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The decline of sentiment : American film in the 1920s

By Jacobs , Lea

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0520237013, 978-0-520-23701-8, 9780520941533, 0520941535, 978-0-520-25457-2
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2394617 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
358\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Motion pictures -- United States -- History. Silen

Description

The Decline of Sentiment seeks to characterize the radical shifts in taste that transformed American film in the jazz age. Based upon extensive reading of trade papers and the popular press of the day, Lea Jacobs documents the films and film genres that were considered old-fashioned, as well as those dubbed innovative and up-to-date, and looks closely at the works of filmmakers such as Erich von Stroheim, Charlie Chaplin, Ernst Lubitsch, and Monta Bell, among many others. Her analysis—focusing on the influence of literary naturalism on the cinema, the emergence of sophisticated comedy, and the progressive alteration of the male adventure story and the seduction plot—is a comprehensive account of the modernization of classical Hollywood film style and narrative form.

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