Guest Post: Courtesy of Jill S. Tietjen
I was blessed to learn about a new book this morning Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies which is perfect for Charlie to read in our Drama Class. Although, if the truth were to be told I want to read this book and I’m PRAYING Santa will bring me my own copy for Christmas.
In the meantime you can find Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies inside our Christmas Gift Guide: 2021: Gifts for Movies Lovers. Which you all know I am and at times so is Charlie and David. How about you. Are you a Movie lover as well:
Our beautiful book, Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies, is a lavishly-illustrated documentation of women involved in every facet of the movie business since its inception.
The year was 1896, the woman was Alice Guy-Blaché, and the film was The Cabbage Fairy. It was less than a minute long. Guy-Blaché, the first female director, made hundreds of movies during her career. Guy-Blaché was one of the women who helped found the movie industry. Women were the early filmmakers, owned studios, and developed many of the filmmaking techniques that are still in use today. Women thrived in the industry in the silent film era.
Thousands of women with passion and commitment to storytelling followed in Guy-Blaché’s footsteps. Working in all aspects of the movie industry, they collaborated with others to create memorable images on the screen. This book pays tribute to the spirit, ambition, grit and talent of these filmmakers and artists.
With more than 1200 women featured in the book, you will find names that everyone knows and loves—the movie legends. And you will also discover hundreds and hundreds of women whose names are unknown to you: actresses, directors, stuntwomen, screenwriters, composers, animators, editors, producers, cinematographers and on and on. You will also learn the back story – that in the late 1920s, when movies started making money, men took over and women were pushed out. Unions were formed and women were not allowed to join. Women are still working to reclaim all the roles that they had at the beginning of the movies.
Women can be directors and producers and cinematographers in spite of their sparse representation in the 93 years of the Oscars in those and other categories of awards. The women in the industry are celebrated in this book through stunning photographs that capture and document the women who worked their magic in the movie business.
Perfect for anyone who enjoys the movies, this photo-treasury of women and film is not to be missed.
Meet the Authors:
Jill S. Tietjen, P.E. is an author, speaker, and electrical engineer. She is the co-author of Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America, which received the Daughters of the American Revolution History Award Medal. Jill has conducted research into historical women around the world for the past thirty years and speaks around the country about women’s contributions to history. She works to bring more visibility to women through her continual nominations of historical and living women for national, state and local awards. Her nominees have been successfully inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and a number of state women’s halls of fame. Jill is often profiled and quoted in the media, and her articles have been printed in a wide variety of publications. She has received numerous awards and has been inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame and the Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame.
Barbara Bridges has spent much of her life as an entrepreneur and businesswoman. In 2006, she founded Women+Film, a program in partnership with the Denver Film Society, where she has been bringing audiences together with films, by and about women, that ignite discussions around global issues facing women today. The annual Women+Film Festival, a section of movies in the Denver Film Festival and movie screenings throughout the year, is a popular film program that not only entertains but educates and inspires as well. Barbara speaks to various groups about the role of women in the movies and has been involved with various film festivals. The Denver Post named her one of Colorado’s Top Thinkers in Arts and Culture. Barbara has served on the boards of several women’s organizations, both locally and nationally, and has received numerous awards as a result.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
