{"product_id":"the-first-auteur-alice-guy-blache-9798233300226","title":"The First Auteur: Alice Guy-Blaché","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Webster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Michael Webster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Michael Webster\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Entertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor over a century, the true story of cinema's invention has been incomplete. This is the definitive biography of the woman who was written out of history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Guy-Blach� (1873-1968) was not just a pioneer; she was \u003cstrong\u003ethe world's first true film director\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning her career in 1896, she took the camera out of the lecture hall and gave it a purpose: storytelling. For over two decades, she ran Gaumont's entire French production, directed thousands of films, invented narrative cinema with \u003cem\u003eLa F�e aux Choux\u003c\/em\u003e, and pioneered techniques like the close-up, synchronized sound (the Chronophone), and naturalistic acting. Her ambition led her across the Atlantic, where she became the first woman to own and run a major American studio, Solax, building a state-of-the-art facility in Fort Lee, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the film industry consolidated into the powerful, male-dominated studio system of Hollywood, Guy-Blach� was systematically cast aside. Her directorial credits were reassigned, her innovations claimed by male contemporaries, and her vast filmography was left to decompose in obscurity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe First Auteur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is the dramatic, comprehensive account of a creative genius who laid the foundation for modern storytelling. Tracing her arc from the \u003cem\u003efin de si�cle\u003c\/em\u003e laboratories of Paris to the height of American entrepreneurship and her subsequent decades-long fight against oblivion, this book restores Alice Guy-Blach� to her rightful place: \u003cstrong\u003ethe forgotten architect of the silver screen. \u003c\/strong\u003eApprox.166 pages, 28500 word count\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Webster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47779124478103,"sku":"9798233300226","price":1880.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233300226.webp?v=1778033579","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-first-auteur-alice-guy-blache-9798233300226","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}