Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Stardom in the 1920s 1
5. 1. Douglas Fairbanks: King of Hollywood 21
6. 2. Buster Keaton: Comic Invention and the Art of Moving Pictures 41
7. 3. The Talmadge Sisters: A Forgotten Filmmaking Dynasty 65
8. 4. Rudolph Valentino: Italian American 87
9. 5. An Appetite for Living: Gloria Swanson, Colleen Moore, and Clara Bow 108
10. 6. Greta Garbo: Fashioning a Star Image 137
11. 7. Anna May Wong:Toward Janus-Faced, Border-Crossing, “Minor” Stardom 159
12. 8. Emil Jannings:Translating the Star 182
13. 9. Al Jolson:The Man Who Changed the Movies Forever 202
14. 10. African American Stardom Inside and Outside of Hollywood: Ernest Morrison, Noble Johnson, Evelyn Preer, and Lincoln Perry 227
15. 11. Marie Dressler: Thief of the Talkies 250
16. In the Wings 270
17. Works Cited 285
18. Contributors 297
19. Index 301