This delightful selection of moving images from the past shows on screen roles and highlights the off camera activities of women, in the pioneering days of Australias silent cinema. The featured scenes are from the following films: A Maidens distress (1911) ; The Joan of Arc of Loos (1916) ; The Woman suffers (1918) ; The Breaking of the Drought (1920) ; Sunshine Sally (1922) ; Jewelled nights (1925) ; Painted daughters (1925) ; Those who love (1926) ; The Far Paradise (1928) ; The Cheaters (1929).
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
308196
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Australia - History
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Women in the motion picture industry
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Women - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Australia
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)