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1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 512 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
"An A Cappella book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-483) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. CHARLIE CHAPLIN: The Most Famous Man on Earth; 2 BUSTER KEATON: The Camera Man; 3. HAROLD LLOYD: The Striver; 4. LAUREL and HARDY: Straight Man and Little Boy; 5. THE MARX BROTHERS: Brothers of Anarchy; 6. W.C. FIELDS: The Juggler; 7. MAE WEST: "It's All Been Done Before, but Not the Way I Do It"; 8. ERNST LUBITSCH: The Touch; 9. PRESTON STURGES: The Cockeyed Caravan; 10. CARY GRANT: The Picture of Archie Leach; 11. KATHARINE HEPBURN: Spencer's Rib; 12. BILLY WILDER: "Nobody's Perfect!"; 13. MARILYN MONROE: Funny Blonde. |
| Summary |
Charlie Chaplin. Buster Keaton. The Marx Brothers. Billy Wilder. Woody Allen. The Coen brothers. Where would the American film be without them? Yet the cinematic genre these artists represent--comedy--has perennially received short shrift from critics, film buffs, and the Academy Awards. Saul Austerlitz's "Another Fine Mess" is an attempt to right that wrong. Running the gamut of film history from "City Lights" to "Knocked Up," "Another Fine Mess" retells the story of American film from the perspective of its unwanted stepbrother--the comedy. In 30 long. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Comedy films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Comedy films.
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History and criticism.
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United States.
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Fine Arts.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst00869095
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
History of American film comedy |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Austerlitz, Saul. Another fine mess. 1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2010 9781556529511 (DLC) 2010009010 (OCoLC)544474654 |
| ISBN |
9781569767610 (electronic bk.) |
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1569767610 (electronic bk.) |
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