Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Lubitsch: The Filmmakers' Filmmaker -- Lubitsch's Place in Two National Cinemas -- The Standard Story: Germany Escapes Hollywood's Influence -- Chapter One: Lubitsch's Career -- Studying the Conditions of Influence -- Lubitsch and the German Film Industry -- Lubitsch's Reputation in the 1920s -- Areas of Stylistic Influence -- Chapter Two: Making the Light Come from the Story: Lighting -- Different Lighting Equipment -- Different Conceptions of Lighting -- Lubitsch and the German Norm -- Germany's Discovery of Three-point Lighting -- Lubitsch Masters Three-point Lighting in Hollywood -- Three-point Lighting and Expressionism -- Chapter Three: Subduing the Cluttered Background: Set Design -- Classical Norms of Set Design -- Lubitsch and German Set Design -- Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood -- Lubitsch's Work with His Hollywood Art Directors -- Chapter Four: Guiding the Viewer's Attention: Editing -- Lubitsch the Editor -- Editing in Postwar German Films -- Lubitsch's Hollywood Films -- Chapter Five: Peeking at the Players: Acting -- The Survival of Pantomimic Acting in Post-War German Cinema -- Lubitsch's German Features -- Lubitsch's Hollywood Features -- Chapter Six: Mutual Influences -- Equipping for Influence: The Modernization of German Studios -- German Cinema Goes Hollywood -- Contemporary Discussions of American-Style Techniques -- Distinctively German Devices and Their Impact -- Epilogue: The Lubitsch Touch -- Notes -- Filmography -- Index -- Figures.