Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS xi
3. THE PHANTOMS OF THE PAST
4. Pictures 1
5. 1 Ausländisch 3
6. 2 “A Keen Observer” 35
7. 3 “Film, That’s No Profession for Adults” 79
8. “WRITE SOME GOOD ONES”
9. Pictures 134
10. 4 “I Was Not in the Right Country” 135
11. 5 Brackettandwilder . . . and Lubitsch 171
12. “ISN’T IT ROMANTIC?”
13. Introduction 262
14. 6 Dancing on the Edge 263
15. 7 “Not a Funnyman but a Moralist” 365
16. 8 “I Am No Longer Afraid” 421
17. 9 “Tap- Dancing on the Grave of Hollywood” 485
18. Filmography 559
19. Notes on Sources 571
20. Acknowledgments and Influences 611
21. Index 619
22. FILM AND CULTURE 659