Dorothea Mitchell
- Writing
- June 1, 1877 · England
- February 2, 1976
Biography
A pioneering filmmaker in Canada. Mitchell co-founded the first amateur film group in Canada, the Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society, in 1929, and made three feature-length films: A Race For Ties (1929), Sleep Inn Beauty (1929), and The Fatal Flower (1930 but left unfinished). The society's first film, A Race For Ties, has the distinction of being the first amateur feature-length film in Canada
Known for
Filmography
- Dorothea Mitchell: A Reel Pioneer
- The Fatal Flower · Director, Screenplay
- Sleep-Inn Beauty · Screenplay, Director
- A Race for Ties · Aunt Sarah, Screenplay