Romantic vs. Screwball Comedy by Wes D Gehring
This study demonstrates how screwball and romantic comedy are two distinct genres, and it highlights pivotal social and artistic changes that have impacted both genres. It includes over 60 titles of both types of comedy dating from the 1930s to the 21st century, along with some movie stills.
Introducing the 1930s Depression origins of the sister genres of comic courtship-madcap screwball and the reality-based romantic comedy-Gehring shows how the two grew up into unique and contrasting types...Undergraduate and general collections. * CHOICE *
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Wes D. Gehring is Professor of Film at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, and an Associate Media Editor of USA Today Magazine. He is the author of 16 critically acclaimed books including individual volumes on the comedy genres of populism, comedy, personality comedian, dark comedy, and screwball comedy. His other books include biographies of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, W.C. Fields, and the Marx Brothers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780810844247 |
| ISBN 10 | 0810844249 |
| Title | Romantic vs. Screwball Comedy |
| Author | Wes D Gehring |
| Series | Studies In Film Genres |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
| Year published | 2002-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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