A film from 1905 that playfully explores a reversal of physical gender characteristics and can be understood as part of the emerging discourse on hormones at the time. In a second step, the lecture draws a connection to contemporary films and (auto)theories that discuss hormones and transitioning.
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France 01 January 1905
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1905:
27 January 1905
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
11 April 1905
The camera is high above Manhattan near the top of the Times Building, pointing down.
17 August 1905
This is a compilation of some of the films that Alice Guy filmed in Spain from mid-October to the end of November, 1905 (catalogue numbers 1371 to 1384) that were individually released in early 1906.
11 November 1905
Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all, divide into various pairs and wrestle for the camera.
01 January 1905
Félix Mayol performs The Trottins Polka (La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy.
31 May 1905
Various scenes from New Testament and Old: Christian martyrdom under Roman rule, Daniel in the lion's den, and Belshazzar's vision of a floating hand spelling the end of his rule.
28 December 1905
The first Chinese film ever made, a sung representation of Battle of Mount Dingjun.
18 September 1905
Early Balkan footage.
14 October 1905
The millionaire's child is kidnapped. Sherlock Holmes after many thrilling adventures and narrow escapes rescues the child.
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