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City of Darkness, City of Light
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Language
English
ISBN
90-5356-633-3
Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Introduction
Diversity and Exchange – Rethinking the National in European Cinema
Cinema and the City
Paris and the 1930s
Paris and French Cinema of the 1930s
France and the Émigrés
City of Darkness, City of Light
Chapter Two: The City in Context
An Historical Ambivalence
Modernity and the City
National Boundaries and Early European Sound Cinema
Paris as Staging Ground for the Early Sound Wars
Berlin as Prestige Model and Place of Work for French Film Industry Professionals
Patterns of Exile and Emigration in the Pre-Nazi Era: The Russians and their Relationships to Paris and Berlin
Trade and Economic Emigration from Berlin to Paris before 1933
Case Study One: Anatole Litvak
Case Study Two: Kurt Courant
The Rise of the Nazis in Berlin and the Politics of Departure
The Place of Jews in Paris
Reception: The Émigrés’ Arrival in Paris
Reception: The French Film Industry
Case Study Three: Erich Pommer
Case Study Four: Robert Siodmak
Chapter Three: City of Light
Paris as Spectacle
Paris and the Spectacle of Entertainment
Parisian Journeys Across Time and Space
Chapter Four: City of Darkness
The Camera Goes Down the Streets: ‘The Hidden Spirit Under the Familiar Façade’
Framing the Urban Decor – The Émigrés and Poetic Realism
Spaces of Crime and Pleasure in the City of Darkness
Parisian Journeys Between the Past and the Present
Chapter Five: Divided City
The Divided City in Context
Divided Characters, Divided City
Journeys Across the Divided City
Chapter Six: Conclusion
Notes
Appendices
Appendix One: Tobis In Paris Filmography 1929-1939
Appendix Two: Osso Filmography 1930-1939
Appendix Three: Anatole Litvak Filmography 1930-1936
Appendix Four: Kurt Courant Filmography 1929-1939
Appendix Five: Erich Pommer French-Language Filmography 1930-1934
Appendix Six: Robert Siodmak French-Language Filmography 1931-1939
Appendix Seven: Nero Films Filmography 1930-1939
Appendix Eight: La Crise est finie
Appendix Nine: La Vie Parisienne
Appendix Ten: Mauvaise graine
Appendix Eleven: Coeur de lilas
Appendix Twelve: Dans les rues
Appendix Thirteen: Carrefour
Appendix Fourteen: Pièges
Appendix Fifteen: Liliom
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
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