The film comedy reader /

This lavishly illustrated collection of essays recalls the movies that over the past century have created never-ending waves of hilarity. Their authors include such prominent critics as James Agee, J. Hoberman, Robin Wood, David Thomson and Jonathan Rosenbaum. Beginning as the book does with the Sil...

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Other Authors: Rickman, Gregg
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Limelight Editions, 2001
New York : 2001
Edition:1st Limelight ed
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505 0 0 |t What Are the Six Ages of Comedy /  |r Buster Keaton --  |t Harold Lloyd /  |r Louella Parsons --  |t Low Comedy as a High Art /  |r Malcolm H. Oettinger --  |t The Old Army Game: W. C. Fields /  |r Ruth Waterbury --  |t Comedy's Greatest Era /  |r James Agee --  |t Comic Play /  |r Rick Levinson --  |t After the Gold Rush: Chaplin at One Hundred /  |r J. Haberman --  |t The Trickster Kid: Harold Lloyd's One-Reel Comedies /  |r Ken Bowers --  |t The Three Stooges and the Commedia dell' Arte /  |r Kathleen Chamberlain --  |t Laurel and Hardy /  |r Charles Barr --  |t The Gag Man /  |r Frank Capra --  |t The Gag Man /  |r Ben Schwartz --  |t Mae West Can Play Anything /  |r Leo McCarey --  |t We Remember Irene /  |r Richard Schickel --  |t Edgar Kennedy: The Bull of the Woods /  |r Donald Phelps --  |t Cary Grant: Comedy and Male Desire /  |r Andrew Britton --  |t Ernst Lubitsch: The Actor vs. the Character /  |r Dan Sallitt --  |t "Don't Ask Me": Indeterminacy and 5th Ave Girl /  |r Chris Fujiwara --  |t Slap-Happiness: The Erotic Contract of His Girl Friday /  |r Marty Roth --  |t The Old Dark House /  |r Jim McCaffery --  |t The Fraidy-Cat: Seeing is Believing /  |r Bob Stephens --  |t Preston Sturges: Success in the Movies /  |r Manny Farber and W. S. Poster --  |t The Comedy Without, The Gravity Within: Father of the Bride /  |r Blake Lucas --  |t Film Favorites: Bells Are Ringing /  |r Raymond Durgnat --  |t Some Like it Hot /  |r Gregg Rickman --  |t Tashlin's Method: An Hypothesis /  |r Paul Willemen --  |t Jerry Lewis: The Deformation of the Comic /  |r Frank Krutnik --  |t "I Can Take a Hint": Social Ineptitude, Embarrassment, and The King of Comedy /  |r William Ian Miller --  |t Blake Edwards: "Weather's fine. Having a little party. Wish you were here" /  |r Richard Combs --  |t Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Graduate /  |r Jonathan Rosenbaum --  |t The Producers /  |r Gregg Rickman --  |t Let Life Begin: Harold and Maude /  |r Aneta Chapman --  |t Romantic Comedy Today: Semi-Tough or Impossible? /  |r Brian Henderson --  |t Runaway Brides /  |r Gregg Rickman --  |t "My goal was to make him Cary Grant": Eddie Murphy and Boomerang /  |r Aneta Chapman --  |t Introspective Laughter: Nora Ephron and the American Comedy Renaissance /  |r Doug Williams --  |t Neither Here nor There /  |r Gregg Bachman --  |t Self-Directed Stereotyping in the Films of Cheech Marin /  |r Christine List --  |t Notes on Bamboozled /  |r Gregg Rickman --  |t Shoot the Actor /  |r David Thomson --  |t Notes on David O. Russell /  |r Dan Sallitt --  |t In a World of His Own: Rushmore /  |r Jonathan Rosenbaum --  |t "I Just Went Gay, All of a Sudden": Gays and '90s Comedy /  |r Robin Wood 
