Blu-ray
Early women filmmakers : an international anthology
Edition
Deluxe Blu-ray edition.
Languages
English intertitles; French intertitles on La cigarette and La souriante Mme. Beudet; Le roi des Aulnes in French; The stolen heart, Papageno and Tag der Freiheit in German; optional English subtitles.
Performers
Featuring: Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin, Maureen O'Hara, Lois Weber, Maya Deren, Blanche Cornwall, Andrée Brabant, Germaine Dermoz.
Publication Information
Los Angeles, CA : Flicker Alley, [2017]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (652 minutes) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Series
Summary
"More women worked in film during its first two decades than at any time since. Unfortunately, many early women filmmakers have been largely written out of film history, their contributions undervalued. This necessary and timely collection highlights the work of 14 of early cinema's most innovative and influential women directors, re-writing and celebrating their rightful place in film history. International in scope, this groundbreaking collection features over 10 hours of material, comprised of 25 films spanning 1902-1943, including many rare titles not widely available until now, from shorts to feature films, live-action to animation, commercial narratives to experimental works. Directors include Alice Guy Blaché, Lois Weber, Mabel Normand, Madeline Brandeis, Germaine Dulac, Olga Preobrazhenskaia, Marie-Louise Iribe, Lotte Reiniger, Claire Parker, Mrs. Wallace Reid (Dorothy Davenport), Leni Riefenstahl, Mary Ellen Bute, Dorothy Arzner, and Maya Deren. These women were technically and stylistically innovative, pushing the boundaries of narrative, aesthetics, and genre. Going back to the beginning of cinema, this collection makes visible the tremendous directorial contributions women made all around the world. Beautifully restored in high definition, Early Women Filmmakers features new scores by Sergei Dreznin, Frederick Hodges, Tamar Muskal, Judith Rosenberg, and Rodney Sauer and the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra."--Container.
Notes
Mary Ellen Bute's Spook sport is in color; all other films in black and white.
Films originally produced 1902-1943.
Orignially issued in a DVD and Blu-ray combo box set.
Bonus materials: Audio commentary for Lois Weber's The Blot by author, professor, and expert on women and early film culture Shelley Stamp.
Contents
- Chiens savants = Miss Dundee and her performing dogs / Histoire roulant = Rolling story / Barricade / Falling leaves / Making an American citizen / Girl in the arm-chair / Suspense / Discontent / Blot / Mabel's strange predicament
- Star prince / Cigarette / Souriante Mme. Beudet = Smiling Madame Beudet / Peasant women of Ryazan = [Baby ri͡azanskie]
- Roi des Aulnes = Erlking / Harlequin : a silhouette film / Stolen heart / Papageno / Nuit sur la Mont Chauve = Night on Bald Mountain / Woman condemned / Tag der Freiheit = Day of freedom / Parabola / Mary Ellen Bute's Spook sport : a graveyard gambol / Dance, girl, dance [excerpt] / Meshes of the afternoon