Transition and Transformation

Acknowledgements Introduction - From Sjöström to Seastrom Sjöström - From National to International Lyrical Intimacy as Authorial Style National or International in Public Debate American Voices on Sjöström A European in Hollywood - "Name the Man" and the Shift of Production Systems Production Cultures Contaminating Hollywood Stylistic Variations From Scientist to Clown - "He Who Gets Slapped" Sjöström as Hollywood Scriptwriter Traces of the Narrator The Symbolic Clown Transformed Identities The Question of Whitefacing He, the Clown A for Adultery - "The Scarlet Letter" Hester Prynne and the Spectacle An Aesthetics of Light Stylistic Devices Conquering Nature - "The Wind" Landscape of the Origins Framing the Wind Shattering the Frame From Physical Space to Mental Space The Final Crossover Fragmented Pieces - Writing the History of the Lost Hollywood Films Authorial Imprints: "Confessions of a Queen" Lagerlöf in Hollywood: "The Tower of Lies" "The Divine Woman" - From Bernhardt to Garbo A Strange Interlude: "The Masks of the Devil" The Shadow of the Silents - "A Lady to Love" One Film, Two Versions The Transition to Sound The Transition from Silents Europeans in Hollywood The Genius and the System - Some Concluding Remarks Notes Bibliography Filmography Index