Hollywood Screwball Comedy 1934-1945: Sex, Love, and Democratic Ideals - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781501347610ISBN-10:1501347616UPC:9781501347610Book Category:Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Film, United StatesBook Topic:History & Criticism, 20th CenturySize:10.00 x 7.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.821Product ID:SCNBX20CX6
Hollywood Screwball Comedy 1934-1945: Sex, Love, and Democratic Ideals
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Love at first sight, whirlwind marriages, break-ups, divorces, remarriage... What accounts for the enduring success of the Hollywood madcap comedies of the 1930s? Directed by masters of comedy (Hawks, LaCava, Leisen, Ruggles...) and featuring the decade's most iconic stars (Colbert, Dunne, Grant, Hepburn...), these films set romantic comedy standards for...Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781501347610ISBN-10:1501347616UPC:9781501347610Book Category:Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Film, United StatesBook Topic:History & Criticism, 20th CenturySize:10.00 x 7.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.821Product ID:SCNBX20CX6
Gr?goire Halbout is Associate Professor of English and Cinema at the University of Tours, France. He writes in French and English about Hollywood comedy and the social function of cultural industries, as well as gender and sexuality in contemporary film and television.
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