Part One of this entertaining exploration of screwball comedies and their later offspring begins in the mid-1930s discussing the careers of popular stars such as Cary Grant and Carole Lombard and well-known supporting players like Walter Connally and Ralph Bellamy (also Asta the dog, top animal star of the 1930s!). Writers and directors are given their due: Frank Capra, Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges, just to name a few. Part Two, the meat of the book, takes an in depth look at the films, from the genre's inception (1934's It Happened One Night) to the recent 2003 Down with Love, and the…mehr
Part One of this entertaining exploration of screwball comedies and their later offspring begins in the mid-1930s discussing the careers of popular stars such as Cary Grant and Carole Lombard and well-known supporting players like Walter Connally and Ralph Bellamy (also Asta the dog, top animal star of the 1930s!). Writers and directors are given their due: Frank Capra, Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges, just to name a few. Part Two, the meat of the book, takes an in depth look at the films, from the genre's inception (1934's It Happened One Night) to the recent 2003 Down with Love, and the stars that appear in them--Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Julia Roberts, Richard Gere--ending with some thoughts about the future.
Doris Milberg is a former teacher who has written three previous books and more than 100 articles about cinema history.
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Table of Contents Preface Part I: The Essence of Screwball One. Cut and Print: The Anatomy of Screwball Two. Screwball Personnel: The Stars Three. Screwball Personnel: They Also Serve Four. Screwball Personnel: Behind the Scenes Part II: The Sub-Genres of Screwball Five. Screwball Guys and Gals: Heirs and Heiresses Six. Screwball Guys and Gals: The Working Stiffs Seven. Screwball Cinderellas and Cinderfellas Eight. Show Business Screwballs Nine. The Screwball Literati: Anything for a Story Ten. Love on the Rocks: Marital Mix-Ups, Screwball Style Eleven. William and Myrna: Nick and Nora et al. Twelve. Mixing Murder and Mayhem: Screwball Comedy-Mysteries. Thirteen. Screwball Families: The Mamas, the Papas, the Kids Fourteen. Morale Boosters: Screwball Goes to War Fifteen. Screwball Lives On: Part One Sixteen. Screwball Lives On: Part Two Epilogue Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface Part I: The Essence of Screwball One. Cut and Print: The Anatomy of Screwball Two. Screwball Personnel: The Stars Three. Screwball Personnel: They Also Serve Four. Screwball Personnel: Behind the Scenes Part II: The Sub-Genres of Screwball Five. Screwball Guys and Gals: Heirs and Heiresses Six. Screwball Guys and Gals: The Working Stiffs Seven. Screwball Cinderellas and Cinderfellas Eight. Show Business Screwballs Nine. The Screwball Literati: Anything for a Story Ten. Love on the Rocks: Marital Mix-Ups, Screwball Style Eleven. William and Myrna: Nick and Nora et al. Twelve. Mixing Murder and Mayhem: Screwball Comedy-Mysteries. Thirteen. Screwball Families: The Mamas, the Papas, the Kids Fourteen. Morale Boosters: Screwball Goes to War Fifteen. Screwball Lives On: Part One Sixteen. Screwball Lives On: Part Two Epilogue Bibliography Index
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