An edition of Forties film funnymen
(2010)
Forties film funnymen
the decade's great comedians at work in the shadow of war
by Wes D. Gehring
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"The twelve comedy films examined are distinguished by an equal number of defining comic performances. Each film focuses on the central theme of "clown comedy": Resilience, the encouragement or hope that one can survive the most daunting of life's dilemmas. Each film can be regarded as a microcosm of the antiheroic world of its central clown (or clowns)"--Provided by publisher.
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Forties film funnymen: the decade's great comedians at work in the shadow of war
2010, McFarland & Co.
in English
0786442573 9780786442577
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Forties Film Funnymen: The Decade's Great Comedians at Work in the Shadow of War
2010, McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
in English
0786456655 9780786456659
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Charlie Chaplin: The great dictator (1940)
W. C. Fields: The bank dick (1940)
Abbott & Costello: Buck privates (1941)
Jack Benny: To be or not to be (1942)
Eddie Bracken: The miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Bob Hope & Bing Crosby: The road to utopia (1946)
Danny Kaye: The kid from Brooklyn (1946)
The Marx Brothers: A night in Casablanca (1946)
Harold Lloyd: The sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) (a.k.a. Mad Wednesday)
Bob Hope: My favorite brunette (1947)
Charlie Chaplin: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Red Skelton: A southern Yankee (1948)
Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
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