![]() ![]() We read part IV “Emerging Camerawomen,” in the book Women Behind the Camera. As the movie industry remade itself in the image of a modern American business, the masculinization of filmmaking took root. By the end of that decade, however, mushrooming star salaries and skyrocketing movie budgets prompted the creation of the studio system. In this culture women thrived in powerful, creative roles, especially as writers, directors, and producers. In looking at the early film industry as an industry-a place of work-Mahar not only unravels the mystery of the disappearing female filmmaker but untangles the complicated relationship among gender, work culture, and business within modern industrial organizations. In the early 1910s, the film industry followed a theatrical model, fostering an egalitarian work culture in which everyone-male and female-helped behind the scenes in a variety of jobs. ![]() This book explores when, how, and why women were accepted as filmmakers in the 1910s and why, by the 1920s, those opportunities had disappeared. Karen Mahar, of Siena College, join us in class to discuss her book, Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood. ![]()
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