Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Timeline: The 1920s xi
5. Introduction: Movies and the 1920s 1
6. 1920 Movies, Margarine, and Main Street 23
7. 1921 Movies and Personality 46
8. 1922 Movies and the Perilous Future 70
9. 1923 Movies and the Changing Body of Cinema 95
10. 1924 Movies and Play 120
11. 1925 Movies and a Year of Change 143
12. 1926 Movies and Divine Stars, Defining Gender 165
13. 1927 Movies and the New Woman as Consumer 188
14. 1928 Movies, Social Conformity, and Imminent Traumas 211
15. 1929 Movies, Crashes, and Finales 234
16. Select Academy Awards, 1927–1929 257
17. Sources for Films 259
18. Works Cited and Consulted 263
19. Contributors 275
20. Index 277