The Silent Cinema Reader

List of illustrations ix Notes on contributors xi Acknowledgements xv Lee Grieveson and Peter Kramer INTRODUCTION 1(10) PROLOGUE INTRODUCTION 11(4) 1 Charles Mussen AT THE BEGINNING: MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION, REPRESENTATION AND IDEOLOGY AT THE EDISON AND LUMIÈRE COMPANIES 15(16) PART I Film projection and variety shows INTRODUCTION 31(10) 2 Tom Gunning "NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T": THE TEMPORALITY OF THE CINEMA OF ATTRACTIONS 41(10) 3 Frank Gray THE KISS IN THE TUNNEL (1899), G.A. SMITH AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE EDITED FILM IN ENGLAND 51(12) 4 Richard Abel THE CINEMA OF ATTRACTIONS IN FRANCE, 1896-1904 63(14) PART II Storytelling and the nickelodeon INTRODUCTION 77(10) 5 Charles Mussen MOVING TOWARDS FICTIONAL NARRATIVES: STORY FILMS BECOME THE DOMINANT PRODUCT, 1903-1904 87(16) 6 Richard Abel PATHÉ GOES TO TOWN: FRENCH FILMS CREATE A MARKET FOR THE NICKELODEON, 1903-1906 103(16) 7 Ben Singer MANHATTAN NICKELODEONS: NEW DATA ON AUDIENCES AND EXHIBITORS 119(16) PART III Cinema and reform INTRODUCTION 135(10) 8 Tom Gunning FROM THE OPIUM DEN TO THE THEATRE OF MORALITY: MORAL DISCOURSE AND THE FILM PROCESS IN EARLY AMERICAN CINEMA 145(10) 9 Roberta E. Pearson and William Uricchio HOW MANY TIMES SHALL CAESAR BLEED IN SPORT: SHAKESPEARE AND THE CULTURAL DEBATE ABOUT MOVING PICTURES 155(14) 10 Lee Grieveson FIGHTING FILMS: RACE, MORALITY, AND THE GOVERNING OF CINEMA, 1912-1915 169(18) PART IV Feature films and cinema programmes INTRODUCTION 187(10) 11 Charles J. Maland A STAR IS BORN: AMERICAN CULTURE AND THE DYNAMICS OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S STAR IMAGE, 1913-1916 197(13) 12 Shelley stamp AN AWFUL STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOVE AND AMBITION: SERIAL HEROINES, SERIAL STARS AND THEIR FEMALE FANS 210(16) 13 Ben Brewster TRAFFIC IN SOULS (1913): AN EXPERIMENT IN FEATURE-LENGTH NARRATIVE CONSTRUCTION 226(16) 14 Linda Williams RACE, MELODRAMA, AND THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915) 242(12) 15 Kristin Thompson THE INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION OF CINEMATIC EXPRESSIVITY 254(17) PART V Classical Hollywood cinema INTRODUCTION 271(8) 16 Peter Kramer THE MAKING OF A COMIC STAR: BUSTER KEATON AND THE SAPHEAD (1920) 279(11) 17 Gaylyn Studlar "THE PERFECT LOVER"?: VALENTINO AND ETHNIC MASCULINITY IN THE 1920's 290(15) 18 Sumiko Higashi THE NEW WOMAN AND CONSUMER CULTURE: CECIL B. DEMILLE'S SEX COMEDIES 305(13) 19 Ruth Vasey THE OPEN DOOR: HOLLYWOOD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD, 1922-1928 318(11) PART VI European cinemas INTRODUCTION 329(10) 20 Yuri Tsivian NEW NOTES ON RUSSIAN FILM CULTURE BETWEEN 1908 AND 1919 339(10) 21 Kristin Thompson EARLY ALTERNATIVES TO THE HOLLYWOOD MODE OF PRODUCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR EUROPE'S AVANT-GARDES 349(19) 22 David Bordwell MONUMENTAL HEROICS: FORM AND STYLE IN EISENSTEIN'S SILENT FILMS 368(21) 23 Joseph Garncarz ART AND INDUSTRY: GERMAN CINEMA OF THE 1920's 389(12) Bibliography 401(15) Index 416