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Author:   David Kalat
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9781476678566

ISBN 10:   1476678561
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   26 April 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The History of the History of Silent Comedy Hey, Down in Front! Mack Daddy, Daddy Mack Irony and the Fat Man First Things First, but Not Necessarily in That Order Slapstick While Black @RealCharlieChaplin Cruel and Unusual Life, Police and Trouble Mutual Appreciation Society Serious Business The Other Chaplin Buster Keaton vs. the History of Comedy Out the Window Backwards Eureka What, What No Beer? Keaton International Fake News Why Don’t You Say Something to Help Me? Harold Lloyd 101 Mustache, Glasses and Suit The Sin of Harold Lloyd When Harold Met Lucy Lucy vs. Lucille Ball Artists and Models Duck Soup Eat Your Apple After Now The Back of Joan Crawford’s Head Downton Valley, or Ruggles Conquers the West The $30,000 Question F. W. Murnau’s Comedy Masterpiece Jean, Clara, Bombshell and It Miscasting for Fun and Profit Girls! Girls! Girls! I Won’t Back Down The Unexpected Comedy Stylings of Alfred Hitchcock Mr. and Mrs. Smith Divorce American Style Magic Pixie Dream Grampa Ernst Lubitsch Forgives Himself Sturges Before Sturges The Trouble with Mitchell Ginger Rogers, Sad Saks of Fifth Ave. The Careless Cinderella Katharine Hepburn vs. Herself Me vs. Capra Preston Sturges Origin Story The Love Song of Captain McGloo Sturges After Sturges (or, the Keystone Pipeline) Meet Charley Chase Modern Love Meet Cary Grant The Worst People in the World Slut Fabulous Filmography Notes Bibliography Index

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In this spirited discussion, Kalat examines the transition from silent slapstick comedies to the screwball comedies of the sound era. ... The book opens with an overview of the history of silent comedy with nearly as many laughs as some of the films it surveys. ... Kalat's knowledgeable and conversational style makes the work accessible to all readers not just the cineastes among us. Film fans, students, and researchers will applaud this lively and impassioned look at a turning point in American film history. --Booklist

Author Information

David Kalat is a film historian and a forensic technologist. He has contributed audio commentaries to the home video editions of numerous classic movies, written extensively for Turner Classic Movies and other publications. He lives in La Grange Park, Illinois.

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