Arzner, D., Boylan, M. S., O'Connor, F., Alton, M., Todd, R., Noy, W., Blackwell, C., Kenyon, D., Foote, C., Stedman, M., George, M., Holmes, H., Girard, J. W., Pierson, L., Chaplin, C., Chase, C., Arbuckle, R., Power, T., Myers, C., Phillips, D., MacLaren, M., Bonner, P., Baxter, W., Beery, N., Foster, H., Farnum, D., Talmadge, N., Packard, F. L. 1., Boucicault, D., Oppenheim, J., Cook, W. W., Payton, L., Widdemer, M., Robbins, K. L., Campbell, E., Wilde, O., Montague, M. P., Buck, C. N., Curwood, J. O., & Peterson, M. (2018). Pioneers: first women filmmakers . Kino Classics.

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

Shelley Stamp et al.. 2018. Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers. Kino Classics.

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

Shelley Stamp et al.. Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers Kino Classics, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Stamp, Shelley, et al. Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers Kino Classics, 2018.

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