505 0 0 |t What Are the Six Ages of Comedy /  |r Buster Keaton --  |t Harold Lloyd /  |r Louella Parsons --  |t Low Comedy as a High Art /  |r Malcolm H. Oettinger --  |t The Old Army Game: W. C. Fields /  |r Ruth Waterbury --  |t Comedy's Greatest Era /  |r James Agee --  |t Comic Play /  |r Rick Levinson --  |t After the Gold Rush: Chaplin at One Hundred /  |r J. Haberman --  |t The Trickster Kid: Harold Lloyd's One-Reel Comedies /  |r Ken Bowers --  |t The Three Stooges and the Commedia dell' Arte /  |r Kathleen Chamberlain --  |t Laurel and Hardy /  |r Charles Barr --  |t The Gag Man /  |r Frank Capra --  |t The Gag Man /  |r Ben Schwartz --  |t Mae West Can Play Anything /  |r Leo McCarey --  |t We Remember Irene /  |r Richard Schickel --  |t Edgar Kennedy: The Bull of the Woods /  |r Donald Phelps --  |t Cary Grant: Comedy and Male Desire /  |r Andrew Britton --  |t Ernst Lubitsch: The Actor vs. the Character /  |r Dan Sallitt --  |t "Don't Ask Me": Indeterminacy and 5th Ave Girl /  |r Chris Fujiwara --  |t Slap-Happiness: The Erotic Contract of His Girl Friday /  |r Marty Roth -- 
505 0 0 |t What Are the Six Ages of Comedy, Buster Keaton (1924) --  |t Harold Lloyd, Louella Parsons (1919) --  |t Low Comedy as a High Art, Malcolm H. Oettinger (1923) --  |t The Old Army Game: W.C. Fields, Ruth Waterbury (1925) --  |t Comedy's Greatest Era, James Agee (1949) --  |t Comic Play, Rick Levinson (2001) --  |t After the Gold Rush: Chaplin at One Hundred, J. Hoberman (1989) --  |t The Trickster Kid: Harold Lloyd's One-Reel Comedies, Ken Bowers (2001) --  |t The Three Stooges and the Commedia dell' Arte, Kathleen Chamberlain (2001) --  |t Laurel and Hardy, Charles Barr (1968) --  |t The Gag Man, Frank Capra (1927) --  |t The Gag Man, Ben Schwartz (2001) --  |t Mae West Can Play Anything, Leo McCarey (1935) --  |t We Remember Irene, Richard Schickel (1991) --  |t Edgar Kennedy: The Bull of the Woods, Donald Phelps (1998) --  |t Cary Grant: Comedy and Male Desire, Andrew Britton (1984) --  |t Ernst Lubitsch: The Actor vs. the Character, Dan Sallitt (2001) --  |t "Don't Ask Me": Indeterminacy and 5th Ave Girl, Chris Fujiwara (2001) --  |t Slap-Happiness: The Erotic Contract of His Girl Friday, Marty Roth (1989) --  |t The Old Dark House, Jim McCaffery (2001) --  |t The Fraidy-Cat: Seeing is Believing, Bob Stephens (2001) --  |t Preston Sturges: Success in the Movies, Manny Farber with W.S. Poster (1954) --  |t The Comedy Without, The Gravity Within: Father of the Bride, Blake Lucas (2001) --  |t Film Favorites: Bells Are Ringing, Raymond Durgnat (1973) --  |t Some Like It Hot, Gregg Rickman (2001) --  |t Tashlin's Method: An Hypothesis, Paul Willemen (1973) --  |t Jerry Lewis: The Deformation of the Comic, Frank Krutnik (1994) 
505 0 0 |t What Are the Six Ages of Comedy, Buster Keaton (1924)  |g 2 --  |t Harold Lloyd, Louella Parsons (1919)  |g 5 --  |t Low Comedy as a High Art, Malcolm H. Oettinger (1923)  |g 8 --  |t The Old Army Game: W.C. Fields, Ruth Waterbury (1925)  |g 11 --  |t Comedy's Greatest Era, James Agee (1949)  |g 14 --  |t Comic Play, Rick Levinson (2001)  |g 30 --  |t After the Gold Rush: Chaplin at One Hundred, J. Hoberman (1989)  |g 37 --  |t The Trickster Kid: Harold Lloyd's One-Reel Comedies, Ken Bowers (2001)  |g 42 --  |t The Three Stooges and the Commedia dell' Arte, Kathleen Chamberlain (2001)  |g 53 --  |t Laurel and Hardy, Charles Barr (1968)  |g 60 --  |t The Gag Man, Frank Capra (1927)  |g 64 --  |t The Gag Man, Ben Schwartz (2001)  |g 68 --  |t Mae West Can Play Anything, Leo McCarey (1935)  |g 106 --  |t We Remember Irene, Richard Schickel (1991)  |g 110 --  |t Edgar Kennedy: The Bull of the Woods, Donald Phelps (1998)  |g 116 --  |t Cary Grant: Comedy and Male Desire, Andrew Britton (1984)  |g 128 --  |t Ernst Lubitsch: The Actor vs. the Character, Dan Sallitt (2001)  |g 154 --  |t "Don't Ask Me": Indeterminacy and 5th Ave Girl, Chris Fujiwara (2001)  |g 159 --  |t Slap-Happiness: The Erotic Contract of His Girl Friday, Marty Roth (1989)  |g 173 --  |t The Old Dark House, Jim McCaffery (2001)  |g 188 --  |t The Fraidy-Cat: Seeing is Believing, Bob Stephens (2001)  |g 196 --  |t Preston Sturges: Success in the Movies, Manny Farber with W.S. Poster (1954)  |g 204 --  |t The Comedy Without, The Gravity