Title

Login

Join

Book's by John W. Fawell

Covers

List

Ernst Lubitsch's The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

The Art of Classical Hollywood

By: John W. Fawell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ernst Lubitsch's The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

The Art of Classical Hollywood

By: John W. Fawell

This book takes a close look at a film that has heretofore been significantly undervalued by film scholars: Ernst Lubitsch’s The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg. In so doing, it not only advocates for the elevation of the film within the canon of Lubitsch’s films but also for an appreciation of the certain kind of filmmaking that it represents—one favored in the classical era of Hollywood which is characterized by aesthetics, meticulous structure, and delicate understatement over explicit content or social relevance. This book argues that The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg has perhaps been neglected because of the tendency in contemporary film criticism to devalue films that are not overtly “serious” in their subject matter. The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg represents a master class in classical Hollywood technique, a kind of filmmaking that is characterized by charm, beauty, and elegant form and which chooses not to express its ideas explicitly but to encase them in the substance, structure, and very experience of the film.

Average ratings

N/A

5

0%

4

0%

3

0%

2

0%

1

0%

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

197

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1498578055

ISBN 13

9781498578059

Charlie Chaplin

A Reference Guide to His Life and Works

By: John W. Fawell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Charlie Chaplin

A Reference Guide to His Life and Works

By: John W. Fawell

Charlie Chaplin was a skilled comedian, filmmaker and composer, and the mission of this book is to educate readers on the wide variety of Chaplin’s artistry: the subtlety of his mimetic satire, the sophistication of his film direction, and his prodigious musical skill that resulted in some of film’s greatest orchestral arrangements. This encyclopedia also emphasizes the singular nature of Chaplin’s biography: his unprecedented renown, the wide list of notables in art and culture with whom he fraternized, and the controversies that seemed to dog each stage of his life, perhaps most notably in his run-ins with the FBI and the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, both of whom suspected him of communist leanings. Charlie Chaplin: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works captures his life, and legacy. It features a chronology, an introduction that offers a brief account of his life, and a dictionary section listing entries on Chaplin’s childhood, career, family, and associates. The bibliography is one of the largest available of works concerning Chaplin.

Average ratings

N/A

5

0%

4

0%

3

0%

2

0%

1

0%

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

421

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1538146061

ISBN 13

9781538146064