Nell Shipman in The Grub Stake
Pioneering director and stunt performer Nell Shipman is to be celebrated at this year's Hippfest, it was announced today. The festival will open with a rare chance to see her 1023 film The Grub Stake, which was never released due to its distributor's financial problems. Set in the Idaho wilderness, it's an action adventure starring the director herself alongside n extensive animal cast.
Bo'ness Hippodrome, one of the oldest cinemas in Scotland. Photo: Richard West, licensed under Creative Commons
"“Nell Shipman is a deeply inspirational figure not only in the history of women’s liberation, but in the history of cinema generally," said festival director Alison Strauss, citing the success of her 1919 film Back To God's Country, which broke Canadian box office records. "Despite the promise of a glittering starlet career, Shipman turned down a seven year contract from Sam Goldwyn because she didn’t...
Pioneering director and stunt performer Nell Shipman is to be celebrated at this year's Hippfest, it was announced today. The festival will open with a rare chance to see her 1023 film The Grub Stake, which was never released due to its distributor's financial problems. Set in the Idaho wilderness, it's an action adventure starring the director herself alongside n extensive animal cast.
Bo'ness Hippodrome, one of the oldest cinemas in Scotland. Photo: Richard West, licensed under Creative Commons
"“Nell Shipman is a deeply inspirational figure not only in the history of women’s liberation, but in the history of cinema generally," said festival director Alison Strauss, citing the success of her 1919 film Back To God's Country, which broke Canadian box office records. "Despite the promise of a glittering starlet career, Shipman turned down a seven year contract from Sam Goldwyn because she didn’t...
- 12/15/2016
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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