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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." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ni…
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Registration is now open for Entr'acte 2024, an online event taking place November 22 and 23.
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Elsie Jane Wilson was one of numerous actresses who began directing at Universal Pictures in the 1910s. wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/cc… #BornOnThisDay
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Léontine is pleased to announce that she will be voting for Kamala Harris tomorrow!!! 🗳️🎈
"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." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/el… #BOTD
"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." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/cc…… #BornOnThisDay
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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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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Very sad news. So many of the wonderful images on WFPP came from Joe!
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
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"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! 🎞️📀 muse.jhu.edu/pub/2/article/9…
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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: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_…
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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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The Flapper (1920), scripted by Frances Marion, screens at @EastmanMuseum on November 5!
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"By the time Margery Wilson reached her late twenties, she had completed her work as a film director." #BOTD
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Save the date! @HippFestScot returns to the historic Hippodrome Cinema in Bo'ness next March.
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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.
👉 uni-marburg.de/CaPWG1
#DAVIF #DH #DataFeminism #DigitalMethods
ALT Poster of the DAVIF closing conference "Cultural Heritage Data & Power", which will take place November 14-16, 2024 at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany.
British producer & actress (and aunt of Ida Lupino) Nell Emerald was born on this date in 1882! wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/cc…
Scottish filmmaker Jenny Gilbertson was born on this date in 1902!
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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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"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." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/cc… #BOTD