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Three days of Alice Guy Blaché related events in Washington DC area

Submitted by alison on Sun, 2012-11-04 13:36

A three day event in the Washington DC area
Nov.  8th,  French Embassy, La Maison française
Nov. 9th,  University of Maryland Colle Park, Language House
Nov. 10th,  National Gallery of art in Washington


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Films by Alice Guy lost and found

Submitted by alison on Sun, 2012-08-19 13:40

Across the Mexican LineAcross the Mexican Line


When it comes to saving silent films, we all have to accept that we win some and we lose some. In the last few months we have discovered that one known film of Alice Guy's, Across the Mexican Line was too faded to preserve,  a great loss for scholars of early cinema. But three other recently found films are well on their way to being saved.
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New Gravestone Unveiled for Alice Guy in Mary Rest Cemetery

Submitted by alison on Mon, 2012-07-09 12:24

On Sunday July 1st, 2012, the Fort Lee Film Commission unveiled a new grave marker, now in place over the grave of Alice Guy in the Maryrest Cemetery at 770 Darlington Ave. Mahwah, NJ.

The new stone identifies Alice Guy as the first woman filmmaker and the first woman to own her own studio for the production of motion pictures, the Solax Studio in Fort Lee, NJ.

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Alice Guy's tombstone on FindaGrave

Submitted by alison on Tue, 2012-07-03 20:06
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Alice Guy Birthday Celebration in NJ July 1, 2012

Submitted by alison on Thu, 2012-06-21 08:02
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July 1, 2012, 12 Noon @ Maryrest Cemetery (770 Darlington Ave. Mahwah, NJ) 

Birthday commemoration at the gravesite of Alice Guy Blaché and unveiling of new gravesite marker.

2 PM @ The Fort Lee Museum (1588 Palisade Avenue, Fort Lee, NJ)

Alice Guy- Blaché birthday barbecue and reception for closing of our Reel Jersey Girl exhibit.

 

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The Transit of Venus and The Invention of Cinema

Submitted by alison on Wed, 2012-06-06 09:36

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World Film Locations: Paris Discussion

Submitted by alison on Tue, 2012-06-05 04:21
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June 10th, 2012, 8 pm GST, 3 pm EST

 

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Alice Guy featured in Bergen.com

Submitted by alison on Wed, 2012-04-11 12:51

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Alice Guy didn't make it into the New Jersey Hall of Fame (this year, anyway) but we did get a lovely article out of it.

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Ben Model, silent film composer and accompanist extraordinaire

Submitted by alison on Thu, 2012-02-09 06:57

 

Ben Model is one of the leading silent film composer/accompanists working in the U.S. today, and has been creating and performing musical scores for silent movies for 30 years. He plays piano, theatre organ and has written orchestral scores as well. Model has been a resident silent film accompanist at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC for nearly a quarter of a century. He  composes all his own scores, and performs in a style that is both evocative of the silent era and also aware of a contemporary (and younger) audience's awareness of music and expectations of film scoring. Read his full bio here.



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Hugo, a hommage to silent cinema

Submitted by alison on Fri, 2011-11-25 14:00

Stars of Hugo with AutomatonStars of Hugo with Automaton

I went to see Hugo expecting more a children's adventure movie. Instead what I found was a 3D love letter to early cinema.

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