American Cinema of the 1920s: Themes and Variations

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C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments ix Timeline:The 1920s xi Introduction: Movies and the 1920s 1 LUCY FISCHER 1920 Movies, Margarine, and Main Street 23 MICHAEL ARONSON 1921 Movies and Personality 46 MARK LYNN ANDERSON 1922 Movies and the Perilous Future 70 SARA ROSS 1923 Movies and the Changing Body of Cinema 95 MARCIA LANDY 1924 Movies and Play 120 JENNIFER M. BEAN 1925 Movies and a Year of Change 143 GWENDA YOUNG 1926 Movies and Divine Stars, Defining Gender 165 MAUREEN TURIM 1927 Movies and the New Woman as Consumer 188 SUMIKO HIGASHI 1928 Movies, Social Conformity, and Imminent Traumas 211 ANGELA DALLE VACCHE 1929 Movies, Crashes, and Finales 234 LUCY FISCHER Select Academy Awards, 1927–1929 257 Sources for Films 259 Works Cited and Consulted 263 Contributors 275 Index 277 ...