American Cinema of the 1920s : : Themes and Variations / / ed. by Lucy Fischer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, Mark Lynn,; Aronson, Michael,; Bean, Jennifer M.,; Fischer, Lucy,; Higashi, Sumiko,; Landy, Marcia,; Ross, Sara,; Turim, Maureen,; Vacche, Angela Dalle,; Young, Gwenda,
• TeilnehmendeR: Anderson, Mark.; Aronson, Michael.; Bean, Jennifer M.; Fischer, Lucy.; Higashi, Sumiko.; Landy, Marcia.; Ross, Sara.; Turim, Maureen.; Vacche, Angela Dalle.; Young, Gwenda.
• HerausgeberIn: Fischer, Lucy,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Screen Decades: American Culture/America
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 33

During the 1920s, sound revolutionized the motion picture industry and cinema continued as one of the most significant and popular forms of mass entertainment in the world. Film studios were transformed into major corporations, hiring a host of craftsmen and technicians including cinematographers, editors, screenwriters, and set designers. The birth of the star system supported the meteoric rise and celebrity status of actors including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, and Rudolph Valentino while black performers (relegated to "race films") appeared infrequently in mainstream movies. The classic Hollywood film style was perfected and significant film genres were established: the melodrama, western, historical epic, and romantic comedy, along with slapstick, science fiction, and fantasy. 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline: The 1920s -- Introduction: Movies and the 1920s -- 1920 Movies, Margarine, and Main Street -- 1921 Movies and Personality -- 1922 Movies and the Perilous Future -- 1923 Movies and the Changing Body of Cinema -- 1924 Movies and Play -- 1925 Movies and a Year of Change -- 1926 Movies and Divine Stars, Defining Gender -- 1927 Movies and the New Woman as Consumer -- 1928 Movies, Social Conformity, and Imminent Traumas -- 1929 Movies, Crashes, and Finales -- Select Academy Awards, 1927-1929 -- Sources for Films -- Works Cited and Consulted -- Contributors -- Index