36- Women's Pictures, Staring Women, that Women Were Watching

The History of Film by Jacob Aschieris

Jul 25, 202531:18TV & Film

An episode all about proper (or not explicitly patriotic) melodrama as it was developing in France during the war. Who were these movies made for? What were they about? Well, let's find out. If you would like to ema...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from The History of Film.

A New Translation of a Master Filmmaker: Dr. Anne McKnight on Long Take

Mar 27, 2026 - 50:32

An interview with Japanese media scholar Anne McNight about her new book Long Take. Long Take is a collec...

37- Abel Gance, and the Prelude to the Post-War

Feb 26, 2026 - 24:53

An episode about Gance, covering his life and movies from birth to just before of the release of his monu...

35- French Patriotic Melodrama

Dec 15, 2024 - 31:37

This episode is a little smaller in scope than usual. But like one my great podcasting heroes, my ambitio...

34- American Invasion, Sessue Hayakawa, and "The Cheat"

Nov 18, 2024 - 56:47

In this episode we cover just how, exactly, American cinema came to dominate Europe in the wake of WW1. W...

33- War on Film, Film at War

Nov 3, 2024 - 22:16

This week we cover the effect of The War on the French film Industry. While The Conflict's Titanic n...

32- Foundation of Death, Foundation of Light

Feb 16, 2024 - 25:25

This episode reexamines some topics we have already looked at, but this time as context for one of histor...

Announcement – Plans and Reasons

Aug 11, 2023 - 4:55

The History of Film Podcast has been on Haitus since May of 2022. This announcement officially ends that....

31- Gertie: The First Animated Character

May 15, 2022 - 31:04

In this episode we finish up our series on early animation by covering Gertie the Dinosaur and The Sinkin...