Within: Father of the Bride, Blake Lucas (2001)  |g 215 --  |t Film Favorites: Bells Are Ringing, Raymond Durgnat (1973)  |g 230 --  |t Some Like It Hot, Gregg Rickman (2001)  |g 237 --  |t Tashlin's Method: An Hypothesis, Paul Willemen (1973)  |g 244 --  |t Jerry Lewis: The Deformation of the Comic, Frank Krutnik (1994)  |g 250 --  |t "I Can Take a Hint": Social Ineptitude, Embarrassment, and The King of Comedy, by William Ian Miller (1996)  |g 266 --  |t Blake Edwards: "Weather's fine. Having a little party. Wish you were here," Richard Combs (2001)  |g 284 --  |t Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Graduate, Jonathan Rosenbaum (1997)  |g 293 --  |t The Producers, Gregg Rickman (2001)  |g 298 --  |t Let Life Begin: Harold and Maude, Aneta Chapman (2001)  |g 303 --  |t Romantic Comedy Today: Semi-Tough or Impossible?, Brian Henderson (1979)  |g 310 --  |t Runaway Brides, Gregg Rickman (2001)  |g 327 --  |t "My goal was to make him Cary Grant": Eddie Murphy and Boomerang, Aneta Chapman (2001)  |g 334 --  |t Introspective Laughter: Nora Ephron and the American Comedy Renaissance, Doug Williams (2001)  |g 341 --  |t Neither Here nor There, Gregg Bachman (1996)  |g 364 --  |t Self-Directed Stereotyping in the Films of Cheech Marin, Christine List (1994)  |g 373 --  |t Notes on Bamboozled, Gregg Rickman (2001)  |g 382 --  |t Shoot the Actor, David Thomson (1998)  |g 392 --  |t Notes on David O. Russell, Dan Sallitt (2001)  |g 401 --  |t In a World of His Own: Rushmore, Jonathan Rosenbaum (1999)  |g 405 --  |t "I Just Went Gay, All of a Sudden": Gays and '90s Comedy, Robin Wood (2001)  |g 409 
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505 8 0 |t The Old Dark House /  |r Jim McCaffery --  |t The Fraidy-Cat: Seeing is Believing /  |r Bob Stephens --  |t Preston Sturges: Success in the Movies /  |r Manny Farber and W. S. Poster --  |t The Comedy Without, The Gravity Within: Father of the Bride /  |r Blake Lucas --  |t Film Favorites: Bells Are Ringing /  |r Raymond Durgnat --  |t Some Like it Hot /  |r Gregg Rickman --  |t Tashlin's Method: An Hypothesis /  |r Paul Willemen --  |t Jerry Lewis: The Deformation of the Comic /  |r Frank Krutnik --  |t "I Can Take a Hint": Social Ineptitude, Embarrassment, and The King of Comedy /  |r William Ian Miller --  |t Blake Edwards: "Weather's fine. Having a little party. Wish you were here" /  |r Richard Combs --  |t Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Graduate /  |r Jonathan Rosenbaum --  |t The Producers /  |r Gregg Rickman --  |t Let Life Begin: Harold and Maude /  |r Aneta Chapman --  |t Romantic Comedy Today: Semi-Tough or Impossible? /  |r Brian Henderson --  |t Runaway Brides /  |r Gregg Rickman --  |t "My goal was to make him Cary Grant": Eddie Murphy and Boomerang /  |r Aneta Chapman -- 
520 |a This lavishly illustrated collection of essays recalls the movies that over the past century have created never-ending waves of hilarity. Their authors include such prominent critics as James Agee, J. Hoberman, Robin Wood, David Thomson and Jonathan Rosenbaum. Beginning as the book does with the Silent Era, it also features Louella Parsons writing about Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton writing about, more or less, himself 
520 |a "This lavishly illustrated collection of essays recalls the movies that over the past century have created never-ending waves of hilarity. Their authors include such prominent critics as James Agee, J. Hoberman, Robin Wood, David Thomson and Jonathan Rosenbaum. Beginning as the book does with the Silent Era, it also features Louella Parsons writing about Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton writing about, more or less, himself." --Publisher description 
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