pre-code (Hayes code of conduct, eg censorship) films saw a lot of powerful women. Mary Pickford wrote, directed, starred in many films. as well as founded (the now defunct) United Artists with ther then husband Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin. the first actor to be credited in a film was a woman (who's name escapes me now), essentially starting the star system.
after the Hayes hammer fell, few women remained in power. women such as Ida Lupino is still regardeed as one of Hollywood's most respected filmmakers.
what happened after the code was enforced? was it the rise of the studio system? did they all go home and start families? did the momentum of the suffragette loose steam?
I found this essay that takes one stance to explain this, www.5050summit.com/history.html
look forward to hearing more on the subject.
after the Hayes hammer fell, few women remained in power. women such as Ida Lupino is still regardeed as one of Hollywood's most respected filmmakers.
what happened after the code was enforced? was it the rise of the studio system? did they all go home and start families? did the momentum of the suffragette loose steam?
I found this essay that takes one stance to explain this, www.5050summit.com/history.html
look forward to hearing more on the subject.
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Thu, February 12, 2004 - 3:39 PMI haven;t read your link yet, but I wanted to add Leni Riefenstahl to the names you listed. I just watched the documentary "wonderful horrible life of leni riefenstahl" and it was phenomenal. here's the description:
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This masterful documentary covers controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, who directed Triumph of the Will and Olympia, two visually brilliant, Nazi propaganda films. Riefenstahl never apologized for her involvement with Hitler. Here, she defends herself in this fascinating glimpse of a woman who may be equal parts scapegoat and Nazi, and who's guilty, at least, of incredible denial.
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www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay
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Thu, February 12, 2004 - 3:46 PMthanks for posting this! I just got a message from someone re: her as well.
her beliefs do not shadow the artistic merit of her work for me. possibly because I did not live in Nazi Germany or suffer through any persecution due to it.
it's a bit like DW Grifith and Birth of a Nation, or Elia Kazan naming names to the committee of Un-American Activities. neither are women, though both associated with controversial stances that have tainted the image of their film work.
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Sat, April 24, 2004 - 9:40 PMThe first actor to be credited in film was Florence Lawrence, the "Biograph Girl," after she left D.W. Griffith's Biograph Studios to join Carl Laemmle (who went on to found Universal Pictures) in his new Independent Motion Picture (IMP) Company in 1910.
Laemmle lured Florence away with a promise of $175 a week (compared to the $25 she was getting) and a screen credit.
In a big publicity stunt to promote Florence's studio change, Laemmle quietly spread the rumour that the Biograph Girl had been killed in a streetcar accident in New York, then, after a few days, publicly disputed those rumours and produced her to the public as the star of his forthcoming "The Broken Oath."
Outside of show business, Florence is credited with inventing the earliest prototypes for the turn signal and brake signal for automobiles.
