Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 3
6. CHAPTER ONE. Responses to Cultural Crisis: Political Domination and Hegemony 17
7. CHAPTER TWO. The Film Industry's Drive for Respectability 41
8. CHAPTER THREE. Literary Qualities: Shakespeare and Dante 65
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Historical Qualities: Washington and Napoleon 111
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Biblical Qualities: Moses 160
11. Conclusion 195
12. APPENDIX. Vitagraph's Description of the Washington and Napoleon Films 201
13. Notes 205
14. Index 245