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    American Cinema of the 1920s
    Themes and Variations

    Lucy Fischer (Edited by), Angela Dalle Vacche (Contributions by), Jennifer M. Bean (Contributions by), Sumiko Higashi (Contributions by), Michael Aronson (Contributions by), Mark Anderson (Contributions by), Sara Ross (Contributions by), Gwenda Young (Contributions by), Maureen Turim (Contributions by), Marcia Landy (Contributions by), Lucy Fischer (Contributions by)

    9780813544854

    Paperback / softback, published 15 April 2009

    312 pages, 33
    23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.539 kg

    "This most recent volume in the Screen Decades series, which looks at American culture and American cinema decade by decade, offers ten essays on the cinema of what F. Scott Fitzgerald termed 'the jazz age.' These fresh, insightful essays spark attention on the era of emancipation, Prohibition, materialism, the arrival of radio and sound films, and, of course, bobbed hair. Recommended."
    (Choice)

    “There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”

    (American Quarterly)
    "This most recent volume in the Screen Decades series, which looks at American culture and American cinema decade by decade, offers ten essays on the cinema of what F. Scott Fitzgerald termed 'the jazz age.' These fresh, insightful essays spark attention on the era of emancipation, Prohibition, materialism, the arrival of radio and sound films, and, of course, bobbed hair. Recommended."
    (Choice)

    “There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”

    (American Quarterly)

    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.

    Acknowledgments
    Timeline: The 1920s
    Introduction The Twenties and Cinema, Lucy Fischer
    1920 Movies, Margarine and Main Street, Michael Aronson
    1921 Movies and Personality, Mark Lynn Anderson
    1922 Movies and the Perilous Future, Sara Ross
    1923 Movies and the Changing Body Of Cinema, Marcia Landy
    1924 Movies and Play, Jennifer M. Bean
    1925 Movies and a Year of Change, Gwenda Young
    1926 Movies and Divine Stars, Defining Gender, Maureen Turim
    1927 Movies and the New Woman as Consumer, Sumiko Higashi
    1928 Movies, Social Conformity, and Imminent Traumas, Angela Dalle Vacche
    1929 Crashes and Finales, Lucy Fischer
    Select Academy Awards, 1927-1929
    Works Cited and Consulted
    Contributors
    Index

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