This magisterial book offers comprehensive accounts of the professional itineraries of three women in the silent film in the Netherlands, France and North Ameri

The first ever overview of women's contributions to the dawn of cinema looking at a variety of roles from writers and directors to film editors and critics. Why

Women explode out of chimneys and melt when sprayed with soda water. Feminist activists play practical jokes to lobby for voting rights, while overworked kitche

Examines the social and historical significance of women’s contributions to American silent film comedy. For many people the term "silent comedy" conjures up

Women held more positions of power in the silent film era than at any other time in American motion picture history. Marion Leonard broke from acting to cofound