Table of Contents

Transition and Transformation - 2[-]Contents - 6[-]Acknowledgements - 8[-]Introduction - From Sj�str�m to Seastrom - 10[-]Sj�str�m - From National to International - 18[-]A European in Hollywood - Name The Man and the Shift of Production Systems - 28[-]From Scientist to Clown - He Who Gets Slapped - 44[-]A for Adultery - The Scarlet Letter - 64[-]Conquering Nature - The Wind - 80[-]Fragmented Pieces: Writing the History of the Lost Hollywood Films - 100[-]The Shadow of the Silents - A Lady To Love - 120[-]The Genius and the System- Some Concluding Remarks - 134[-]Notes - 138[-]Bibliography - 150[-]Filmography - 154[-]Index - 156

About the Author

Dr. Bo Florin is an Associate Professor in Cinema Studies at the Department for Media Studies, Stockholm University. Publications include: Moderna motiv, Mauritz Stiller i retrospektiv (ed., 2001), Regi: Victor Sj�str�m/Directed by Victor Sj�str�m (2003), and Transition and transformation: Victor Sj�str�m in Hollywood, 1924-1930 (2013). He has contributed several articles to international journals such as Film History and Montage A/V.?contact: bo.florin@ims.su.se

Reviews

Victor Sj�str�m is unquestionably one of the filmmaking giants of the silent era, though most modern film scholars and fans know his work through only a small handful of classics. A systematic study of his Hollywood period is most welcome. Apart from knowing his subject thoroughly, Bo Florin combines traditional auteurism with more sophisticated historiographical methods to provide an impressive analysis. Kristin Thompson, Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison - "In this compact study of Sjostrom's Hollywood career, Bo Florin fleshes out this story through a close examination of the surviving films--some newly discovered--and revealing internal documents pulled from long-neglected studio files." Richard Koszarski, Rutgers University