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 (1927), ch...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2019]
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |