Bite-sized blog post: Alice Guy-Blaché

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One of the first narrative films, La Fée aux Choux, was shot by a secretary for Léon Gaumont, ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ (1873-1968), who asked to use the company camera (a device considered used for observational purposes or as Gaumont referred to it, “simply a toy”) on weekends to do some shooting.

Guy-Blaché became a fixture of what would become the Gaumont Film Company and moved with her husband to head up their division in America. Later they would form their own studio in New Jersey Solax Studios which she would helm.

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BOOKS
Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema by Alison McMahan
The Memoirs of Alice Guy Blaché by Roberta and Simone Blaché
ONLINE
Alice Guy cinema pioneer
Be Natural – a movie being made about Alice
Biography
Blog
National Women’s History Museum
Women’s Film Pioneer Project
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1920Vampire
 1920Tarnished Reputations (as Alice Blaché)
 1917Behind the Mask (as Alice Blaché)
 1917When You and I Were Young (as Alice Guy Blaché)
 1917House of Cards (as Alice Guy Blaché)
 1917A Man and the Woman (as Alice Blaché)
 1917The Empress (as Alice Guy Blaché)
 1916The Ocean Waif (Short) (uncredited)
 1915My Madonna (as Alice Blaché)
 1915The Song of the Wage Slave (as Alice Blaché)
 1915The Vampire (as Alice Blaché)
 1915The Heart of a Painted Woman (as Alice Guy-Blaché)
 1914The Tigress (unconfirmed)
 1914The Lure
 1914The Woman of Mystery (as Alice Blaché)
 1914The Monster and the Girl (as Alice Blaché)
 1914The Dream Woman (as Alice Blaché)
 1914Beneath the Czar (as Alice Blaché)
 1913Shadows of the Moulin Rouge (as Alice Blaché)
 1913The Rogues of Paris (as Alice Blaché)
 1913The Little Hunchback (Short)
 1913A Terrible Night (Short)
 1913Matrimony’s Speed Limit (Short) (uncredited)
 1913/IA House Divided (Short) (uncredited)
 1913Dick Whittington and his Cat (unconfirmed)
 1913Burstup Holmes (Short)
 1912The Finger Prints (Short)
 1912Hearts Unknown (Short)
 1912/IThe Face at the Window (Short)
 1912Making an American Citizen (Short) (uncredited)
 1912A Fool and His Money (Short)
 1912Canned Harmony (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1912Treasures on the Wing (Short)
 1912Playing Trumps (Short)
 1912Phantom Paradise (Short)
 1912The Blood Stain (Short)
 1912Fra Diavolo (Short)
 1912Micky’s Pal (Short) (uncredited)
 1912In the Year 2000 (Short)
 1912Souls in the Shadow (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1912The Wooing of Alice (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1912The Detective’s Dog (Short)
 1912Child of the Tenements (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1912Falling Leaves (Short) (unconfirmed, uncredited)
 1912The Animated Bathtub (Short)
 1912Blighted Lives (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1912God Disposes (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1912Hubby Does the Washing (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1912A Terrible Lesson (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1912Mrs. Cranston’s Jewels (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1912/IMignon (Short)
 1912His Musical Soul (Short)
 1911Five O’Clock Tea (unconfirmed)
 1911Road Leads Home (unconfirmed)
 1911The Cure (unconfirmed)
 1911The Little Rangers (unconfirmed)
 1911His Mother’s Hymn (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1911Cupid and the Comet (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1911Rose of the Circus (Short)
 1911A Midnight Visitor (Short)
 1911Put Out (Short)
 1911Out of the Arctic (Short)
