1999 utrecht, netherlands

“Gender and Silent Cinema”

Utrecht University

Organizers: Annette Förster (Utrecht University), Heide Schlupmann (J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt) and Eva Warth (Utrecht University)

Films screened included Her First Cigarette (American Mutoscope and Biograph, 1899), Two Little Rangers (Alice Guy Blaché, 1912), and Shoes (Lois Weber, 1916).

Read Kay Armatage’s report: “The Women's Film History Project and Women and the Silent Screen.” Screen, Volume 49, Issue 4 (Winter 2008): 462–467.