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Call No: 802.27-015 MCC
Author: McCaffrey, Donald W
Place: London New York
Publisher: Zwemmer Barnes
PubDate: 1968
PhysDes: 2-175 p. 20 plates, illus. 16 cm
Subject: Keaton, Buster; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; LLOYD, HAROLD; LANGDON, HARRY; COMEDIANS
Notes: Bibliography: p. 169-175
LON: 709494

Author: Finney, Alan
PhysDes: Article
Subject: LEWIS, JERRY; COMEDIANS; COMEDIES; NUTTY PROFESSOR, THE (US, Jerry Lewis, 1963); WHO'S MINDING THE STORE? (US, Frank Tashlin, 1963); Keaton, Buster
Summary: Essay discusses the work of Jerry Lewis with particular reference to three films in which the characters are defined by their job and obligations: "The Bellboy", "The Errand Boy" and "The Ladies Man".

Author: Haldane, John
PhysDes: Article
Subject: Keaton, Buster; COMEDIANS; COMEDIES
Summary: Essay discusses Buster Keaton and the "gag", in response to an unfavourable review in "Film" of J. P. Lebel's book "Bustor Keaton.

Call No: 81CHA SMI
Author: Smith, Julian
Source: US
Place: Boston MA
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
PubDate: 1984
PhysDes: 161 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series: Twayne's filmmakers series
Subject: CHAPLIN, CHARLES; COMEDIANS
Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 152-153. Filmography: p. 154-158.
ISBN: 080579302X (pbk.)

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: COMEDIANS. AUSTRALIA

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Publicity
Subject: COMEDIANS, THE (US, Peter Glenville, 1967)

Author: Finney, Alan
PhysDes: Article Review
Subject: LEWIS, JERRY; NUTTY PROFESSOR, THE (US, Jerry Lewis, 1963); STAR SYSTEM; COMEDIANS; COMEDIES
Summary: Detailed analysis of Jerry Lewis's comic style as an actor and director, with sequence-by-sequence references to his film "The Patsy".

Author: Sharples, Bob
PhysDes: Article
Subject: LEWIS, JERRY; COMEDIANS; COMEDIES
Summary: Alan Finney describes his experience of meeting Jerry Lewis and discusses Lewis' role as 'the only comic creative artist to emerge since 1950'.

Call No: 732 HAL
Author: Halliwell, Leslie
Place: London
Publisher: Grafton
PubDate: 1987
PhysDes: xii, 320 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Subject: COMEDIANS; COMEDIES
ISBN: 0246128356
LON: 5497120

Author: Finney, Alan
PhysDes: Article Credits
Subject: COMEDIES; COMEDIANS; LEWIS, JERRY; Keaton, Buster
Summary: Compilation essay comprising of abstracts and quotations from various film journals and critics, in order to discuss the subject of comedy. The focus of the article is the work of Jerry Lewis, whose career this author has championed in this publication.

Call No: 81SEN FOW
Author: Flower, Gene
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Avon
PubDate: c1934; c1961 1974
PhysDes: 288p. ; 18cm
Subject: COMEDIANS; SENNETT, MACK
ISBN: 38015966195
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006

