Summary
Applies the recent return to history' in film studies to the genre of classical Hollywood comedy as well as broadening the definition of those works considered central in this field.
Contents
Golden eras and blind spots / Henry Jenkins and Kristine Brunovska KarnickA spanner in the works? / Frank Krutnik
Comedy, melodrama, and gender / Kathleen Rowe
Funny stories / Kristine Brunovska Karnick and Henry Jenkins
Crazy machines in the garden of forking paths : mischief gags and the origins of American film comedy / Tom Gunning
Pie and chase : gag, spectacle and narrative in slapstick comedy / Donald Crafton
Responses to "pie and chase" / Tom Gunning
Commitment and reaffirmation in Hollywood romantic comedy / Kristine Brunovska Karnick
Acting funny / Henry Jenkins and Kristine Brunovska Karnick
The Keystone Film Company / Doug Riblet
The making of a comic star : Buster Keaton and The saphead (1920) / Peter Kramer
Goin' to town and beyond : Mae West, film censorship and the comedy of unmarriage / Ramona Curry
The laughing stock of the city : male dread, performance anxiety and Unfaithfully yours / Henry Jenkins
Comedy and the social world / Kristine Brunovska Karnick and Henry Jenkins
Divorce, DeMille, and the comedy of remarriage / Charles Musser
Romantic love and friendship : the redefinition of gender relations in screwball comedy / Tina Olsin Lent
Queerness, comedy, and The women / Alex Doty.
Additional Information
| Series | AFI film readers. |
| Subjects |
Comedy films
-- United States
-- History and criticism.
Love in motion pictures. |
| Publisher | New York :Routledge,1995 |
| Contributors |
Karnick, Kristine Brunovska,
1958- Jenkins, Henry, 1958- |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
viii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 0415906393 0415906407 (pbk.) |
| Other | Classic View |