Watch and Enjoy... "Too Wise Wives (1921)" Louis Calhern, Claire Windsor, Phillips Smalley, Mona Lisa, et al - youtu.be/9tH-OfEUwgE?... #Drama #Silent #EarlyFeministCinema #LoisWeber

"Forgotten Legends"

Lois Weber was the Spielberg of the silent film era.
She directed the first U.S. feature film by a woman in 1914 — tackling poverty, birth control, inequality and more.
A century ahead of Hollywood.

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"A real director should be absolute."

🎬 #LoisWeber, pioneering #film director who became the first American woman to direct a full feature-length film (The Merchant of Venice), and the first to own her own studio, #DOTD 13 November 1939. #Filmmaking

+ Next week’s #SilentSundayNights has the Lois Weber drama “Too Wise Wives” (1921) please note the late starting time
#TCMParty #TooWiseWives #LoisWeber

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It’s disconcerting to watch the young woman of today grow into . . . manhood.”
Title card for Raymond Bloomer in The Sensation Seekers
#TheSensationSeekers #LoisWeber #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday

Gimme Some Truth* … Hypocrites (1915), Woman with a Movie Camera, BFI with Caroline Cassin "Everyone told me that ...plays, aiming at anything like a moral, would never pay... Hypocrites was my first chance to prove that I was ri...

A very welcome screening at the BFI with an excellent intro from Caroline Cassin reminding us all that #LoisWeber was one of the key figures of the silent period. The Truth will set us free...

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Remem. #LoisWeber on her birthday. Was once the most successful studio film maker in Hollywood and the first woman to direct a feature-length film in the US♥️ A former evangelist, she directed, wrote, acted in and produced films with social issues-abortion, alcoholism #TCMParty #FilmSky📽️ #MovieSky

Remembering silent-era pioneer Lois Weber, born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, on this day in 1879.
#famousbirthdays #loisweber #hollywood #silentmovies #womenleaders #cinema

"A real director should be absolute.”

🎬 #LoisWeber, American #film director who became the first woman to direct a full feature-length film (The Merchant of Venice) and the first to own her own studio, was #BOTD 13 June 1879. #Filmmaking

Luv this thread, Jeremy! Thank you! 😊💙#WomensHistoryMonth #LoisWeber #TrailBlazers #StrongerTogether 💙🌞

Luv this! Thank you! 💙😊 #WomensHistoryMonth2025 #LoisWeber #StrongerTogether 💙🤗

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#WomensHistoryMonth2025
Spotlight on:
#LoisWeber
#Women-in-Film
#Trailblazer
#WomenDirectors
#Pioneer

Lois Weber's story is depressing when I think about all the topics she wanted to cover and how she is virtually forgotten now. Yet the Oscar-winning film in 2025 was yet another male-directed film about a sex worker. #tcmparty #loisweber

#wentyscihealth #womenshistorymonth #reelfilm #reelfilmday #reelwomen #loisweber

«The Blot» (Weber,1921) #silentmovies #silentera #oldHollywood #LoisWeber, #MyFallMovies18

Some movies attempted to change social attitudes from the very beginning, and #GlennErickson contends that naturalistic silent film director #LoisWeber made that goal her specialty, especially in her 1916 film #Shoes, out in a deluxe #Milestone reissue.