Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema

by Alison McMahan

Book Overview

Alice Guy BlachT (1873-1968), the world's first woman filmmaker, was one of the key figures in the development of narrative film. From 1896 to 1920 she directed 400 films (including over 100 synchronized sound films), produced hundreds more, and was the first--and so far the only--woman to own and run her own studio plant (The Solax Studio in Fort Lee, NJ, 1910-1914). However, her role in film history was completely forgotten until her own memoirs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826451578
• ISBN13: 9780826451576
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 9.3"