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

 New York, NY
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Joined January 2014
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New to WFPP: Alyssa Lopez (@prof_alopez) on the career of exhibitor Maria C. Downs! "Mrs. Maria C. Downs (née Godoy), variously referred to as owner, proprietor, and manager, opened the Lincoln Theatre in Harlem in 1909." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ma…
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Today at 14:30 at #IlCinemaRitrovato: Nell Shipman's WHITE WATER + Lydia Hayward's THE BOATSWAIN’S MATE + Florence Turner's HYPNOTISING THE HYPNOTIST 😍📷 festival.ilcinemaritrovato.i…
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#IlCinemaRitrovato views 😍😍
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Happy New Year! Looking forward to more film feminism in 2024! #womeninfilm
Edison Studio, Bronx, NY 1909.

ALT Edison Studio, Bronx, NY 1909.

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NEW TO WFPP: Richard Abel on the career of American film exhibitor and theater manager Flossie A. Jones. wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/fl…
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NEW TO WFPP: @lukemckernan on British screenwriting duo Muriel Alleyne and Christabel Lowndes-Yates. They are most notable for the written advice they gave to others on making films. wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/mu…
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Start your weekend off right with a Polish silent melodrama/maritime action/comedy film produced by Maria Hirszbein. "After Alice, Beyond Lois" concludes today (11/10) at @MoMAFilm w/ ZEW MORZA (1927). 3:30pm! Live music by the legend @unpianistique! moma.org/calendar/events/911…
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Today (11/7) at @MoMAFilm: Jane Gaines introduces THE GIRL SPY BEFORE VICKSBURG (US, 1910), written by Gene Gauntier, and KAJASTUS (Finland, 1930), written by Gerda Hintze. 4:30pm! Live musical accompaniment by @silentfilmmusic! moma.org/calendar/events/911…
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Tonight (11/6) at 6:30pm at @MoMAFilm: "Live Life Smiling," a program of three comedies from England, Sweden, and Denmark. Live musical accompaniment by Amanda Cattel! moma.org/calendar/events/912…
Florence Turner in Daisy Doodad's Dial (1914).

ALT Florence Turner in Daisy Doodad's Dial (1914).

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Today at 4:30pm at @MoMAFilm: Xixiangji (aka Way Down West) (1927), written by Pu Shunqing (who also served as the assistant director). Don't miss this rarely screened Chinese film! The battle scenes are especially engaging on the big screen! moma.org/calendar/events/912…
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4pm today (11/5) at @MoMAFilm: Eloyce Gist's HELL-BOUND TRAIN (1930), a dizzying sin-filled trip to Hell led by an impish Devil. moma.org/calendar/events/911…
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Today (11/5) at 2pm at @MoMAFilm: The surviving fragment of AIN-EL-GHEZAL (Tunisia, 1924), written by its star Haydée Samama Chikly! Screening w/ Elvira Notari's 'A SANTANOTTE (Italy, 1922). Live musical accompaniment by @silentfilmmusic! moma.org/calendar/events/911…
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