Reel Jersey Girls: A Century of Women Filmmakers

Reel Jersey Girl Film Exhibit at Fort Lee Museum highlighted the role of women filmmakers such as Pearl White, Mary Pickford and Alice Guy Blache, the first women director in cinema history, built and opened her Solax Studio in Fort Lee in 1912.

The first sex symbol of the American silver screen, Theda Bara worked at Fox Studio in Fort Lee from 1915-1919.  This exhibit will showcase archival photos from Theda Bara’s personal scrapbook. Film historian, Joe Yranski, lent these photos for this exhibit.

Curated by the Fort Lee Film Commission and the Fort Lee Historical Society
Fort Lee Museum 1588 Palisade Avenue Fort Lee, New Jersey
Exhibit runs through July 1, 2012. Museum hours are weekends from Noon to 4 p.m. and Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m.  Groups visits can be made by appointment for weekdays.  For further info call the Fort Lee Film Commission at (201) 693-2763 or visit www.fortleefilm.org.