American cinema of the 1920s : themes and variations /

American cinema of the 1920s : themes and variations / edited by Lucy Fischer.

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In ten original essays, American Cinema of the 1920s examines the film industry's continued growth and prosperity while focusing on important themes of the era that witnessed the birth of the star system that supported the meteoric rise and celebrity status of actors including Charlie Chaplin,...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Fischer, Lucy (Editor)
Other title:American cinema of the nineteen twenties.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Series:Screen decades.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > United States > History.
Motion pictures > United States > Plots, themes, etc.
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Plots, themes, etc.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Movies, margarine, and Main Street / Michael Aronson
  • Movies and personality / Mark Lynn Anderson
  • Movies and the perilous future / Sara Ross
  • Movies and the changing body of cinema / Marcia Landy
  • Movies and play / Jennifer M. Bean
  • Movies and a year of change / Gwenda Young
  • Movies and divine stars, defining gender / Maureen Turim
  • Movies and the new woman as consumer / Sumiko Higashi
  • Movies, social conformity, and imminent traumas / Angela Dalle Vacche
  • Movies, crashes, and finales / Lucy Fischer
  • Select Academy awards, 1927-1929.

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