The city symphony phenomenon : cinema, art, and urban modernity between the wars

Introduction: the city symphony phenomenon 1920-40 --
László moholy-nagy and the city (symphony) --
Productive city: Ruttmann's Düsseldorf: Kleiner film einer großen stadt --
Minor Paris city symphonies --
Kaufman and Kopalin's Moscow --
A Parisian in Manhattan: Florey's skyscraper symphony --
D'Errico's Stramilano --
Belgian variations on the city symphony theme --
Koelinga's De Steeg: Palimpsest and parallax historiography --
Schuitema's de Maasbruggen: city and film as a process --
Von Barsy and Von Maydell's de stad die nooit rust: a port city symphony --
Hauser's Weltstadt in Flegelijahren: an Americanist city symphony --
One-way street: Conrad's Halsted street --
Leyda's a Bronx morning --
Kemeny and Lustig's São Paula: Sinfonia da Metrópole --
Sparling's Canadian city symphonies --
Steiner and Van Dyke's the city --
Survey of city symphonies 1920-40 --
About the contributors and editors --
About the American film institute --
Index.