TY - GEN T1 - American cinema of the 1920s : themes and variations T2 - Screen decades. A2 - Fischer, Lucy LA - English PP - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press YR - 2009 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocn793166805 AB - In ten original essays, American Cinema of the 1920s examines the film industry's continued growth and prosperity while focusing on important themes of the era that witnessed the birth of the star system that supported the meteoric rise and celebrity status of actors including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, and Rudolph Valentino while black performers (relegated to "race films") appeared infrequently in mainstream movies. CN - PN1993.5.U6 A85734 2009 SN - 9780813547152 SN - 0813547156 SN - 1280492228 SN - 9781280492228 SN - 1780347375 SN - 9781780347370 SN - 9786613587459 SN - 6613587451 SN - 9780813544847 SN - 081354484X SN - 9780813544854 SN - 0813544858 KW - Motion pictures : United States : History. KW - Motion pictures : United States : Plots, themes, etc. KW - Cinéma : États-Unis : Histoire. KW - Cinéma : États-Unis : Intrigues, thèmes, etc. KW - ART : Film & Video. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : Reference. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : General. KW - Motion pictures KW - Motion pictures : Plots, themes, etc. KW - United States KW - Film KW - USA KW - Film : USA : Geschichte. KW - Film. KW - USA. KW - Geschichte 1900-1950 KW - Geschichte 1920-1930 KW - performing arts, film, video, media, media studies, communications, american studies, american culture, american cinema, 1920s, 20s, roaring twenties, film studies, motion picture, film industry, entertainment, hollywood, old hollywood, film studio, cinematographer, editor, screenwriter, set designer, celebrity, charlie chaplin, mary pickford, joan crawford, greta garbo, rudolph valentino, race film, blockbuster, classic hollywood, classic film, melodrama, western, historical epic, romantic comedy, slapstick, science fiction, fantasy. KW - History ER -