Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood: German and American Film after World War I

Table of Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Lubitsch: The Filmmakers’ Filmmaker......Page 12
Lubitsch’s Place in Two National Cinemas......Page 13
The Standard Story: Germany Escapes Hollywood’s Influence......Page 15
Studying the Conditions of Influence......Page 18
Lubitsch and the German Film Industry......Page 20
Lubitsch’s Reputation in the 1920s......Page 30
Areas of Stylistic Influence......Page 32
Different Lighting Equipment......Page 36
Different Conceptions of Lighting......Page 39
Lubitsch and the German Norm......Page 43
Germany’s Discovery of Three-point Lighting......Page 48
Lubitsch Masters Three-point Lighting in Hollywood......Page 51
Three-point Lighting and Expressionism......Page 53
Classical Norms of Set Design......Page 54
Lubitsch and German Set Design......Page 58
Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood......Page 64
Lubitsch’s Work with His Hollywood Art Directors......Page 69
Lubitsch the Editor......Page 72
Editing in Postwar German Films......Page 75
Lubitsch’s Hollywood Films......Page 85
The Survival of Pantomimic Acting in Post-War German Cinema......Page 92
Lubitsch’s German Features......Page 94
Lubitsch’s Hollywood Features......Page 99
Equipping for Influence: The Modernization of German Studios......Page 110
German Cinema Goes Hollywood......Page 113
Contemporary Discussions of American-Style Techniques......Page 124
Distinctively German Devices and Their Impact......Page 119
Epilogue: The Lubitsch Touch......Page 128
Notes......Page 134
Filmography......Page 146
Index......Page 150
Figures......Page 158