{"id":120,"date":"2016-01-01T18:19:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T18:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2016-01-01T18:21:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T18:21:25","slug":"bite-sized-blog-post-lois-weber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/01\/bite-sized-blog-post-lois-weber\/","title":{"rendered":"Bite-sized blog post: Lois Weber"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lois<\/a><\/p>\n

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,\u00a0LOIS WEBER (1879-1939).<\/p>\n

She directed social dramas with an insight to the realities suffered by women. Where Are My Children?<\/a><\/em>, an early feature film directed by Weber, tackled the controversial subject of birth control.<\/p>\n

More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!<\/p>\n

\n

Where to watch her films:<\/span><\/h2>\n

FANDOR<\/a><\/p>\n

YOU TUBE<\/a><\/p>\n

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)<\/a><\/p>\n

AMAZON (DVDs for PURCHASE)<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more about her:<\/span><\/h2>\n

BOOKS<\/strong>
\nEarly Women Directors <\/em>by Anthony Slide. New York: De Capo Press, 1984.
\nLois Weber: The Director Who Lost Her Way in History <\/em>by Anthony Slide. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996.
\nONLINE<\/strong>
\nMs. Magazine – Forgotten Women of Film History: Lois Weber<\/a>
\nNational Women’s History Museum<\/a>
\nWomen’s Film Pioneer Project<\/a>
\nWikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
1934\u00a0White Heat<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01927\u00a0<\/span>The Angel of Broadway<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01927 <\/span>Topsy and Eva<\/a><\/b> (uncredited)<\/div>\n
\u00a01927\u00a0<\/span>Sensation Seekers<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01926\u00a0<\/span>The Marriage Clause<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01923\u00a0<\/span>A Chapter in Her Life<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01921\u00a0<\/span>What Do Men Want?<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01921\u00a0<\/span>The Blot<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01921\u00a0<\/span>Too Wise Wives<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01921\u00a0<\/span>What’s Worth While?<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01920\u00a0<\/span>Life’s Mirror<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01920\u00a0<\/span>Mum’s the Word<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01920\u00a0<\/span>To Please One Woman<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01919\u00a0<\/span>Forbidden<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01919\u00a0<\/span>Home<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01919\u00a0<\/span>Mary Regan<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01919\u00a0<\/span>A Midnight Romance<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01919\u00a0<\/span>When a Girl Loves<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01918\u00a0<\/span>Borrowed Clothes<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01918\u00a0<\/span>For Husbands Only<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01918\u00a0<\/span>The Doctor and the Woman<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01917\u00a0<\/span>The Price of a Good Time<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01917\u00a0<\/span>Hand That Rocks the Cradle<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01917\u00a0<\/span>Even As You and I<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01917\u00a0<\/span>The Boyhood He Forgot<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01917\u00a0<\/span>The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>The Gilded Life<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>The Rock of Riches<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>The People vs. John Doe<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>The Celebrated Stielow Case<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>Wanted: A Home<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>Under the Spell<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>Saving the Family Name<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>Idle Wives<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>Shoes<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>The Eye of God<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>Where Are My Children?<\/a><\/b> (uncredited)<\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>John Needham’s Double<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>The Dance of Love<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>The Dumb Girl of Portici<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>There Is No Place Like Home<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01916 <\/span>The Flirt<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>Hop – The Devil’s Brew<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01916\u00a0<\/span>Discontent<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01915\u00a0<\/span>Jewel<\/a><\/b> (uncredited)<\/div>\n
\u00a01915\u00a0<\/span>A Cigarette – That’s All<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01915\u00a0<\/span>Scandal<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01915\u00a0<\/span>Betty in Search of a Thrill<\/a><\/b> (co-director)<\/div>\n
\u00a01915\u00a0<\/span>Captain Courtesy<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01915\u00a0<\/span>Sunshine Molly<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01915\u00a0<\/span>Hypocrites<\/a><\/b> (uncredited)<\/div>\n
\u00a01915\u00a0<\/span>It’s No Laughing Matter<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>Helping Mother<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Traitor<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>Daisies<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>Behind the Veil<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>Plain Mary<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>Lost by a Hair<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Pursuit of Hate<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>Closed Gates<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Stone in the Road<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>Avenged<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Triumph of Mind<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Career of Waterloo Peterson<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>An Episode<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>On Suspicion<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Man Who Slept<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914 <\/span>The Baby’s Doll<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>In the Days of His Youth<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Spider and Her Web<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>A Modern Fairy Tale<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Weaker Sister<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>Woman’s Burden<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>An Old Locket<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Coward Hater<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Merchant of Venice<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Leper’s Coat<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>A Fool and His Money<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01914\u00a0<\/span>The Female of the Species<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Wife’s Deceit<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Jew’s Christmas<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Mask<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>James Lee’s Wife<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Blood Brotherhood<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Haunted Bride<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>Two Thieves and a Cross<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913 <\/span>The Clue<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Thumb Print<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913 <\/span>Memories<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>Shadows of Life<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>His Brand<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>Never Again<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Light Woman<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>Just in Time<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>Civilized and Savage<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Fallen Angel<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>How Men Propose<\/a><\/b> (Short) (uncredited)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>Through Strife<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>Suspense<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Pretender<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The King Can Do No Wrong<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Trifler<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Cap of Destiny<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Poverty of Riches<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Rosary<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Dragon’s Breath<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>A Book of Verses<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>Until Death<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>Bobby’s Baby<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>The Peacemaker<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>An Empty Box<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>Troubled Waters<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>In the Blood<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913\u00a0<\/span>Two Thieves<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01913 <\/span>His Sister<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>Leaves in the Storm<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>Faraway Fields<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>A Japanese Idyll<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>An Old Fashioned Girl<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>The Greater Christian<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>The Troubadour’s Triumph<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>The Lash of Fate<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912 <\/span>The Greater Love<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>The Power of Thought<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>The Price of Peace<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>Eyes That See Not<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>The Final Pardon<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>The Bargain<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>Fine Feathers<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01912\u00a0<\/span>Angels Unaware<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01911\u00a0<\/span>The Martyr<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01911\u00a0<\/span>A Breach of Faith<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01911 <\/span>Fate<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01911\u00a0<\/span>On the Brink<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01911\u00a0<\/span>The Realization<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01911 <\/span>The Heiress<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n
\u00a01911\u00a0<\/span>A Heroine of ’76<\/a><\/b> (Short)<\/div>\n

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