The decline of sentiment : American film in the 1920s / Lea Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Lea.

Series:

ACLS Fellows’ publications.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States--History.

Motion pictures.

Silent films--United States--History and criticism.

Silent films.

Melodrama in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

1. Toward a History of Taste

2. Hollywood Naturalism

3. Sophisticated Comedy

4. The Male Adventure Story

5. The Seduction Plot

6. The Romantic Drama

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Filmography

Index

Notes:

"Simpson, imprint in humanities."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-326) and index.

Includes filmography: p. 327-341.

ISBN:

9786612360503

9781282360501

1282360507

9780520941533

0520941535

OCLC:

496961062