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This collection of four features and one short (Eleanor's Catch) represents a remarkable cross-section of the talented and mostly forgotten women who were prominent in the early days of American filmmaking. From Alice Guy-Blaché and Lois Weber who between them made over 800 films to Ruth Ann Baldwin and Cleo Madison who were among over a dozen women directing films at Universal in the mid-teens, women found extraordinary opportunities to work in the fledgling film "business." There were more women directors, editors, writers, and producers working from the mid-teens to twenties than any time before or since. While there has been a great deal of increased interest in early women filmmakers, very, very few of their works survive and most of these are available only to researchers at film archives. This Kino series helps to correct that situation.
Note: these three videocassettes are NOT packaged in a box set. |
