Böcker i Women & Film History International-serien

The first English translation of a preeminent analysis of early German film

Explores the artistic and sociopolitical currents that shaped Germaine Dulac's approach to cinema while interrogating the ground breaking techniques and strategies she used to critique conservative notions of gender and sexuality.

A captivating study of one of classic Hollywood's most fascinating bodies

Between 1912 and 1919, the Universal Film Manufacturing Company credited eleven women with directing at least 170 films, but by the mid-1920s all of these directors had left Universal and only one was left. Focusing on issues of institutional change, this title challenges the interpretations that explain women's exile from the film industry.

Explores how American serials starring Pearl White and other female stars impacted the emerging cinemas in the United States and abroad.

During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. Richard Abel returns these women to film history with an anthology of reviews, articles, and other works. Drawn from newspapers of the time, the selections show how columnists like Kitty Kelly, Mae Tinee, Louella Parsons, and Genevieve Harris wrote directly to female readers. They also profiled women working in jobs like scenario writer and film editor and noted the industry's willingness to hire women. Sharp wit and frank opinions entertained and informed a wide readership hungry for news about the movies but also about women on both sides of the camera. Abel supplements the texts with hard-to-find biographical information and provides context on the newspapers and silent-era movie industry as well as on the professionals and films highlighted by these writers.  An invaluable collection of rare archival sources, Movie Mavens reveals women's essential contribution to the creation of American film culture.