Call No: 67(04) FIL
Author: Schickel, Richard (ed); Simon, John (ed)
CorpAuthor: National Society of Film Critics (U.S.)
Place: Indianapolis [etc.]
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Co. [etc.]
PubDate: c1968
PhysDes: 320 p. ; 22 cm
Subject: ACCIDENT (UK, Joseph Losey, 1967); BATTLE OF ALGIERS, THE [BATTAGLIA DI ALGERI, LA] (IT/AE, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966); BEDAZZLED (US, Stanely Donen, 1967); BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967); CASINO ROYALE (UK, John Huston & Ken Hughes & Val Guest & Robert Parrish & Joseph McGrath, 1967); CHAPPAQUA (US, Conrad Rooks, 1966); COMEDIANS, THE (US, Peter Glenville, 1967); COOL HAND LUKE (US, Stuart Rosenberg, 1967); COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG, A (UK/US, Charles Chaplin, 1967); DIRTY DOZEN, THE (US, Robert Aldrich, 1967); [DOCTOR] DR DOLITTLE (US, Richard Fleischer, 1967); DUTCHMAN (UK, Anthony Harvey, 1967); EL DORADO (SP/FR, Carlos Saura, 1988); ELVIRA MADIGAN (SE/DA, Bo Widerberg, 1967); DIVORCE, AMERICAN STYLE (US, Bud Yorkin, 1967); FAMILY WAY, THE (UK, Ray Boultng, 1967); FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (UK, John Schlesinger, 1967); GRADUATE, THE (US, Mike Nichols, 1967); GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (US, Stanley Kramer, 1967); HOW I WON THE WAR (UK, Richard Lester, 1967); HUNT, THE [CAZA, LA] (SP, Carlos Saura, 1966); HURRY SUNDOWN (US, Otto Preminger, 1967); IN COLD BLOOD (US, Richard Brooks, 1967); IN LIKE FLINT (US, Gordon Douglas, 1967); IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (US, Norman Jewison, 1967); JOKERS, THE (UK, Michael Winner, 1967); ROI DE COUER, LE (FR/IT, Philippe de Broca, 1966); WAR IS OVER, THE [GUERRE EST FINIE, LA] (FR/SW, Alain Resnais, 1966); LUV (US, Clive Donner, 1967); MARAT/SADE (UK, Peter Brook, 1967); PERSONA (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1966); POINT BLANK (US, John Boorman, 1967); PRESIDENT'S ANALYST, THE (US, Theodoro J.Flicker, 1967); PRIVILEGE, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1967); STRANGER, THE (US/AG, Adolfo Aristarain, 1987); TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE (IT/US, Franco Zefferelli, 1967); TO SIR, WITH LOVE (UK, James Clavell, 1967); TRIP, THE (US, Roger Corman, 1967); ULYSSES (UK/US, Joseph Strick, 1967); UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE (US, Robert Mulligan, 1967); WAR GAME, THE (UK, Peter Watkins, 1966); WHISPERERS, THE, (UK, Byan Forbes, 1967); YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1966); YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (UK, Lewis Gilbert, 1967)
Summary: Review of films produced in 1966-1967
ISSN: 0071-4860 0015-1076
LON: 68019946; 894646
Contents: -- Bonnie And Clyde / Joseph Morgenstern, John Simon, Stanley Kauffmann And Pauline Kael -- Point Blank / Richard Schickel And Andrew Sarris -- In Cold Blood / Arthur Knight And Andrew Sarris -- A Countess From Hong Kong / Wilfrid Sheed, Philip T. Hartung And Andrew Sarris -- Falstaff / Joseph Morgenstern, Andrew Sarris, Stanley Kauffmann, Pauline Kael And John Simon -- The Exterminating Angel / Richard Schickel -- Two For The Road / Pauline Kael -- A Guide For The Married Man, Divorce American Style And Luv / Wilfrid Sheed -- Elvira Madigan / Stanley Kauffmann -- Accident / Brendan Gill, Pauline Kael And John Simon -- The Family Way / Richard Schickel -- You're A Big Boy Now / Hollis Alpert And Richard Schickel -- The Graduate / Joseph Morgenstern And Richard Schickel -- Closely Watched Trains / Joseph Morgenstern And John Simon -- The War Game / Richard Schickel And Wilfrid Sheed -- La Guerre Est Finie / Brendan Gill And John Simon -- The Dirty Dozen / Richard Schickel -- King Of Hearts / Wilfrid Sheed -- The Battle Of Algiers / Joseph Morgenstern And Stanley Kauffmann -- How I Won The War / Stanley Kauffmann And John Simon -- In Like Flint / Arthur Knight -- Casino Royale / Wilfrid Sheed -- You Only Live Twice / Pauline Kael -- The Jokers / Philip T. Hartung -- Bedazzled / Stanley Kauffmann -- The President's Analyst / Andrew Sarris -- Ulysses / Brendan Gill, John Simon And Brad Darrach / The Taming Of The Shrew -- Hollis Alpert And Wilfrid Sheed -- Marat/Sade / Phillip T. Hartung, Brendan Gill And Brad Darrach -- The Comedians / Stanley Kauffmann -- Far From The Maddening Crowd / Hollis Alpert And Richard Schickel -- Dr. Dolittle / Joseph Morgenstern -- El Dorado / Andrew Sarris -- The War Wagon / Richard Schickel -- El Dorado, The War Wagon And The Way West / Pauline Kael -- Persona / John Simon And Pauline Kael -- The Stranger / Stanley Kauffmann And Joseph Morgenstern -- The Trip / Hollis Alpert -- The Trip And Chappaqua / Wilfrid Sheed -- Dutchman / Brendan Gill And John Simon -- In The Heat Of The Night / Andrew Sarris -- To Sir, With Love And In The Heat Of The Night / Hollis Alpert -- Hurry Sundown, In The Heat Of The Night And Cool Hand Luke / Wilfrid Sheed -- Cool Hand Luke / Andrew Sarris -- Guess Who's Coming To Dinner / Wilfrid Sheed -- Up The Down Staircase / Arthur Knight And Andrew Sarris -- Privilege / John Simon And Arthur Knight -- The Hunt / Richard Schickel -- The Whisperers / Andrew Sarris -- Goal! / Brendan Gill -- Africa Addio / Joseph Morgenstern -- A King's Story / Philip T. Hartung -- Lenny Bruce / Wilfrid Sheed -- The Koumiko Mystery And Echoes Of Silence / Brendan Gill -- The Titicut Follies / Richard Schickel -- Don't Look Back / Andrew Sarris -- Portrait Of Jason / Joseph Morgenstern -- The Underground Film / Brad Darrach -- Expo 67 / Joseph Morgenstern And Arthur Knight -- Blow-Up / Stanley Kauffmann
ID2: 277

