Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Alice Guy-Blaché - ©Theda Bara

This name I present is that of a pioneer of the seventh art. Alice Guy-Blaché was the first director and screenwriter of fiction films in French cinema. She released her first work: “La fée du chou” (1896), being a visionary in the use of the chronophone to synchronize sound and image. Alice also pioneered film coloring, hiring interracial casting, and using special effects in scenes.

She was born in Saint-Mandé, France, on July 1, 1873 and died in the United States, in Wayne, New Jersey, on March 24, 1968, aged 94.

Alice was married to the British-born American producer and screenwriter: Herbert Reginald Gaston Blaché-Bolton (1882-1953), from 1907 to 1922.

She left a 236-page written autobiography: “Les mémoires d’Alice Guy Blaché, Autobiographie d’une pionnière du cinéma”, published posthumously in (1976).

8 comments:

  1. So great to read about a woman in the pioneering of cinema❤️🌈❤️ Thanks so much.

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  2. No sabía nada sobre ella, y ha sido estupendo conocer un poco sobre una pionera

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  3. Theda Bara,
    A sensational publication about the life of “Alice Guy-Blaché”.
    Her “blog” is young, but has the maturity of “blogs” that have been in the “blogosphere” for a long time.
    Kisses!!!

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  4. Thank you very much for your comment in my cats' blog. I see you like silent films.

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  5. obrigado pela partilha e tambem obrigada pelo seu comentario no meu continho bjs saude

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  6. No la conocía pero parece una directora muy interesante. Gracias por preocuparte de mi salud. Ya estoy mejor. Muy pronto publicaré de nuevo. Te mando un beso.

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  7. buen articulo que da a conocer a una pionera del cine que es poco conocida.
    espero te agrade mi blog en el que dejo mis andanzas por tierras españolas y de la frontera o raya, que decimos aquí, portuguesa.

    saludos.

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  8. Muy interesante. Gracias por compartir y traernos a esta pionera. Bravo 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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