Wes D. Gehring Forfatter
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Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s: Twelve American Films (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)This examination of dark comedies of the 1970s focuses on films which concealed black humour behind a misleading genre label. The book... Læs mere
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Film Clowns of the Depression: Twelve Defining Comic Performances (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)The 1930s are routinely considered sound film's greatest comedy era. Though this golden age encompassed various genres of laughter, clown... Læs mere
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Forties Film Funnymen: The Decade's Great Comedians at Work in the Shadow of War (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Examines twelve classic comedy films which are distinguished by an equal number of defining comic performances. Ranging from The Great Dictator to A Southern Yankee, each film focuses on the most central theme of "clown comedy": resilience, the encouragem
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Movie Comedians of the 1950s: Defining a New Era of Big Screen Comedy (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)This examination of 1950s film clowns suggests the decade was the 20th century's most volatile for the genre. Besides McCarthyism and... Læs mere
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Yankee Stadium: Baseball Films in the Capra Tradition (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Film director Frank Capra was a central architect of the 'feel good' movie genre now known as populism, which celebrates people,... Læs mere
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Will Cuppy, American Satirist: A Biography (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Status: Skaffevare (forvent 3 - 8 uger) -
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Hitchcock and Humor: Modes of Comedy in Twelve Defining Films (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)The author grew tired of misleading throwaway references to the director's "comic relief." This book examines what should be obvious:... Læs mere
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Charlie Chaplin and A Woman of Paris: The Genesis of a Misunderstood Masterpiece (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris (1923) was a groundbreaking film which was neither a simple recycling of Peggy Hopkins Joyce's story, nor quickly forgotten. Through heavily-documented “period research,” this book lands several bombshells.
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Irene Dunne: First Lady of Hollywood (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)A biography of Irene Dunne, one of the most versatile actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age. A recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors award in 1985, Dunne's acting... Læs mere
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Leo McCarey: From Marx to McCarthy (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)This first full-length biography of a legendary and award-winning Hollywood writer, producer, and director (Duck Soup, My Favorite Wife, An Affair to Remember, Going My Way, andThe Bells of St. Marys) explores the directors life as filtered through his art.
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Romantic vs. Screwball Comedy: Charting the Difference (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)This study demonstrates how screwball and romantic comedy are two distinct genres, and it highlights pivotal social and artistic changes that have... Læs mere
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Buster Keaton in His Own Time: What the Responses of 1920s Critics Reveal (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)If you thought you knew Buster Keaton's silent features, think again. By keying on 1920 period texts one sees how a popular but... Læs mere
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