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Book SynopsisF. Scott Fitzgerald on Silent Film recalibrates the celebrated author’s early career and brings fresh understanding to the life of one of America’s truly great literary figures. Scholars have previously focused on Fitzgerald’s connection with Hollywood when he worked in Tinseltown as a screenwriter in the 1930s. However, this ground-breaking research reveals the key role that Silent Hollywood played in establishing Fitzgerald’s burgeoning reputation in the early to mid-1920s. Vividly written and drawing on a wealth of new sources, this book documents Martina Mastandrea’s exciting discovery of the first film ever adapted from a work by Fitzgerald.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Rediscovering The Chorus Girl’s Romance: “Head and Shoulders” on the Silver Screen 2. Myra Meets the Silver Screen: Howard M. Mitchell’s The Husband Hunter 3. “She Kissed Him Softly in the Adaptation”: “The Offshore Pirate” on the Silent Screen 4. “Thousands Have Read the Book, Millions Will See the Film”: The Beautiful and Damned from the Page to the Silver Screen 5. Adapting Fitzgerald’s Irish Legacy: “The Camel’s Back” from Paper to Celluloid 6. “Dreams of the Old Days”: “Memories” of the Silent Gatsby and its “Music Score” 7. “Savor of Anti-climax”: “The Pusher-in-the-Face” and the End of the “Good Old Silent Days” Conclusion Filmography Works cited Index
