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Author McCormick, Richard W., 1951- author.

Title Sex, politics, and comedy : the transnational cinema of Ernst Lubitsch / Rick McCormick.

Publication Info. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 356 pages) : illustrations.
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Series German Jewish cultures
German Jewish cultures.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333), filmography, and index.
Contents Introduction : transnational Jewish comedy -- I. Berlin : sex, spectacle, and anarchy. 1. From the Jewish "Bad boy" to the "Bad girl" : early comedies, 1914-18 ; 2. Bad girls in the costume epics, 1919-22 ; 3. Bad girls untamed : anarchic/fantastic comedies, 1919-22 -- II. Hollywood : from European sophistication to antifascist screwball. 4. Sex and sophistication : comedies and operettas, 1923-34 ; 5. Pushing the boundaries in the pre-code Hollywood, 1931-34 ; 6. Screwball politics : American populism and European politics, 1935-41 ; 7. Coming out as Jewish : to be or not to be, 1942 -- Epilogue: Twilight of a cosmopolitan, 1943-47.
Note Description based on online resource; title from online PDF (University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, viewed August 19, 2020).
Description from print version record.
Subject Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947.
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947. (OCoLC)fst00015025
Comedy films -- History and criticism.
Screwball comedy films -- History and criticism.
Fantasy comedies (Motion pictures) -- History and criticism.
Jewish motion picture producers and directors -- Germany.
Jewish motion picture producers and directors -- United States.
Jewish wit and humor -- History -- 20th century.
Sex in motion pictures -- History -- 20th century.
Politics in motion pictures -- History -- 20th century.
Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst00869095
Fantasy comedies (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst00920700
Jewish motion picture producers and directors. (OCoLC)fst00982857
Jewish wit and humor. (OCoLC)fst00983058
Politics in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01896085
Screwball comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01109378
Sex in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01114479
Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: McCormick, Richard W., 1951- Sex, politics, and comedy. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020] 9780253048349 (OCoLC)1129099367
ISBN 9780253048363 (electronic book)
0253048362 (electronic book)
9780253059949 (electronic book)
0253059941 (electronic book)
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