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Hollywood, her story : an illustrated history of women and the movies /

The year was 1896, the woman was Alice Guy-Blaché, and the film was The Cabbage Fairy. It was less than a minute long. Guy-Blaché, the first female director, made hundreds of movies during her career. Thousands of women with passion and commitment to storytelling followed in her footsteps. Working i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tietjen, Jill S. (Author), Bridges, Barbara (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Motion pictures and women > United States.
Women in motion pictures.
Women in the motion picture industry > United States > History.
Women in the motion picture industry.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Photobooks.
Table of Contents:
  • 1890s: Setting the stage
  • 1900s: Before Hollywood: a time of experimentation
  • 1910s: The silent film era
  • 1920s: Hollywood becomes big business
  • 1930s: Talkies, technicolor and the Great Depression
  • 1940s: Hollywood's golden age
  • 1950s: The breakup of the studio system
  • 1960s: The times are a-changin'
  • 1970s: Starting a comeback
  • 1980s: Women manage their futures
  • 1990s: Box office successes and Oscar records
  • 2000s: Breakthroughs
  • 2010s: And still women rise.