Alice Guy Blaché. Vol. 2, The Solax Years
[New York] : Kino Classics, [2020]
Format: DVD
Description: 1 videodisc (251 min.) : silent, black and white (some color tinted) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
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.
Series: Pioneers: first women filmmakers.
Other Authors:
Guy, Alice, 1873-1968, film director.
Quirk, Billy, 1873-1926, actor.
Karr, Darwin, 1875-1945, actor.
Beggs, Lee, 1871-1943, actor.
Cornwall, Blanche, actor.
Solax Company, production company.
Kino Classics (Firm), publisher.
Guy, Alice, 1873-1968, film director.
Quirk, Billy, 1873-1926, actor.
Karr, Darwin, 1875-1945, actor.
Beggs, Lee, 1871-1943, actor.
Cornwall, Blanche, actor.
Solax Company, production company.
Kino Classics (Firm), publisher.
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.
UPC: 738329244460
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD DRAMA Alice | Main (Downtown) | First Level, DVD | In |
DVD DRAMA Alice | Ballentine Indoors | DVD | In |
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.
Blanche Cornwall, Darwin Karr, Billy Quirk, Lee Beggs, Magda Foy, Mace Greenleaf, Gladden James.
DVD; NTSC; region 0; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Chiefly silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
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.
Blanche Cornwall, Darwin Karr, Billy Quirk, Lee Beggs, Magda Foy, Mace Greenleaf, Gladden James.
DVD; NTSC; region 0; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Chiefly silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.