FILM-192 Hollywood in the 1920S
This course will focus on the film history of the 1920s as it reflects historical and pop cultural aspects of the decade of Jazz Age flappers and Prohibition. The silent film stars discussed in this course include Rudolph Valentino, Charles Chaplin, Clara Bow, Buster Keaton, Douglas Fairbanks, and Gloria Swanson. The course will consider how 'The Jazz Singer' and other early talkies revolutionized the film industry at the end of the decade.