| List of Illustrations | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Pt. I | The Early Lubitsch - An Overview | |
| 1 | From Comic Actor to Film Director, 1914-1918 | 25 |
| 2 | The German Feature Films, 1918-1922 | 37 |
| 3 | Hollywood - The Silent Films, 1923-1929 | 58 |
| 4 | The American Sound Films, 1929-1932 | 70 |
| Pt. II | Film Analyses | |
| 5 | Wayward Women: The Oyster Princess, The Doll, and The Mountain Cat | 81 |
| 6 | The Period Film as Palimpsest: On Passion and Deception | 114 |
| 7 | The Tyranny of Vision: So This Is Paris and Others | 139 |
| 8 | Exploring the Boundaries of Sound: Monte Carlo | 159 |
| 9 | The Object, the Image, the Cinema: Trouble in Paradise | 175 |
| Afterword | 200 |
| Select Bibliography | 207 |
| Index | 211 |