Call No: 451-015 MAL
Author: Maltin, Leonard
Place: New York
Publisher: Crown Publishers
PubDate: 1978
PhysDes: xvii, 238 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Subject: COMEDIANS; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; ARBUCKLE, ROSCOE "FATTY"; LLOYD, HAROLD; ROGERS, WILL; FIELDS, W.C.; THREE STOOGES; HOPE, BOB; KAYE, DANNY; SKELTON, RED; LEWIS, JERRY; ALLEN, WOODY; LAUREL, STAN; HARDY, OLIVER; NORMAND, MABEL; LANGDON, HARRY; CHASE, CHARLEY [psued. of Charles Parrott]; GRIFFITH, RAYMOND; DRESSLER, MARIE; BROWN, JOE E.; MARX BROTHERS; COSTELLO, LOU
Notes: Includes filmographies and index
ISBN: 0517532417
LON: 77020233; 1040069

PhysDes: Article
Subject: LEWIS, JERRY; COMEDIANS; COMEDIES
Summary: Compilation of interviews with Jerry Lewis, discussing his career, influences and the nature of comedy. Interviews taken from publications such as Cahiers du Cinema, and the book "The Great Comedians Talk About Comedy".

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; COMEDIANS
Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: APATOW, JUDD; COMEDIANS
Summary: Very positive review of the book SICK IN THE HEAD: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE AND COMEDY, written by noted comedy film/tv writer/director/producer Judd Apatow. The book includes 38 interviews of many leading US comedians

Call No: 802.272.1(73) FRA
Author: Franklin, Joe.
Source: US
Place: Secaucus, N.J.
Publisher: Citadel Press
PubDate: 1979
PhysDes: 347 p. : ports. ; 25 cm
Subject: COMEDIANS IN FILMS; COMEDIANS; VAUDEVILLE AND THE CINEMA
Summary: The book presents, in text and photographs, a history of comedy, in America, throughout the twenthieth century. It looks at vaudeville, musical comedy, motion pictures, radio and television, and provides biographical sketches of the well known comedians of this period
Notes: Uniform Title: Encyclopedia of comedians
ISBN: 0806507748

Call No: 70 BOH
Author: Bohn, Thomas W., 1941; Stromgren, Richard L., 1932-, joint author; Johnson, Daniel H., 1940-, joint author
Place: Port Washington, N.Y.
Publisher: Alfred Pub. Co.
PubDate: [1975]
PhysDes: xvii, 537 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA; NEOREALISM; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; PRODUCTION COMPANIES & STUDIOS. USA; DOCUMENTARIES; PRE-CINEMA HISTORY; NOUVELLE VAGUE; COMEDIANS
Notes: Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 513-520
ISBN: 088284024X : $8.00
LON: 737594

Call No: 65 TYL
Author: Tyler, Parker
Place: New York
Publisher: Holt
PubDate: 1947
PhysDes: xx, 283 p., [16]p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm
Subject: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA; VOICES; COMEDIANS; WAR IN FILMS; SPELLBOUND (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1945); SEVENTH VEIL, THE (UK, Compton Bennett, 1945); GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940)
Notes: Filmography: p. 279-283
LON: abn87043675; 5118157

Author: Eyles, Allen
PhysDes: Article
Subject: MARX BROTHERS; MARX, GROUCHO; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; TATI, JACQUES; FIELDS, W.C.; WEST, MAE; COMEDIANS; SATIRE IN FILMS
Summary: Essay explores the work of the Marx Brothers as examples of important comic personalities who used satire to convey their views of the modern world.

