American Film History Selected Readings, Origins To 1960.

American Film History Selected Readings, Origins To 1960.

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Main Author: Lucia, Cynthia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • The Editors
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Notes
  • Part I Origins to 1928
  • 1 Setting the Stage: American Film History, Origins to 1928
  • The Nickelodeon Era
  • Censorship Battles
  • The Industry
  • Genres and Stars
  • Hollywood and World Cinema
  • The Jazz Age On-Screen - Inside and Outside of Hollywood
  • Newsreels
  • Animation
  • The First Avant-Garde
  • The Coming of Sound to the Cinema
  • References
  • 2 D. W. Griffith and the Development of American Narrative Cinema
  • Griffith's Move to Biograph: An Industry in Flux
  • Storytelling Challenges and Stylistic Strategies
  • 1908-1909: Shaping a Story
  • 1910-1911: An Increasingly Confident Style
  • 1912-1913: Refinement and Reconfiguration
  • Notes
  • References
  • 3 Women and the Silent Screen
  • Exhibitors, Moviegoers, and Fans: "Remember the 83%!"
  • Filmmakers, Stars, and Extras: Women at Work in Early Hollywood
  • Critics, Writers, and Tastemakers: Film Culture as a Feminine Sphere
  • Censors, Reformers, and Educators: "Ultimately a Woman's Responsibility"
  • Conclusion: "History Has Not Been Kind"
  • References
  • 4 African-Americans and Silent Films
  • Early Background: Vaudeville, Blackface Minstrelsy, and Film
  • Story Films, Melodrama, and Uplift
  • White-Owned Race Film Companies: Competition and Collaboration
  • The Minors: Lesser-Known Race Film Companies
  • The End: The Coming of Sound
  • Notes
  • References
  • 5 Chaplin and Silent Film Comedy
  • The Tramp and Chaplin's Rise to Stardom
  • From Willie Work to the Glasses Character: Harold Lloyd
  • A Calm Demeanor Beneath a Porkpie Hat: Buster Keaton
  • City Lights: A Farewell to Silent Film Comedy
  • References
  • 6 Erich von Stroheim and Cecil B. DeMille: Early Hollywood and the Discourse of Directorial "Genius"
  • Two Directors and the Rise of the Feature Film
  • Cecil B. DeMille: The Genius of Jazz-Age Hokum
  • Erich von Stroheim: The Genius Hollywood Loved to Hate
  • Notes
  • References
  • 7 The Star System
  • Larger-than-Life Figures
  • Reinventing the Star System
  • Making Stars Pay
  • Coming to Know the Stars
  • The Public's Loyalties
  • The Compulsion to Repeat
  • Notes
  • References
  • 8 Synchronized Sound Comes to the Cinema
  • Warner Bros.' Gambit: The Vitaphone
  • Early Sound Cinema: A Multimedia Distraction
  • The Technical Demands of Sound
  • Fine-Tuning: Sound-on-Film Processes and Theories of Sound Recording
  • Conclusion: The Lost Futures of Sync Sound
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part II 1929-1945
  • 9 Setting the Stage: American Film History, 1929-1945
  • The Studio Industry
  • The Production Code
  • B-Films
  • Studio House Styles, Genres, and Auteurs
  • Innovations in Film Technology
  • Documentary Filmmaking
  • The Film Avant-Garde
  • Animation
  • Hollywood and World War II
  • Hollywood and Postwar Challenges
  • Note
  • References

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