 1911A Costly Pledge (Short)
 1911Love’s Test (Short)
 1911Corinne in Dollyland (Short)
 1911Mixed Pets (Short)
 1911Ring of Love (Short)
 1911His Best Friend (Short)
 1911The Nightcap (Short)
 1910Mrs. Richard Dare (Short)
 1910The Pawnshop (Short)
 1910Two Suits (Short)
 1910One Touch of Nature (Short)
 1910Her Father’s Sin (Short)
 1910A Widow and Her Child (Short)
 1910A Fateful Gift (Short)
 1910A Child’s Sacrifice (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1907Course à la saucisse (Short)
 1907Fanfan la Tulipe (Short)
 1907Le ballon dirigeable ‘Le patrie’ (Documentary short)
 1907Madam’s Fancies (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1907The Glue (Short)
 1907The Rolling Bed (Short)
 1907Reformation (Short)
 1906Conscience de prêtre (Short)
 1906Course de taureaux à Nîmes (Short) (co-director)
 1906Effets de mer (Short)
 1906L’honneur du corse (Short)
 1906La chaussette (Short)
 1906La fée printemps (Short)
 1906La messe de minuit (Short)
 1906La pègre de Paris (Short)
 1906La régiment moderne (Short)
 1906La vie du marin (Short)
 1906Le fantassin Guignard (Short)
 1906Les Druides (Short)
 1906Le songe du pêcheur (Short)
 1906Mireille (Short) (co-director)
 1906Pauvre pompier (Short)
 1906Un cas de divorce (Short)
 1906Une histoire roulante (Short)
 1906Voyage en Espagne (Short)
 1906The Drunken Mattress (Short)
 1906La crinoline (Short)
 1906La femme collante (Short)
 1906La voiture cellulaire (Short)
 1906Sealed Lips (Short)
 1906La femme du masque (Short)
 1906Le cochon de lait (Short)
 1906Questions indiscrètes (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1906The Stepmother (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1905À la cabane bambou (Short)
 1905Au poulailler! (Short)
 1905C’est une ingénue (Short)
 1905Cake-walk nègre (Short)
 1905Chez le dentiste (Short)
 1905Cucurbitacée (Short)
 1905Espagne (Documentary short)
 1905Être légume (Short)
 1905Five O’Clock Tea (Short)
 1905La mattchiche (Short)
 1905La paimpolaise (Short)
 1905La polka des trottins (Short)
 1905La statue (Short)
 1905Le képi (Short)
 1905Le lorgnon accusateur (Short)
 1905Le pantalon coupé (Short)
 1905Le pavé (Short)
 1905Le petit Grégoire (Short)
 1905Le petit panier (Short)
 1905Le plateau (Short)
 1905Le rire du nègre (Short)
 1905Les maçons (Short)
 1905Le tango (Short)
 1905Lilas blanc (Short)
 1905Peintre et ivrogne (Short)
 1905Roméo pris au piège (Short)
 1905Saharet, boléro (Short)
 1905Si ça t’va (Short)
 1905Viens, poupoule (Short)
 1905Villa dévalisée (Short)
 1905Esmeralda (Short)
 1905Allumeur-Marche (Short)
 1905Les p’tits pois (Short)
 1905My Quay’s Hole (Short)
 1905V’la le rétameur (Short)
 1905Valsons
 1904Après la fête (Short)
 1904Cambrioleur et agent (Short)
 1904Cible humaine (Short)
 1904Clown en sac (Short)
 1904Concours de bébés (Short)
 1904Culture Intensive (Short)
 1904Duel tragique (Short)
 1904Électrocutée (Short)
 1904Erreur de poivrot (Short)
 1904Gage d’amour (Short)
 1904L’oiseau envolé (Short)
 1904La leçon de pipeau (Short)
 1904La rêve du chasseur (Short)
 1904Le jour du terme (Short)
 1904Le monolutteur (Short)
 1904Les deux rivaux (Short)
 1904Lui (Short)
 1904Magie noire (Short)
 1904Mauvais coeur puni (Short)
 1904Militaire et nourrice (Short)
 1904Paris la nuit (Short)
 1904Rafle de chiens (Short)
 1904Scènes directoire (Short)
 1904The Enchanted Bean (Short)
 1904Transformations (Short)
 1904Vieilles estampes (Short)
 1904Pierrot, Murderer (Short)
 1903Jocko musicien (Short)
 1903La mouche (Short)
 1903La poule fantaisiste (Short)
 1903La valise enchantée (Short)
 1903Le fiancé ensorcelé (Short)
 1903Le liqueur du couvent (Short)
 1903Les braconniers (Short)
 1903Le voleur sacrilège (Short)
 1903Lutteurs américains (Short)
