Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Lubitsch: The Filmmaker's Filmmaker
Lubitsch's Place in Two National Cinemas
The Standard Story: Germany Escapes Hollywood's Influence
1. Lubitsch's Career
Studying the Conditions of Influence
Lubitsch and the German Film Industry
Lubitsch's Reputation in the 1920s
Areas of Stylistic Influence
2. Making the Light Come from the Story: Lighting
Different Lighting Equipment
Different Conceptions of Lighting
Lubitsch and the German Norm
Germany's Discovery of Three-point Lighting
Lubitsch Masters Three-point Lighting in Hollywood
Three-point Lighting and Expressionism
3. Subduing the Cluttered Background: Set Design
Classical Norms of Set Design
Lubitsch and German Set Design
Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood
Lubitsch's Work with His Hollywood Art Directors
4. Guiding the Viewer's Attention: Editing
Lubitsch the Editor
Editing in Postwar German Films
Lubitsch's Hollywood Films
5. Peeking at the Players: Acting
The Survival of Pantomimic Acting in Post-War German Cinema
Lubitsch's German Features
Lubitsch's Hollywood Features
6. Mutual Influences
Equipping for Influence: The Modernization of German Studios
German Cinema Goes Hollywood
Contemporary Discussions of American-Style Techniques
Distinctively German Devices and Their Impact
Epilogue: The Lubitsch Touch
Notes
Filmography
Index