Having pioneered the art and technology of cinema during its infancy (organizing a system of film production at the Gaumont Studios in France), Alice Guy Blache moved to the United States where she co-founded the Solax Company, where she served as head of production. Enjoying complete creative freedom, she explored long-form storytelling, alternating between serious dramatizations of the early 20th-century American experience (Making an American Citizen, The Strike, Frozen on Love's Trail) and playful experiments in melodrama (The Detective's Dog). Produced more than a century ago, Guy Blache's films maintain their power to surprise the viewer, with moments of unexpected pathos and irreverent humor (the ribald cross-dressing comedies Officer Henderson and Cousins of Sherlocko). This collection is truly an international endeavor-2K and 4K restorations from materials preserved by the Library of Congress, British Film Institute, EYE Film Institute, George Eastman Museum, the Academy Film Library, Lobster Films, and others-and is essential viewing for anyone interested in the evolution of the industry and the art form. <p> CONTENTS: <br>Starting Something (1911) <br>Parson Sue (1911) <br>Broken Oath (1912) <br>A Comedy of Errors (1912) <br>The Detective's Dog (1912) <br>Frozen on Love's Trail (1912) <br>The Girl in the Armchair (1912) <br>His Double (1912) <br>Making an American Citizen (1912) <br>A Man's a Man (1912) <br>The Sewer (1912) <br>The Strike (1912) <br>A Terrible Lesson (1912) <br>Cousins of Sherlocko (1913) <br>Dick Whittington and His Cat (1913) <br>Officer Henderson (1913) <br>The Thief (1913) <br>Mr. Bruce Wins at Cards (1914)