 1903Modelage express (Short)
 1903Ne bougeons plus (Short)
 1903Nos bons étudiants (Short)
 1903Potage indigeste (Short)
 1903Service précipité (Short)
 1902A Peculiar Cabinet (Short)
 1902Danse excentrique (Short)
 1902Danse fantaisiste (Short)
 1902Danse mauresque (Short)
 1902En faction (Short)
 1902Farces de cuisinière (Short)
 1902Fruits de saison (Short)
 1902L’équilibriste (Short)
 1902La cour des miracles (Short)
 1902La dent recalcitrante (Short)
 1902La fiole enchantée (Short)
 1902La gavotte (Short)
 1902La gigue (Short)
 1902La première gamelle (Short)
 1902Le lion savant (Short)
 1902Le pommier (Short)
 1902Les chiens savants (Documentary short)
 1902Les clowns (Short)
 1902Les malabares, acrobats (Documentary short)
 1902Quadrille réaliste (Short)
 1902Trompé mais content (Short)
 1901Charmant froufrou (Short)
 1901Danses basques (Short)
 1901Folies masquées (Short)
 1901Frivolité (Short)
 1901Hussards et grisettes (Short)
 1901Lavatory moderne (Short)
 1901Lecture quotidienne (Short)
 1901Les vagues (Short)
 1901Pas de colombine (Short)
 1901Scène d’amour (Short)
 1901Scène d’ivresse (Short)
 1901Vendetta (Short)
 1900Au bal de Flore (Short)
 1900Avenue de l’opéra (Short)
 1900Badinage (Short)
 1900Ballet japonais (Short)
 1900Chez le photographe (Short)
 1900Dance de l’ivresse (Short)
 1900Danse des saisons (Short)
 1900Danse du papillon (Documentary short)
 1900Danse du voile (Short)
 1900Danses (Short)
 1900Danse serpentine (Documentary short)
 1900Dans les coulisses (Short)
 1900Gavotte directoire (Short)
 1900Guillaume Tell (Short)
 1900L’angélus (Short)
 1900L’arléquine (Short)
 1900L’écossaise (Short)
 1900L’Habanera (Short)
 1900La concierge (Short)
 1900La danse du ventre (Short)
 1900La paysanne (Short)
 1900La petite magicienne (Short)
 1900La poupée noire (Short)
 1900La reine des jouets (Short)
 1900La source (Short)
 1900La tarentelle (Short)
 1900Le bébé (Short)
 1900Leçon de danse (Short)
 1900Le lapin (Short)
 1900Le marchand de coco (Short)
 1900Le matelot (Short)
 1900Le Polichinelle (Short)
 1900Little Tich and His Funny Feet (Short) (as Alice Guy Blaché)
 1900Mort d’Adonis (Short)
 1900Pas de grâce (Short)
 1900Pas des éventails (Short)
 1900Pas du poignard (Short)
 1900Pas Japonais (Short)
 1900Retour des champs (Documentary short)
 1900Suite de la danse (Short)
 1900Sydney’s joujoux (Short)
 1900Une rage de dents (Short)
 1900Valse directoire (Short)
 1900Valse lente (Short)
 1900Vénus et Adonis (Short)
 1899Au cabaret (Short)
 1899Courte échelle (Short)
 1899Erreur judiciaire (Short)
 1899L’aveugle (Short)
 1899La bonne absinthe (Short)
 1899/ILa descente de croix (Short)
 1899La mauvaise soupe (Short)
 1899/ILa résurrection (Short)
 1899Le chiffonnier (Short)
 1899/ILe crucifiement (Short)
 1899Le tondeur de chiens (Short)
 1899Le tonnelier (Short)
 1899Monnaie de lapin (Short)
 1899Transformations (Short)
 1899Un lunch (Short)
 1899Entrée Et Sortie De La Mine (Documentary short)
 1898Jésus devant Pilate (Short)
 1898Je vous y prrrrends! (Short)
 1898La cène (Short)
 1898La flagellation (Short)
 1898La fuite en Égypte (Short)
 1898Le chemin de croix (Short)
 1898Leçons de boxe (Short)
 1898Les farces de Jocko (Short)
 1898Scène d’escamotage (Short)
 1897Au réfectoire (Short)
 1897Ballet libella (Documentary short)
 1897Chez le magnétiseur (Short)
 1897Coucher d’Yvette (Short)
 1897Danse fleur de lotus (Documentary short)
 1897En classe (Short)
 1897Idylle (Short)
 1897Idylle interrompue (Short)
 1897L’arroseur arrosé (Short)
 1897L’aveugle (Short)
 1897Leçon de danse (Short)
 1897Le planton du colonel (Short)
 1897Les cambrioleurs (Short)
 1897Une nuit agitée (Short)
 1897France et Russie (Short)
 1896La fée aux choux (Short)

