{"product_id":"9780826451576","title":"Alice Guy Blaché Lost Visionary of the Cinema","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAlice Guy Blaché\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLost Visionary of the Cinema\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlison McMahan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Popular Culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Guy BlachT (1873-1968), the world's first woman filmmaker, was one of the key figures in the development of narrative film. From 1896 to 1920 she directed 400 films (including over 100 synchronized sound films), produced hundreds more, and was the first--and so far the only--woman to own and run her own studio plant (The Solax Studio in Fort Lee, NJ, 1910-1914). However, her role in film history was completely forgotten until her own memoirs were published in 1976. This new book tells her life story and fills in many gaps left by the memoirs. Guy BlachT's life and career mirrored momentous changes in the film industry, and the long time-span and sheer volume of her output makes her films a fertile territory for the application of new theories of cinema history, the development of film narrative, and feminist film theory. The book provides a close analysis of the one hundred Guy BlachT films that survive, and in the process rewrites early cinema history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlison McMahan \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning screenwriter, author, and filmmaker. She was the president of Homunculus Productions, LLC, from 2006 to 2025. Her best known film is \u003ci\u003eBare Hands and Wooden Limbs\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) narrated by Sam Waterston. McMahan is a two-time Derringer Award nominee and an \"Other Distinguished Mystery Stories\" author in Best American Mystery Stories of 2018. Her short mysteries have appeared in numerous mystery anthologies and \u003ci\u003eThrillRide \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. One of her  non-fiction books, \u003ci\u003eAlice Guy Blaché, Lost Visionary of the Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury 2002) was translated into Japanese and Spanish and adapted into the documentary, \u003ci\u003eBe Natural\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 October 2003\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eContinuum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780826451576\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e408\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370232610956,"sku":"9780826451576","price":34.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780826451576","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}