Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers
Films included in Netflix's "Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers" series
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- DirectorRuth Ann BaldwinStarsJoseph W. GirardLeo PiersonWilliam DyerA retired judge comes West to restore a ghost town.
- DirectorGrace CunardStarsGrace CunardCole HebertGordon GriffithA city girl revenuer spies on illegal whiskey making in the hills.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsFraunie FraunholzMarian SwayneA married couple decide to "live separately together."
- DirectorIda May ParkStarsDorothy PhillipsJuanita HansenWilliam StowellA small-town girl goes to New York hoping to become a star on Broadway, but the best she can do are roles as chorus girls. She falls in with a "fast" crowd, notably a "party girl" named Cherry Blow, and finds herself involved with wild parties, horny millionaires and her boyfriend from back home who has come to New York to marry her.
- DirectorMabel NormandStarsCharles ChaplinMabel NormandDan AlbertCharlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret and must endure the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and pretends to be a fancy ambassador but must contend with the jealousy of her fiancé.
- DirectorMarian E. WongStarsViolet WongHarvey Soo HooMarian E. WongThe members of a Chinese family living in the US have a curse put upon them for becoming too "westernized".
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsMace GreenleafBlanche CornwallMarian SwayneTrixie believe the only way she can save her older sister from dying of tuberculosis is by preventing the autumn leaves from falling, so one night she steals into the garden in her nightie and fastens fallen leaves to branches with twine.
- DirectorJoe KingCleo MadisonStarsCleo MadisonTaylor N. DuncanEdward HearnAdeline falls in love with Frank, but her brother Theron wants her to marry rich Old Scapin, though she is carrying Frank's baby.
- DirectorMabel NormandStarsMabel NormandHarry McCoyCharley ChaseMabel is engaged to Harry, the boss's son. The boss has an eye for Mabel too, in this gender-bending comedy of errors and mistaken identities.
- DirectorLita LawrenceStarsGeorge E. PattonAdelaide M. ChaseJ. Thomas HopkinsTwo women discover they are pregnant, and experience the anxiety, discomfort, fear, hope, and ultimate joy of pregnancy and motherhood. Both fathers encounter the parallel experiences of first-time fatherhood.
- DirectorCharles BryantAlla NazimovaStarsAlla NazimovaNigel De BrulierMitchell LewisSalome, the daughter of Herodias, seduces her step-father/uncle Herod, governor of Judea, with a salacious dance. In return, he promises her the head of the prophet John the Baptist.
- DirectorNell ShipmanBert Van TuyleStarsNell ShipmanBert Van TuyleL.M. WellsA young woman visiting Mexico is kidnapped by a gang of bandits who drag her through the rugged wilderness to their hideout. She manages to leave word for her friend Bill, who knows the country well. But when Bill cannot find a horse, his only available form of transportation is his roadster. Nevertheless, he is determined to come to her rescue, even if it means trying to drive the car across miles of rocky, broken terrain.
- DirectorPhillips SmalleyLois WeberStarsLois WeberVal PaulDouglas GerrardAbandoned by her maidservant in an isolated country house, a mother must protect herself and her baby from an invading tramp while her husband races home in a stolen car to save them.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsDustin FarnumWinifred KingstonHerbert StandingA family feud erupts in the mountains of Kentucky.
- DirectorElsie Jane WilsonStarsCarmel MyersThomas HoldingKathleen EmersonAfter receiving an inheritance from an uncle, a woman sets up a fortunetelling business.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsCarlyle BlackwellDoris KenyonEdgar NortonAn abused woman finds love in the arms of a famous novelist.
- DirectorPhillips SmalleyLois WeberStarsTyrone Power Sr.Mrs. Tyrone PowerMarie WalcampA District Attorney's outspoken stand on abortion lands him in trouble with the local community.