Inventing The Movies

This novelized biography brings Alice Guy back to us, all of her determination, her creativity, her passion, her flaws, and her glory.

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Lost Visionary of The Cinema

This book provides a close analysis of the one hundred Guy Blaché films that survive, and in the process rewrites early cinema history.

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Another chance to see the play Alicia en la Sombre de las Maravillas
Posted on Oct 18, 2013

October 25, 2013

Teatro Federico Garcia Lorca

Getafe, in the province of Madrid, Spain

Last year I had the immense privilege of travelling to Toledo to see the premiere of the play developed by La Recua Teatro, Alicia en la Sombra de las Maravillas. This is an expressionistic biographical play of Alice Guy, partly based on my book. My review and pictures from the play here. You can buy tickets (9 Euros) here.

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How the World Looked to Victorians
Posted on Sep 28, 2013

I was fascinated recently to find a blog and an article about how the world looked to the Victorians. Of course it wasn't black and white, as these films are, but still, they give us a good idea of what it felt like to travel through New York City or around the world before 1915.

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Three Hours to go on Be Natural Kickstarter!
Posted on Aug 26, 2013

Be Natural SwagBe Natural SwagThe Kickstarter Campaign for Be Natura l is successful!  Pamela Green and Jarik van Sluijs of the

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