An edition of Silent women (2016)

Silent women

pioneers of cinema

by and

Cover of: Silent women by Melody Bridges, Cheryl Robson, Melody Bridges, Cheryl Robson
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An edition of Silent women (2016)

Silent women

pioneers of cinema

by and

It now emerges that more women were working at every level in the first 20 years of the film industry in the USA than at any point since. Early pioneers, such as Alice Guy Blach , directed hundreds of films, invented techniques, ran businesses and set up distribution but with the rise of the male-dominated studio system, their significant contribution to the dawn of the movies has long been forgotten. With chapters on the writers, directors, producers, stars, film editors, designers and camera women of the silent era this book acknowledges and celebrates the many talented women who were significantly involved in the rise of the industry and explains why the coming of the talkies and big business led to the inequality which exists today.

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Supernova Books
Language
English
Pages
311

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Women in the motion picture industry Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination) Women in motion pictures
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Table of Contents

Foreward -- Bryony Dixon
Introduction -- Melody Bridges and Cheryl Robson
Girl from God's country: the history of women in film and other war stories -- Karen Day
Early African-American female filmmakers -- Aimee Dixon Anthony
The silent producer: women filmmakers who creatively controlled the silent era of cinema -- Pieter Aquilia
Women were writing: beyond melodrama and hot house romances -- Patricia Di Risio
Doing it all: women's on- and off-screen contributions to European silent film -- Julie K. Allen
Female legends of the silver screen -- Melody Bridges
Directors from the dawn of Hollywood -- Francesca Stephens
Interview with director Dorothy Arzner -- Kevin Brownlow
Women film editors from silent to sound -- Tania Field
Who was the first female cinematographer in the world? -- Ellen Cheshire
When the woman shoots: ladies behind the silent horror film camera -- K. Charlie Oughton
Critics, reformers and educators: film culture as a feminine sphere -- Shelley Stamp
U.S. women directors: the road ahead -- Maria Giese.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-300) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43652042
Library of Congress
PN1995.9.W6 S554 2016, PN1995.9.W6 S55 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
311 pages, [16] pages of plates
Number of pages
311

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL26937016M
ISBN 10
0956632998
ISBN 13
9780956632999
OCLC/WorldCat
907660897

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19723896W

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