Robert E. Weir

The Marx Brothers and America

Where Film, Comedy and History Collide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Looks at the American past through the lens of the Marx Brothersâ films and other projects. Each of the chapters focuses on a specific film, contextualizing the world at the time and how the Marx Brothers lampooned those subjects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9781476688954
• ISBN-10: 1476688958
• Artikelnr.: 65618120

Autorenporträt

Robert E. Weir is a retired history professor who has authored or edited ten previous books and countless articles, book chapters, and reviews. He is a former senior Fulbright scholar and has taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Smith College, and Bay Path University. He lives in Florence, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments
vii Preface
1 One.
That's Not Funny: Comedy and Context
7 Two.
The Cocoanuts (1929)
18 Three.
Animal Crackers (1930)
35 Four.
Monkey Business (1931)
51 Five.
Horse Feathers (1932)
68 Six.
Duck Soup (1933)
84 Seven.
A Night at the Opera (1935)
105 Eight.
A Day at the Races (1937)
124 Nine.
Room Service (1938)
142 Ten.
At the Circus (1939)
154 Eleven.
Go West (1940)
168 Twelve.
The Big Store (1941)
182 Thirteen.
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
198 Fourteen.
Love Happy (1950)
215 This Is the End: Five, Four, Three, Two, One... Zerö227 Glossary-Forms of Humor
245 Chapter Notes
249 Bibliography
275 Index
279