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The Decline of Sentiment seeks to characterize the radical shifts in taste that transformed American film in the jazz age. Based upon extensive reading of trade papers and the popular press of the day, Lea Jacobs documents the films and film genres that were considered old-fashioned, as well as those dubbed innovative and up-to-date, and looks closely at the works of filmmakers such as Erich von Stroheim, Charlie Chaplin, Ernst Lubitsch, and Monta Bell, among many others. Her analysis-focusing on the influence of literary naturalism on the cinema, the emergence of sophisticated comedy, and the progressive alteration of the male adventure story and the seduction plot-is a comprehensive account of the modernization of classical Hollywood film style and narrative form.

Melodrama in motion pictures. --- Silent films --- Motion pictures --- Moving pictures, Silent --- Silent motion pictures --- History. --- History and criticism. --- 20th century american film. --- american cinema. --- american film. --- charlie chaplin. --- comedy. --- erich von stroheim. --- ernst lubitsch. --- film genres. --- film history. --- film studies. --- film style. --- film. --- filmmakers. --- history. --- hollywood. --- jazz age. --- literary naturalism. --- male adventure story. --- modernization of classical hollywood. --- monta bell. --- movie history. --- movie studies. --- movies. --- narrative form. --- romantic drama. --- seduction plot. --- sentimental art. --- sentimental films. --- sophisticated film. --- trade papers.