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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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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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Joe E. Brown: Film Comedian and Baseball Buffoon (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Introducing Joe E Brown's likeable features that commanded attention on the screen, this work enables the reader to learn of Joe's challenging childhood... Læs mere
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Kinds of American Film Comedy: Six Core Genres and Their Literary Roots (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Tracing a rambling lineage from Ben Franklin to Mark Twain to Bob Hope to Steve Martin, the author presents a genealogy of glib antiheroes blowing raspberries at the world.
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