Thomas C. Renzi

Screwball Comedy and Film Noir

Unexpected Connections

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a comprehensive comparative analysis of the screwball comedy and film noir genres--two popular Hollywood staples that emerged around the same time. Despite their contrast in tone and theme, "Screwball" and "Noir" have many narrative elements in common. The author defines the two genres, discusses their historical development and inter-related conventions, and offers detailed comparative analyses of a number of films, among them The Lady Eve and His Girl Friday (screwballs), and Gilda and Sunset Blvd. (noirs).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780786466726
• ISBN-10: 0786466723
• Artikelnr.: 33767930

Autorenporträt

Thomas C. Renzi is an administrator and instructor at Buffalo State College in Buffalo, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
1. Toward Definitions of Screwball Comedy and Film Noir     
2. Historical Context of Classical Screwball Comedy and Classical Film
Noir     
3. Genre Analysis: Classifying Noir and Screwball as Genres     
4. Cinematic Conventions Connecting Screwball Comedy and Film Noir     
5. Comparative Analyses of Films from the Two Genres     
Appendix A: Filmography of Screwball Comedies, 1934-1954     
Appendix B: Filmography of Films Noirs, 1941-1958     
Bibliography     
Index