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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Timeline: The 1920s
Introduction: Movies and the 1920s
1920 Movies, Margarine, and Main Street
1921 Movies and Personality
1922 Movies and the Perilous Future
1923 Movies and the Changing Body of Cinema
1924 Movies and Play
1925 Movies and a Year of Change
1926 Movies and Divine Stars, Defining Gender
1927 Movies and the New Woman as Consumer
1928 Movies, Social Conformity, and Imminent Traumas
1929 Movies, Crashes, and Finales
Select Academy Awards, 1927–1929
Sources for Films
Works Cited and Consulted
Contributors
Index

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