This groundbreaking film study begins with a survey of American print humorists from eras leading up to and overlapping the advent of film--including some who worked both on the page and on the screen, like Robert Benchley, Will Rogers, Groucho Mar...Daugiau...
This groundbreaking film study begins with a survey of American print humorists from eras leading up to and overlapping the advent of film--including some who worked both on the page and on the screen, like Robert Benchley, Will Rogers, Groucho Mar...Daugiau...
Charlie Chaplins A Woman of Paris (1923) was a groundbreaking film which was neither a simple recycling of Peggy Hopkins Joyces story, nor quickly forgotten. Through heavily-documented "e;period research,"e; this book lands several bomb...Daugiau...
Charlie Chaplins A Woman of Paris (1923) was a groundbreaking film which was neither a simple recycling of Peggy Hopkins Joyces story, nor quickly forgotten. Through heavily-documented "e;period research,"e; this book lands several bomb...Daugiau...
Woody Allens Manhattan Murder Mystery has been described as "e;a kind of Rear Window for retirees."e; As this quote suggests, an analysis of Alfred Hitchcocks methodical use of comedy in his films is past due. One of Turner Classic Mov...Daugiau...
Woody Allens Manhattan Murder Mystery has been described as "e;a kind of Rear Window for retirees."e; As this quote suggests, an analysis of Alfred Hitchcocks methodical use of comedy in his films is past due. One of Turner Classic Mov...Daugiau...
Buster Keaton "e;can impress a weary world with the vitally important fact that life, after all, is a foolishly inconsequential affair,"e; wrote critic Robert Sherwood in 1918. A century later Keaton, with his darkly comic "e;theater o...Daugiau...
The 1950s were a transitional period for film comedians. The artistic suppression of the McCarthy era and the advent of television often resulted in a dumbing down of motion pictures. Cartoonist-turned-director Frank Tashlin contributed a funny bu...Daugiau...
This examination of dark comedies of the 1970s focuses on films which concealed black humor behind a misleading genre label. All That Jazz (1979) is a musical...about death--hardly Fred and Ginger territory. This masking goes beyond misnomer to a...Daugiau...
This examination of dark comedies of the 1970s focuses on films which concealed black humor behind a misleading genre label. All That Jazz (1979) is a musical...about death--hardly Fred and Ginger territory. This masking goes beyond misnomer to a...Daugiau...
As a young boy in the depths of the 1890s depression, Joe E. Brown had a job: making faces at the firemen on passing coal-burning trains so they would throw coal at him. As a child he also worked as a circus acrobat and newsboy. His inventiveness...Daugiau...
The 1930s are routinely considered sound films greatest comedy era. Though this golden age encompassed various genres of laughter, clown comedy is the most basic type. This work examines the Depression decades most popular type of comedy--the c...Daugiau...
The book examines Charlie Chaplins evolving perspective on dark comedy in his three war films, Shoulder Arms (1918), The Great Dictator (1940), and Monsieur Verdoux (1947). In the first he uses the genre in a groundbreaking manner but yet for a p...Daugiau...
The book examines Charlie Chaplins evolving perspective on dark comedy in his three war films, Shoulder Arms (1918), The Great Dictator (1940), and Monsieur Verdoux (1947). In the first he uses the genre in a groundbreaking manner but yet for a p...Daugiau...
Back in the golden age of humor books (late 1920s-early 1950s), when wits of the pantheon like Robert Benchley, James Thurber, and S.J. Perelman were producing their signature works, there was another singular satirist who more than held his own w...Daugiau...
Back in the golden age of humor books (late 1920s-early 1950s), when wits of the pantheon like Robert Benchley, James Thurber, and S.J. Perelman were producing their signature works, there was another singular satirist who more than held his own w...Daugiau...
This is the first full-length biography of Irene Dunne, one of the most versatile actresses of Hollywoods Golden Age. A recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors award in 1985, Dunnes acting highlights include five Best Actress Oscar nominations, occu...Daugiau...
This is the first full-length biography of Irene Dunne, one of the most versatile actresses of Hollywoods Golden Age. A recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors award in 1985, Dunnes acting highlights include five Best Actress Oscar nominations, occu...Daugiau...
Famous co-stars such as Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant to Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, have made screwball and romantic comedies a big seller at the box office. These seemingly timeless genres are as popular today as ever! This book takes a closer look...Daugiau...
Famous co-stars such as Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant to Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, have made screwball and romantic comedies a big seller at the box office. These seemingly timeless genres are as popular today as ever! This book takes a closer look...Daugiau...
Parody is the least appreciated of all film comedy genres and receives little serious attention, even among film fans. This study elevates parody to mainstream significance. A historical overview places the genre in context, and a number of basic par...Daugiau...
This bio-bibliography was designed to present a combined biographical, critical, and bibliographical portrait of the Marx Brothers. It examines their significance in film comedy in particular, and as popular culture figures in general. The book is di...Daugiau...
