Early Women Filmmakers 1911-1940

Description: Blu-Ray box set of Early Women Filmmakers 1911-1940 - in original packaging From back of box: The Early Women Filmmakers Collections 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 teh work of Mabel Normand, Alice Guy-Blaché, 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. * FILMS* Disc 1: FALLING LEAVES (1912, 14 mins) MAKING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN (1912, 14 mins) THE GIRL IN THE ARMCHAIR (1912, 13 mins) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN (1911, 12 mins) ALGIE, THE MINER (1912, 10 mins) MATRIMONY'S SPEED LIMIT (1913, 13 mins) OCEAN WAIF (1916, 29 mins)* Disc 2: SUSPENSE (1913, 10 mins) DISCONTENT (1916, 25 mins) THE BLOT (1921, 94 mins) MABEL'S DRAMATIC CAREER (1913, 14 mins) MABEL'S STRANGE PREDICAMENT (1914, 12 mins) MABEL'S BLUNDER (1914, 15 mins) HIS TRYSTING PLACE (1914, 22 mins) SHOULD MEN WALK HOME? (1928, 28 mins)* Disc 3: THE WOMAN CONDEMNED (1934, 64 mins) LA CIGARETTE (1919, 50 mins) LA SOURIANTE MME. BEUDET (1922, 43 mins)* Disc 4: LE VILLAGE DU PECHE (1927, 88 mins) LE ROI DES AULNES (1929, 45 mins) DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (1940, 4 mins) PARABOLA (1937, 9 mins)* Special features* Mabel's Dramatic Career, Mabel's Blunder, His Trysting Place and Should Men Walk Home? feature previously unreleased scores by The Meg Morley Trio* Alternative score to Should Men Walk Home? by Mordecai Smyth* Alice Guy-Blaché: a documentary (2018, 8 mins)* Lois Weber: a documentary (2018, 9 mins)* Mabel Normand: a documentary (2018, 8 mins): featurette on the director* Stills gallery* Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the films and filmmakers by Pamela Hutchinson, Isabel Stevens, Vicki Callaghan, Ellen Cheshire, Jane Giles, Kat Ellinger, Virginie Sélavy, So Mayer and Elinor Cleghorn Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom Studio: Bfi Language: English, French Subtitle Language: English Director: Various No Of Discs: 4 Run Time: 10 hours and 41 minutes Region Code: Blu-ray: B (Europe, AU, NZ, Africa...) Release Year: 2019

Price: 55 USD

Location: Los Angeles, California

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