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Early Directors on Directing

200931mNRMovieDocumentary

There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to put a narrative story on celluloid was, Alice Guy Blaché in 1896. Few people know that Lillian Gish became a director in her own right in…

DirectorAlly Acker
ProducerAlly Acker

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Cast · Directed by Ally Acker

LGLillian Gish
Lillian Gish
Self
KHKatharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Self
MPMala Powers
Mala Powers
Self
ILIda Lupino
Ida Lupino
Self
JFJodie Foster
Jodie Foster
Self
LWLois Weber
Lois Weber
Self

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