Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers - Mixed Pets

Directed by Dorothy Davenport Reid, Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber, Helen Holmes, Mabel Normand, and Grace Cunard
Year: 2018

The earliest surviving film from Alice Guy-Blaché's American production company Solax, MIXED PETS is a comedy of mistaken identity, where a secret baby hidden in a cupboard by a household staff is swapped with a dog secreted into the household against the husband's wishes. As is often the case in Guy-Blaché's comedies, marriage, social propriety and domestic space become topics of interest.

"A corrective to our collective amnesia. A thrilling look at the variety of films made by women, most before they won the right to vote."


"Provides a rare opportunity to see some of the greatest films helmed by early Hollywood’s intrepid women... filling in the blanks of the past and reclaiming the medium’s forgotten stories."


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"...an essential piece of film history, and engaging viewing besides."


"Film fans, rejoice! The true history of the motion picture industry just got a bit more complete."


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"...one of the most important disc sets of 2018, and it's the perfect gift for the serious cinephile."


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Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber, Helen Holmes, Mabel Normand, Grace Cunard and Dorothy Davenport Reid