Women Film Pioneers

A digital publication & resource that advances research on silent-era women filmmakers. Published by @ColumbiaDS w/ support from @ColumbiaSoA. Tweets by @ks2956

[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

We're turning 10 in October, and celebrating at @MoMAFilm!!!

[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

Happy Birthday to Soviet screenwriter Nina Agadzhanova-Shutko! "Having studied music, in 1908 she worked for several months as a silent film accompanist in Ekaterinodar...[and] managed to turn even the film theater into a secret Bolshevik meeting place." https://t.co/dAALuoo3yT

[Women+FilmHistory @WFHInetwork]

Registration is now open for Entr'acte 2024, an online event taking place November 22 and 23.

https://t.co/wBDhwlOZL9

[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

Elsie Jane Wilson was one of numerous actresses who began directing at Universal Pictures in the 1910s. https://t.co/3HLmFGufcw #BornOnThisDay

[Cinema's First Nasty Women🎞️ @NastySilents]

Léontine is pleased to announce that she will be voting for Kamala Harris tomorrow!!! 🗳️🎈

[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

"Elizaveta Thiemann is the first credited female film director in Russia, which is a substantial accomplishment in and of itself. But she is best known for her work as a producer." https://t.co/aaD4nkjHOR #BOTD

[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

"Ruth Goetz, one of the most prolific writers for film in Germany in the period 1916-1927, with about sixty-five titles including original scripts and adaptations credited to her name, is not well known today." https://t.co/UZAFMre5Ke… #BornOnThisDay

[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

Happy Birthday to Aleksandra Khokhlova! "Khokhlova was much more than Kuleshov’s wife and muse as in her own right she was a talented author, actress, and film director, an artist in formation long before she met Kuleshov."

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[Women+FilmHistory @WFHInetwork]

Proposals for Women and the Silent Screen XII are due in less than one month!! We can't wait to see what you submit 📽️

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[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

Very sad news. So many of the wonderful images on WFPP came from Joe!

[Toronto SILENT FILM Festival @tosilentfilm]

Just read the sad news that Joe Yranski has passed away. A gem of a guy and generous with his knowledge and help. Photo from @NitrateVille

[Cinema's First Nasty Women🎞️ @NastySilents]

"I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that Cinema’s First Nasty Women is worthy of the adjective “monumental.” Every library should have a copy of this important work."

We're kvelling over this rave review of CFNW by Lawrence Howe! 🎞️📀 https://t.co/fg62dILMjQ

[Silent Beauties @miwi1010]

Mabel Normand in The Motion Picture Story Magazine - August 1911.

Mabel Normand (November 9, 1892 – February 23, 1930) was an American silent film comedienne and actress.

Wikipedia link: https://t.co/oyQDPoXr26

#silentfilm #silentera #1910s #1911

[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

In July 1914, Audrie Alspaugh began signing a daily film review column, “Today’s Best Photo Play Stories,” with the nom de plume of Kitty Kelly. Soon after, she retitled the column “Flickerings from Filmland.”

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[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

The Flapper (1920), scripted by Frances Marion, screens at @EastmanMuseum on November 5!

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[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

"By the time Margery Wilson reached her late twenties, she had completed her work as a film director." #BOTD

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[Bo'ness Networking Group (Bo'net) @bonessnetwork]

Save the date! @HippFestScot returns to the historic Hippodrome Cinema in Bo'ness next March.

[DAVIF | fedihum.org/@davif @davif_project]

Don’t forget to register for our closing conference "Cultural Heritage Data & Power", which will take place Nov 14–16, 2024 at Philipps-Universität Marburg!✨

Registration is open until Thursday, Oct 31, 2024.

👉 https://t.co/iH0h4Z4N9H

#DAVIF #DH #DataFeminism #DigitalMethods

[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

British producer & actress (and aunt of Ida Lupino) Nell Emerald was born on this date in 1882! https://t.co/P9DJdf7wHD

[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

Scottish filmmaker Jenny Gilbertson was born on this date in 1902!

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[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

Jane Murfin (born Oct. 27, 1884) wrote or co-wrote over 60 films and was a producer who championed strong female roles. Her biggest success in the 1920s was writing scenarios for her dog, Strongheart.

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[Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject]

"The highlight of Canadian-American Nell Shipman’s career in the US is the 1921–1925 period in which she ran a motion picture company from the isolated woods of Idaho." https://t.co/pp6vFED7OZ #BOTD