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Lights! Camera! Alice!

by Mara Rockliff

Illustrator: Simona Ciraolo

Ages: 6+

Published: 2018

Publisher: Chronicle Books

ISBN: 978-1-4521-4134-3

Keywords: Pioneering women, Movies, Filmmakers, Screenwriters

In the late 19th century, innovative Alice Guy-Blaché became the first director of both a sound and narrative fiction film. Colorful dry-media illustrations, silent movie-style format. Back matter.