| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 258 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-240) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Why are these men smiling? (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, Rudolph Valentino, Ramon Navarro, John Gilbert, and Lon Chaney) -- "Mammy, doncha know me?" (Al Jolson, John Gilbert, Ramon Navarro, Gary Cooper, and George Arliss) -- Richard Barthelmess -- Public enemies - and heroes (Chester Morris, Lew Ayres, Edward G. Robinson, and James Cagney) -- A new kind of man (James Cagney, Clark Gable, Edward G. Robinson, and Paul Muni) -- "I'm in hell" (Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton, and Fredric March) -- "I got these for killing kids" (Richard Barthelmess, David Manners, Richard Dix, Fredric March, the Marx Brothers, Lionel Barrymore, and George Bancroft) -- The smartest guy at figuring angles (Lee Tracy, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Edward G. Robinson, William Powell, James Cagney, Warren William, Robert Montgomery, and John Gilbert) -- "No longer a man's world" (James Cagney, Clark Gable, Rudolph Valentino, Warren William, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Richard Barthelmess, Ramon Navarro, William Powell, Robert Montgomery, Maurice Chevalier, and Bing Crosby) -- Warren William and the money changers (Warren William, George Arliss, Richard Dix, Edward G. Robinson, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) -- Love hurts (John Barrymore, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, Richard Barthemess, Charlie Chaplin, Spencer Tracy, Warren William, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, and Norman Foster) -- Remember my forgotten man (James Cagney, Dick Powell, Paul Muni, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Walter Huston, Frankie Darro, and Richard Barthelmess) -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Dangerous men on television and video -- Appendix 2: A short history of the code. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
0312283113 |
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