TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anderson,Mark
AU  - Anderson,Mark Lynn
AU  - Aronson,Michael
AU  - Bean,Jennifer M.
AU  - Fischer,Lucy
AU  - Higashi,Sumiko
AU  - Landy,Marcia
AU  - Ross,Sara
AU  - Turim,Maureen
AU  - Vacche,Angela Dalle
AU  - Young,Gwenda
TI  - American Cinema of the 1920s: Themes and Variations 
T2  - Screen Decades: American Culture/America
SN  - 9780813544847
AV  - PN1993.5.U6 A85734 2009eb
U1  - 791.430973 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ : 
PB  - Rutgers University Press, 
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Plots, themes, etc
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - performing arts, film, video, media, media studies, communications, american studies, american culture, american cinema, 1920s, 20s, roaring twenties, film studies, motion picture, film industry, entertainment, hollywood, old hollywood, film studio, cinematographer, editor, screenwriter, set designer, celebrity, charlie chaplin, mary pickford, joan crawford, greta garbo, rudolph valentino, race film, blockbuster, classic hollywood, classic film, melodrama, western, historical epic, romantic comedy, slapstick, science fiction, fantasy
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813547152
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