Mary Cassatt: Impressionist From Philadelphia (1977)
This documentary portrait is the first to celebrate the only American member of the French Impressionist school and the first American woman to become a famous painter. 'Mary Cassatt Impressionist From Philadelphia' is not only a biography of the artist’s life and work; the film sees both in the context of the status of the woman painter in Victorian America in the second half of the 19th century.
Director: Perry Miller Adato
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Leora Dana as Mary Cassatt |
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Guy Sorel as Edgar Degas |
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Mary Jane Higby as Women's Voices (voice) |
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William Redfield as Men's Voices (voice) |
| Editing | Carol Hayward | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Perry Miller Adato | Producer |
| Sound | Bernard Ortion | Sound |
| Sound | John Adams | Music Supervisor |
| Editing | Nina Schulman | Editor |
| Camera | Tom Spain | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Charlie Clifton | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jean Monsigny | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Dorothy Monet | Writer |
| Directing | Perry Miller Adato | Director |