Hal Erickson

Military Comedy Films

A Critical Survey and Filmography of Hollywood Releases Since 1918

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Produktbeschreibung

Beginning with Charlie Chaplin's Shoulder Arms, released in America near the end of World War I, the military comedy film has been one of Hollywood's most durable genres. This generously illustrated history examines over 225 Army, Navy and Marine-related comedies produced between 1918 and 2009, including the abundance of laughspinners released during World War II in the wake of Abbott and Costello's phenomenally successful Buck Privates (1941), and the many lighthearted service films of the immediate postwar era, among them Mister Roberts (1955) and No Time for Sergeants (1958). Also included are discussions of such subgenres as silent films (The General), military-academy farces (Brother Rat), women in uniform (Private Benjamin), misfits making good (Stripes), anti-war comedies (MASH), and fact-based films (The Men Who Stare at Goats). A closing filmography is included in this richly detailed volume.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9780786462902
• ISBN-10: 0786462906
• Artikelnr.: 36082076

Autorenporträt

Hal Erickson is the author of numerous media-related books and was for many years a primary editor of the All-Movie Guide website. He lives and works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction
1.
"I surrounded them!" Charlie Chaplin and Shoulder Arms
2.
Run Silent, Run Shallow: The Silent Service Comedies
3.
First Line of Offense: "Professional" Comedians in Talkie Service Comedies
4.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Ripoffs
5.
Repeated Rounds: The "Series" Films
6.
You Know What Sailors Are: Comedies About Seafaring Men
7.
The Few, the Proud, the Funny: Comedies About the Marines
8.
You Read the Book! You Loved the Play! Now See the Movie!
9.
It's Still the Same Old Story ... Sort Of: See Here, Private Hargrove and Biloxi Blues 10.
Stranger Than Fiction 11.
The Wheeler Dealers 12.
It Ain't Stupid If It Works: The "Mis
t-Makes-Good" Comedy 13.
The Children's Crusade: Military-Academy Comedies 14.
"Holy Smokes! A Dame!": Women in the Military 15.
Special Ops 16.
PR/CYA 17.
The Home Front 18.
No Laughing Matter? Comedies About the Civil War and Vietnam 19.
"One, Two Three, What Are We Fighting For?" Anti-War and Anti-Military Comedies 20.
"The Mother of All Movies": Satires and Parodies 21.
Extra Added Attractions: The Cartoons Filmography Bibliography Index