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Transition and transformation : Victor Sjöström in Hollywood 1923-1930 / Bo Florin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Florin, Bo, 1961- author.
- Series:
- Film culture in transition.
- Film culture in transition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sjöström, Victor, 1879-1960.
- Sjöström, Victor.
- Motion picture producers and directors--California--Los Angeles.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (157 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1923, the film director Victor Seastrom (né Sjöström), then Sweden's most renowned filmmaker, was recruited to Hollywood by Goldwyn Pictures, where he made eight silent pictures and one talkie in seven years, among them a 1926 version of 'The Scarlet Letter'. What elements of Swedish cinema did he bring with him to the States, and how were these techniques transformed by Hollywood? This is the first book-length study dedicated to the films of Sjöström (1879-1960) and how he functioned in the studio system of 1920s Hollywood. Bo Florin explores the ways the director applied his austere and naturalistic film style in a radically different context and discusses how his films were received in Hollywood.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction - From Sjöström to Seastrom
- Sjöström - From National to International
- A European in Hollywood - NAME the MAN and the Shift of Production Systems
- From Scientist to Clown - HE WHO GETS SLAPPED
- A for Adultery - THE SCARLET LETTER
- Conquering Nature - THE WIND
- Fragmented Pieces: Writing the History of the Lost Hollywood Films
- The Shadow of the Silents - A LADY TO LOVE
- The Genius and the System- Some Concluding Remarks
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Dec 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 02 2025)
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9789048518180
- 9048518180
- OCLC:
- 834603771
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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