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Alice Guy Blaché. Vol. 2, The Solax years
Title
Alice Guy Blaché. Vol. 2, The Solax years.
Publication
[New York] : Kino Classics, [2020]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (251 min.) : silent, black and white (some color tinted) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Medium
4 3/4 in.
stamping
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced in the United States as motion pictures between 1911 and 1914.
Full screen 1.33:1
Accompanying booklet: Alice Guy, woman's work and the cinema. Part 2, The Solax years : film style, narration and features / Kim Tomadjoglou.
Collection curated by Kim Tomadjoglu, who also authored the booklet essay.
Director, Alice Guy Blaché ; music, Aaron Ramsey, AJ Layague, Andrew Earle Simpson, Luke Van Denend, Dana Reason, Alyson Fewless, Amy Denio, Meg Morley, Tamar Muskal.
Chiefly silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
Summary
Having pioneered the art and technology of cinema during its infancy (organizing a system of film production at the Gaumont Studios in France), Alice Guy Blach ̌moved to the United States where she co-founded the Solax Company, where she served as head of a production. Enjoying complete creative freedom, she explored long-form storytelling, alternating between serious dramatizations of the early Twentieth-century American experience.
Variant and related titles
Solax years
Dick Whittington and his cat (Motion picture : 1913)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Added to Catalog
March 17, 2021
Series
Pioneers: first women filmmakers
Credits
Director, Alice Guy Blaché ; music, Aaron Ramsey, AJ Layague, Andrew Earle Simpson, Luke Van Denend, Dana Reason, Alyson Fewless, Amy Denio, Meg Morley, Tamar Muskal.
Cast
Blanche Cornwall, Darwin Karr, Billy Quirk, Lee Beggs, Magda Foy, Mace Greenleaf, Gladden James.
System details note
DVD; NTSC; region 0; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Contents
Starting something (1911 ; 8:15)
A comedy of errors (1912 ; 14:21)
His double (1912 ; 11:21)
Cousins of Sherlocko (1913 ; 13:18)
Officer Henderson (1913 ; 14:15)
Parson Sue (1911 ; 10:02)
Frozen on love's trail (1912 ; 13:35)
Broken oath (1912 ; 12:05)
A terrible lesson (1912 ; 13:38)
A man's a man (1911 ; 9:42)
Making an American citizen (1912 ; 11:22)
The strike (1912 ; 8:44)
The thief (1913 ; 15:02)
The sewer (1912 ; 20:18)
The detective's dog (1912 ; 10:48)
The girl in the arm-chair (1912 ; 14:03)
Dick Whittington and his cat (1913 ; 42:13)
Mr. Bruce wins at cards (1914 : 14:27)
Restoration comparison.
Videorecording number
K24446 Kino Classics
Subjects
Genre/Form
Western films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Drama.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Short films.
Silent films.
Comedy films.
Western films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Silent films.
Short films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Also listed under
Solax Company, production company.
Kino Classics (Firm), publisher.
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