The twelve classic comedy films examined within these pages are distinguished by an equal number of defining comic performances. Ranging from The Great Dictator (1940) to A Southern Yankee (1948), each film focuses on the most central theme of "clown comedy": Resilience, the encouragement or hope that one can survive the most daunting of life's dilemmas--even during the war-torn 1940s. And each film can be regarded as a microcosm of the antiheroic world of its central clown (or clowns).
The twelve classic comedy films examined within these pages are distinguished by an equal number of defining comic performances. Ranging from The Great Dictator (1940) to A Southern Yankee (1948), each film focuses on the most central theme of "clown comedy": Resilience, the encouragement or hope that one can survive the most daunting of life's dilemmas--even during the war-torn 1940s. And each film can be regarded as a microcosm of the antiheroic world of its central clown (or clowns).Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Wes D. Gehring is a distinguished professor of film at Ball State University and associate media editor for USA Today magazine, for which he also writes the column "Reel World." He is the author of 40 film books, including biographies of James Dean, Carole Lombard, Steve McQueen, Robert Wise, Red Skelton and Charlie Chaplin.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by Anthony Slide Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Charlie Chaplin: The Great Dictator (1940) 2. W. C. Fields: The Bank Dick (1940) 3. Abbott & Costello: Buck Privates (1941) 4. Jack Benny: To Be or Not to Be (1942) 5. Eddie Bracken: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) 6. Bob Hope & Bing Crosby: The Road to Utopia (1946) 7. Danny Kaye: The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) 8. The Marx Brothers: A Night in Casablanca (1946) 9. Harold Lloyd: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) (a.k.a. Mad Wednesday) 10. Bob Hope: My Favorite Brunette (1947) 11. Charlie Chaplin: Monsieur Verdoux (1947) 12. Red Skelton: A Southern Yankee (1948) Epilogue Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by Anthony Slide Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Charlie Chaplin: The Great Dictator (1940) 2. W. C. Fields: The Bank Dick (1940) 3. Abbott & Costello: Buck Privates (1941) 4. Jack Benny: To Be or Not to Be (1942) 5. Eddie Bracken: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) 6. Bob Hope & Bing Crosby: The Road to Utopia (1946) 7. Danny Kaye: The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) 8. The Marx Brothers: A Night in Casablanca (1946) 9. Harold Lloyd: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) (a.k.a. Mad Wednesday) 10. Bob Hope: My Favorite Brunette (1947) 11. Charlie Chaplin: Monsieur Verdoux (1947) 12. Red Skelton: A Southern Yankee (1948) Epilogue Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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