From the Book - First edition.
Introduction : The study of aging in cinema ; Filmography and terminology
Generational conflict in prewar Hollywood film : Elder depictions in early cinema and the silent era ; The neediest among us ; Solid pillars in unstable times ; Elders in the nuclear era
The sensational specter of aging : An audience lost ; The formation of "adult films" ; Competing for the adult market ; Gender and generation in melodrama
The horrific and the hilarious : The horror of aging ; Elder exploitation in youth films ; Elder kitsch at its limits
The emergence of the elder odyssey : The road to a subgenre of penultimate quests ; The elder odyssey in expansion ; Investigating and evading ; The road from here
The repression and release of old romance : The May-December romance as a genre device ; Calmly increasing honesty ; Elder romance matures ; The life left in love
Deceptions and delusions of elder death : Early elder death ; Death gets darker ; Elder legacies
Appendix A. Filmography of significant elder roles in American cinema
Appendix B. Subject lists of elder films.
