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Forties Film Funnymen: The Decade's Great Comedians at Work in the Shadow of War
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- Condition
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- Seller Notes
- “No markings on text.”
- Book Title
- Forties Film Funnymen: The Decade's Great Comedians at Work in th
- ISBN
- 9780786442577
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
0786442573
ISBN-13
9780786442577
eBay Product ID (ePID)
80732085
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
234 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Forties Film Funnymen
Publication Year
2010
Subject
Film / General, Film / Genres / Comedy
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-016074
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Gehring remains supreme in film comedy scholarship"-- Choice ; "Just about anything with film historian and media writer Wes D. Gehring's name on it will be of quality."-- Cinema Retro .
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791.43/6170973
Table Of Content
TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by Anthony Slide Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Charlie Chaplin: The Great Dictator (1940) 2. W. C. Fields: The Bank Dick (1940) 3. Abbott & Costello: Buck Privates (1941) 4. Jack Benny: To Be or Not to Be (1942) 5. Eddie Bracken: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) 6. Bob Hope & Bing Crosby: The Road to Utopia (1946) 7. Danny Kaye: The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) 8. The Marx Brothers: A Night in Casablanca (1946) 9. Harold Lloyd: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) (a.k.a. Mad Wednesday ) 10. Bob Hope: My Favorite Brunette (1947) 11. Charlie Chaplin: Monsieur Verdoux (1947) 12. Red Skelton: A Southern Yankee (1948) Epilogue Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
The twelve classic comedy films examined within these pages are distinguished by an equal number of defining comic performances. Ranging from The Great Dictator (1940) to A Southern Yankee (1948), each film focuses on the most central theme of "clown comedy": Resilience, the encouragement or hope that one can survive the most daunting of life's dilemmas--even during the war-torn 1940s. And each film can be regarded as a microcosm of the antiheroic world of its central clown (or clowns). Among the performers represented are Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Abbott and Costello, Jack Benny, Eddie Bracken, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, the Marx Brothers, Harold Lloyd and Red Skelton. This lavishly illustrated work includes an introduction by noted film critic and historian Anthony Slide., 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 encouragement or hope that one can survive the most daunting of life's dilemmas. Among the performers represented are Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Abbott and Costello, Jack Benny, Eddie Bracken, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye and the Marx Brothers., The twelve classic comedy films examined within these pages are distinguished by an equal number of defining comic performances. Ranging from The Great Dictator (1940) to A Southern Yankee (1948), each film focuses on the most central theme of "clown comedy" Resilience, the encouragement or hope that one can survive the most daunting of life's dilemmas--even during the war-torn 1940s. And each film can be regarded as a microcosm of the antiheroic world of its central clown (or clowns). Among the performers represented are Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Abbott and Costello, Jack Benny, Eddie Bracken, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, the Marx Brothers, Harold Lloyd and Red Skelton. This lavishly illustrated work includes an introduction by noted film critic and historian Anthony Slide.
LC Classification Number
PN1995.9.C55G4242
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