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Lost Garden, The: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-BlachÉ

Synopsis
Biography of Alice Guy-Blaché, the world’s first woman film-maker who, from the moment she saw the Lumière brothers’ first moving picture, fell in love with movies and progressed to director of all productions at the Gaumont Studios. Includes sequences from films she made in France and in Hollywood and extracts from television interviews from the 1960s.
Language
English
Country
Canada
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 53 min.
Year of production
1995
Availability
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Subjects
Media studies
Keywords
biographies; early cinema; film directors; Guy-Blaché, Alice; history of cinema; women in cinema

Credits

Director
Marquise Lepage
Producer
Josée Beaudet

Production Company

Name

National Film Board of Canada

Email
customerservice@nfb.ca
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Phone
(514) 283 9000
Fax
(514) 283-7564
Address
Sales and Customer Service (D-10)
PO Box 6100
Station Centre-Ville
Montreal
QC H3C 3HS
Canada

Distributor

Name

Cinenova

Email
info@cinenova.org
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Address
Waterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF
Notes
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