Call No: 81 MAR MAR
Author: Marx, Groucho
Source: UK
Publisher: Futura
PubDate: 1975, c1963
PhysDes: 224 p. : ill. ; 18 cm
Subject: MARX, GROUCHO; COMEDIANS
ISBN: 0860071421
ID2: 223

Call No: 81HUM DUN
Author: Dunstan, Keith
Source: AT
Place: [Melboure, VIC]
Publisher: Australian Postal Corporation
PubDate: 2006
PhysDes: 64 p : col. ill., ports., stamps ; 25cm
Subject: HUMPHRIES, BARRY; COMEDIANS. AUSTRALIA
ISBN: 0642368244
Language: English

Call No: 732 BYR
Author: Byron, Stuart; Weis Elisabeth
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Penguin Books
PubDate: 1977
PhysDes: xi, 308 p. ; 24 cm
Subject: COMEDIES; COMEDIANS IN FILMS; COMEDIANS
Summary: The book provides a review of comedy in film from silent movies to the present day This is done by 25 critics. [Taken from the back of the book.]
Notes: Includes index
ISBN: 0140045783

Call No: 81HUM PEN
Author: Pender, Anne
Source: AT
Place: Pymble, NSW
Publisher: ABC Books
PubDate: 2010
PhysDes: viii, 453 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Subject: COMEDIANS; COMEDIANS. AUSTRALIA; HUMPHRIES, BARRY
Summary: "Barry Humphries struts the world stage, masked as housewife megastar Dame Edna Everage, relentlessly savaging and enchanting all in his path. Humphries' comic brilliance is indisputable, and his cast of characters has appalled and enthralled audiences for more than fifty years. Yet for all that has been written about Humphries - some of it by Humphries himself - this most mysterious of men has managed to evade real scrutiny. One Man Show presents for the first time the definitive, captivating story of the true Barry Humphries - from his youthful pranks on the staid streets of Melbourne, the phenomenon of Barry McKenzie, his many marriages and affairs, and the dark years of alcoholism, through to his triumphant successes on television and Broadway. For close to ten years, author Anne Pender has investigated Humphries' life and career, interviewing his family, friends and fellow performers in her quest to uncover the anarchic life and complex world of this outrageous, theatrical genius. The result is mesmerising." - BOOK BLURB
Notes: ABC logo at foot of t.p; Includes bibliographical references (p. 416-422) and index
ISBN: 9780733325915

Call No: 802.272.1(94) PEN
Author: Pender, Anne
Edition: 2019
Place: Clayton, Vic
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
PubDate: 2019
PhysDes: xv, 275 pages : illustrated ; 23.5 cm
Subject: COMEDIANS. AUSTRALIA; COMEDIANS IN FILMS; RAYE, CAROL; HUMPHRIES, BARRY; BROWN, NOELINE; GILLIES, MAX; CLARKE, JOHN; SHELDON, TONY; SCOTT, DENISE
Summary: Anne Pender explores the lives and creative work of seven extraordinary performers who have brought joy and hilarity to generations of Australians through their memorable characters on stage and television, and in their potent satire, musical comedy, revue, drama, stand-up acts and one-person shows. Carol Raye, Barry Humphries, Noeline Brown, Max Gillies, John Clarke, Tony Sheldon and Denise Scott pioneered home-grown humour, transformed the image of Australia, intervened in political life, and brought Australian comedy to the world. They created iconic figures, including Mavis Bramston, Dame Edna Everage, Clarke and Dawe, Bernadette in Priscilla Queen of the Desert and mesmerising impersonations of prime ministers. In Seven Big Australians, Pender interprets the lives of these significant comic actors, offering vivid biographical portraits of their childhood and family of origin, their struggles to enter the entertainment industry and the art they created over many decades. Drawing on extensive interviews conducted with each actor over many years, Pender documents their experiences of the hardships of breaking into the industry and the challenges of staying there, the gruelling nature of daily life as a performer, the demands of working in multiple forms, the realities of script writing under pressure and the exhilaration of performing. These actors are significant cultural figures whose lives are awe-inspiring, momentous and magical.-- publisher's web site
ISBN: 9781925835212

Call No: 732 KER; FOLIO
Author: Kerr, Walter, 1913
Edition: 1st ed
Place: New York
Publisher: Knopf
PubDate: 1975
PhysDes: 372 p. : ill. ; 31 cm
Subject: COMEDIANS; COMEDIES; Keaton, Buster; HARDY, OLIVER; LAUREL, STAN; GRIFFITH, RAYMOND; LANGDON, HARRY; SENNETT, MACK; LLOYD, HAROLD; CHAPLIN, CHARLES
Notes: Includes index
ISBN: 0394469070 : $17.95
LON: 384380