Writing
Dorothea Mitchell
Born — Died
1877-06-01 — 1976-02-02
Place of birth
England
Known for
Writing
Credits
11 titles
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
NRa comedy situated around a bathing beauty contest
Sleep-Inn Beauty
1930
NRDorothea Mitchell – A Reel Pioneer recounts in Mitchell’s own words the amazing life of a pioneer filmmaker. Seventy years later a group of local enthusiasts in Thunder Bay, reinvent the silent pictures, by finishing “The Fatal Flower”,the murder mystery Dorothea had bequeathed to the national Archives of Canada. With no script to work from and some missing scenes, the group nurtured “The Fatal Flower” back to life.
Dorothea Mitchell: A Reel Pioneer
2010
5.0The plot of The Fatal Flower revolves around a young couple whose budding romance coincides with a rash of bank heists in Northwestern Ontario.
The Fatal Flower
1930
NRA small sawmill owner competes against a large timber company in hopes of winning a railway tie contract.
A Race for Ties
1929
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRa comedy situated around a bathing beauty contest
Sleep-Inn Beauty
1930
NRa comedy situated around a bathing beauty contest
Sleep-Inn Beauty
1930
NRa comedy situated around a bathing beauty contest
Sleep-Inn Beauty
1930
5.0The plot of The Fatal Flower revolves around a young couple whose budding romance coincides with a rash of bank heists in Northwestern Ontario.
The Fatal Flower
1930
5.0The plot of The Fatal Flower revolves around a young couple whose budding romance coincides with a rash of bank heists in Northwestern Ontario.
The Fatal Flower
1930
5.0The plot of The Fatal Flower revolves around a young couple whose budding romance coincides with a rash of bank heists in Northwestern Ontario.
The Fatal Flower
1930
NRA small sawmill owner competes against a large timber company in hopes of winning a railway tie contract.
A Race for Ties
1929
NRA small sawmill owner competes against a large timber company in hopes of winning a railway tie contract.
A Race for Ties
1929
NRA small sawmill owner competes against a large timber company in hopes of winning a railway tie contract.
A Race for Ties
1929