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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777955103321

Autore

Jacobs Lea

Titolo

The decline of sentiment [[electronic resource] ] : American film in the 1920s / / Lea Jacobs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-36050-7

9786612360503

0-520-94153-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/75

Soggetti

Motion pictures - United States - History

Silent films - United States - History and criticism

Melodrama in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simpson, imprint in humanities."

Nota di bibliografia

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

Includes filmography: p. 327-341.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.