Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood : : German and American Film after World War I / / Kristin Thompson.

Ernst Lubitsch, the German filmmaker who left Berlin for Hollywood in the 1920s, is best remembered today for the famous "Lubitsch touch" in such masterpieces as Ninotchka, which featured Greta Garbo's first-ever screen smile, and Heaven Can Wait. Kristin Thompson's study analyze...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Series:Film Culture in Transition
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 463 black and white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: Lubitsch's Career
  • Chapter Two: Making the Light Come from the Story: Lighting
  • Chapter Three: Subduing the Cluttered Background: Set Design
  • Chapter Four: Guiding the Viewer's Attention: Editing
  • Chapter Five: Peeking at the Players: Acting
  • Chapter Six: Mutual Influences
  • Epilogue: The Lubitsch Touch
  • Notes
  • Filmography
  • Index