The Mabuse phenomenon is recognized as an icon of horror in Germany as Frankenstein and Dracula are in the United States. This... Læs mere
From Charlie Chaplin's tramp to the witty repartee of His Girl Friday (1940), this book chronicles the rise of silent comedy and its evolution into screwball - two flavours of the same genre - through the works of Mack Sennett, Roscoe Arbuckle, Harry Langdon and others.