First Ladies of Film: The Not so Silent Women of Early American Cinema

<p>During the first quarter of the twentieth century, particularly between the years 1906 and 1926, the American film industry offered women opportunities that existed in no other workplace. This was the golden era of female filmmaking, when many women had a high degree of control behind the camera in creative roles such as producer, director, and scenario writer. This thesis seeks to uncover the social and economic forces that shaped women's access to cinema production, and why, by the introduction of sound in 1927, Hollywood’s shifting business history caused a virtual disappearance of these opportunities.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Humanities

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Borg, Catherine

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mairi Pleggi, PhD
• Cynthia Taylor, PhD

• Humanities
• Arts and Humanities

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/289

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1288