Too funny for words: a contrarian history of American screen comedy from silent slapstick to screwball
"American silent film comedies were dominated by sight gags, stunts and comic violence. With the advent of sound, comedies in the 1930s were a riot of runaway heiresses and fast-talking screwballs. It was more than a technological pivot -- the first feature-length sound film, The Jazz Singer (1...
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
[2019]
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| Zusammenfassung: | "American silent film comedies were dominated by sight gags, stunts and comic violence. With the advent of sound, comedies in the 1930s were a riot of runaway heiresses and fast-talking screwballs. It was more than a technological pivot -- the first feature-length sound film, The Jazz Singer (1927), changed Hollywood"-- |
| Beschreibung: | viii, 252 Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781476678566 |
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| contents | Introduction: The history of the history of silent comedy -- Hey, down in front! -- Mack Daddy, Daddy Mack -- Irony and the fat man -- First things first, but not necessarily in that order -- Slapstick while black -- @RealCharlieChaplin -- Cruel and unusual -- Life, police and trouble -- Mutual appreciation society -- Serious business -- The other Chaplin -- Buster Keaton vs. the history of comedy -- Out the window backwards -- Eureka -- What, what no beer? -- Keaton international -- Fake news -- Why don't you say something to help me? -- Harold Lloyd 101 -- Mustache, glasses and suit -- The sin of Harold Lloyd -- When Harold met Lucy -- Lucy vs. Lucille Ball -- Artists and models -- Duck soup -- Eat your apple after now -- The back of Joan Crawford's head -- Downton Valley, or Ruggles conquers the west -- The |
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