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

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, e...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Screen Decades: American Culture/America
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 33
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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