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!['John Ford at Work: Production Histories 1927-1939' by Lea Jacobs.]()
John Ford at Work
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![Film Rhythm After Sound: Technology, Music, and Performance by Lea Jacobs.]()
Film Rhythm and the Transition to Sound
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!['The Decline of Sentiment' by Lea Jacobs.]()
Hollywood film in the 1920s
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![Book cover titled "Theatre to Cinema" by Ben Brewster and Lea Jacobs, featuring a black and white image of a woman watching a puppet show through a window.]()
Theatre and Silent Film
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!['The Wages of Sin' by Lea Jacobs, discussing censorship and the fall of women in film from 1928 to 1942.]()
Hollywood Censorship
About Lea
I studied film at the University of California, Los Angeles and began my teaching career at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1987, I took a post-doctoral fellowship at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research for what was supposed to be a year’s stay. I have lived in Madison ever since, teaching and learning at the University of Wisconsin. View my cv.
This site documents my books and major articles grouped by subject, beginning with the most recent publications and current research on the director John Ford. The clips discussed in Film Rhythm After Sound may be found in the film rhythm section. Theatre to Cinema may be downloaded in its entirety from the theater and silent film section.