Early American Cinema, 'The Other,' and Social Tensions

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In seven pages this paper examines the social tensions created by 'the Other' as portrayed in early American classic cinema such as D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, Charles Chaplin's The Immigrant and Shoulder Arms, Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. and the 1931 film Little Caesar. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.