Alice Guy-Blaché: Volume 1: The Gaumont Years

From working as secretary to inventor Léon Gaumont in 1895 France to becoming the first female film director in 1896--culminating in a body of work that included over 700 films--director Alice Guy-Blaché is paid tribute with this collection of her earliest efforts for Gaumont. Includes "At the Hypnotist’s" (1898), "Wonderful Absinthe" (1899), "At the Photographer’s" (1900), "The Cabbage-Patch Fairy" (1900), "Midwife to the Upper Class" (1902), "The Drunken Mattress" (1906), "A Sticky Woman" (1906), "The Rolling Bed" (1907), and more. 144 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: music score. Silent with music score.