One of the last articles in the March Edition of Sight and Sound was about Alice Guy who, when married, was Alice Guy-Blache. It is in the "From the Archive" section. She was the first, and for a very long time, the only female film director. Born in France in 1873, she started making films there around 1896 using pioneering technology invented by Leon Gaumont. From there to New York with her husband Herbert Blache, she made hundreds of silent movies. Many are described in this illuminating article that was written by Francis Lacassin and first published in the magazine in 1971.
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