Alice Guy Blaché: Cinema Pioneer

Two men look over the shoulder of a woman on a typewriter.

Alice Guy Blaché, A House Divided (1913, Solax). Courtesy of the Library of Congress MBRS Division. Photograph by George Willeman

A view of a film set in black and white.

Alice Guy tourne une phonoscène [Alice Guy directing a synchronized sound film] (1905, Gaumont). Courtesy of Musée Gaumont, Paris

Alice Guy, Le Vrai jiu-jitsu [The True Jujitsu] (1905, Gaumont, phonoscène). Performed by Dranem. Courtesy of Gaumont Pathé Archives, Paris

A slide of a movie poster with a woman's face on it.

lice Guy Blaché, The Great Adventure (1918, Pathé). Courtesy of the Fort Lee Film Commission, New Jersey.

Alice Guy, Chez le photographe [At the Photographer’s] (1900, Gaumont). Courtesy of Gaumont Pathé Archives, Paris

Four men play cards in a black and white film still.

Alice Guy Blaché, Roads Lead Home (1913, Solax). Courtesy of the Library of Congress MBRS Division. Photograph by George Willeman

Alice Guy Blaché, Roads Lead Home (1913, Solax). Courtesy of the Library of Congress MBRS Division. Photograph by George Willeman

Alice Guy Blaché, The Ocean Waif (1916, Golden Eagle/International Film Service). Courtesy of the Library of Congress MBRS Division. Photograph by George Willeman

Alice Guy Blaché, The Ocean Waif (1916, Golden Eagle/International Film Service). Courtesy of the Library of Congress MBRS Division. Photograph by George Willeman

A man lies down in front of a car in the middle of the road.

Alice Guy Blaché, Matrimony’s Speed Limit (1913, Solax). Courtesy of the Library of Congress MBRS Division. Photograph by George Willeman

Alice Guy Blaché: Cinema Pioneer

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