The Decline of Sentiment: American Film in the 1920s
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (842 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520254570 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 374 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A groundbreaking examination of a pivotal turning point in American cinema. Jacobs' thoroughly researched arguments make her thesis as convincing as it is original. A formidable achievement."--"American Cinematographer"
"Book Reviewer: Mila Maricic" according to Mila Maricic. The Decline of Sentiment: American Film in the 1920s, written by Lea Jacobs, explores the immense changes that occurred in what was popular to American film in the era in the prime jazz era, the roaring twenties. Jacobs is Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Using well-known newspapers, collective articles and trade papers, Lea Jacobs validates how certain film genres and films in that era diminished and how they were ultimately (by . SUcked Ryan This book sucked. So did the class I had to take. Book is too long, and meaningless. Very circular. I hope she did not get paid for this.
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.. The Decline of Sentiment seeks to characterize the radical shifts in taste that transformed American film in the jazz age