 

Bite-sized blog post: Lois Weber

Lois Weber behind the camera

Universal Studios had nine women directors on their studio lot in the nineteen teens including one of the most highly paid and successful directors (male or female) of the time, LOIS WEBER (1879-1939).

She directed social dramas with an insight to the realities suffered by women. Where Are My Children?, an early feature film directed by Weber, tackled the controversial subject of birth control.

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Read more about her:

BOOKS
Early Women Directors by Anthony Slide. New York: De Capo Press, 1984.
Lois Weber: The Director Who Lost Her Way in History by Anthony Slide. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996.
ONLINE
Ms. Magazine – Forgotten Women of Film History: Lois Weber
National Women’s History Museum
Women’s Film Pioneer Project
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1927 Topsy and Eva (uncredited)
 1921 The Blot
 1919 Forbidden
 1919 Home
 1919 Mary Regan
 1917 The Boyhood He Forgot (Short)
 1916 The Gilded Life (Short)
 1916 The Rock of Riches (Short)
 1916 Under the Spell (Short)
 1916 Idle Wives (Short)
 1916 Shoes
 1916 Where Are My Children? (uncredited)
 1916 The Dance of Love (Short)
 1916 The Flirt (Short)
 1916 Discontent (Short)
 1915 Jewel (uncredited)
 1915 Scandal
 1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill (co-director)
 1915 Sunshine Molly (Short)
 1915 Hypocrites (uncredited)
 1914 Helping Mother (Short)
 1914 The Traitor (Short)
 1914 Daisies (Short)
 1914 Behind the Veil (Short)
 1914 Plain Mary (Short)
 1914 Lost by a Hair (Short)
 1914 The Pursuit of Hate (Short)
 1914 Closed Gates (Short)
 1914 The Stone in the Road (Short)
 1914 Avenged (Short)
 1914 The Triumph of Mind (Short)
 1914 An Episode (Short)
 1914 On Suspicion (Short)
 1914 The Man Who Slept (Short)
 1914 The Baby’s Doll (Short)
 1914 In the Days of His Youth (Short)
 1914 The Spider and Her Web (Short)
 1914 A Modern Fairy Tale (Short)
 1914 The Weaker Sister (Short)
 1914 Woman’s Burden (Short)
 1914 An Old Locket (Short)
 1914 The Coward Hater (Short)
 1914 The Leper’s Coat (Short)
 1914 A Fool and His Money (Short)
 1913 The Wife’s Deceit (Short)
 1913 The Jew’s Christmas (Short)
 1913 The Mask (Short)
 1913 James Lee’s Wife (Short)
 1913 The Blood Brotherhood (Short)
 1913 The Haunted Bride (Short)
 1913 Two Thieves and a Cross (Short)
 1913 The Clue (Short)
 1913 The Thumb Print (Short)
 1913 Memories (Short)
 1913 Shadows of Life (Short)
 1913 His Brand (Short)
 1913 Never Again (Short)
 1913 The Light Woman (Short)
 1913 Just in Time (Short)
 1913 Civilized and Savage (Short)
 1913 The Fallen Angel (Short)
 1913 How Men Propose (Short) (uncredited)
 1913 Through Strife (Short)
 1913 Suspense (Short)
 1913 The Pretender (Short)
 1913 The King Can Do No Wrong (Short)
 1913 The Trifler (Short)
 1913 The Cap of Destiny (Short)
 1913 The Poverty of Riches (Short)
 1913 The Rosary (Short)
 1913 The Dragon’s Breath (Short)
 1913 A Book of Verses (Short)
 1913 Until Death (Short)
 1913 Bobby’s Baby (Short)
 1913 The Peacemaker (Short)
 1913 An Empty Box (Short)
 1913 Troubled Waters (Short)
 1913 In the Blood (Short)
 1913 Two Thieves (Short)
 1913 His Sister (Short)
 1912 Leaves in the Storm (Short)
 1912 Faraway Fields (Short)
 1912 A Japanese Idyll (Short)
 1912 An Old Fashioned Girl (Short)
 1912 The Greater Christian (Short)
 1912 The Lash of Fate (Short)
 1912 The Greater Love (Short)
 1912 The Power of Thought (Short)
 1912 The Price of Peace (Short)
 1912 Eyes That See Not (Short)
 1912 The Final Pardon (Short)
 1912 The Bargain (Short)
 1912 Fine Feathers (Short)
 1912 Angels Unaware (Short)
 1911 The Martyr (Short)
 1911 A Breach of Faith (Short)
 1911 Fate (Short)
 1911 On the Brink (Short)
 1911 The Realization (Short)
 1911 The Heiress (Short)
 1911 A Heroine of ’76 (Short)