Woody Allens Manhattan Murder Mystery has been described as a kind of Rear Window for retirees. As this quote suggests, an analysis of Alfred Hitchcocks methodical use of comedy in his films is past due. One of Turner Classic Movies on-screen scholars for their summer 2017 online Hitchcock class, the author grew tired of misleading throwaway references to the directors comic relief. This book examines what should be obvious: Hitchcock systematically incorporated assorted types of comedyblack humor, parody, farce/screwball comedy and romantic comedyin his films to entertain his audience with comic thrillers.
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Gehring remains supreme in film comedy scholarshipChoice Just about anything with film historian and media writer Wes D. Gehrings name on it will be of quality....A unique take on perhaps the most analyzed film director of all time and the observations on North by Northwest alone merit adding this to your library.Cinema Retro Gehring delves into each film with assiduous detail...hes clearly done his homeworkYes! Weekly. The most sustained and thorough examination of humor in Hitchcock to date Gehring has a breezy and playful writing style. I found myself chuckling aloud at times.Hitchcock Annual Insightful and entertainingdetailedHitchcock fans will find a lot to like about Hitchcock and Humor. It can be read cover-to-cover, or readers can dip in and out and only read about those films that interest themGehring makes a convincing argument that the Master of Suspense may also be a master of the comic.Studies in American Humor Journal
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| Prologue: Working Towards Blackmail (1929) |
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2 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) |
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5 The Lady Vanishes (1938) |
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6 Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) |
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7 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) |
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9 Strangers on a Train (1951) |
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11 The Trouble with Harry (1955) |
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12 North by Northwest (1959) |
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| Epilogue, and Thoughts on Psycho (1960) |
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Wes D. Gehring is a distinguished professor of film at Ball State University and associate media editor for USA Today magazine, for which he also writes the column Reel World. He is the author of 40 film books, including biographies of James Dean, Carole Lombard, Steve McQueen, Robert Wise, Red Skelton and Charlie Chaplin.
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