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American silent film / William K. Everson New York: Oxford University Press, 1978.
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Are we having fun yet? : The Sight & Sound comedy supplement March 1994.
Call No: Journal shelves. Sight & Sound Special IssuesPubDate: March 1994Subject: COMEDIES Language: English
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The Art of Jerry Lewis in Melbourne Film Bulletin (April 1970) iss.12 p.12-25
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Australian comedy films of the 1930s : modernity, the urban and the international / Lesley Speed St. Kilda, Vic.: Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM), c2015.
Call No: 732(94) SPEAuthor: Speed, Lesley Source: ATPlace: St. Kilda, Vic.Publisher: Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM)PubDate: c2015PhysDes: 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Subject: COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; EFFTEE STUDIO ; CINESOUND STUDIOS ; HANNA, PAT ; WALLACE, GEORGE ; CO-RESPONDENT'S COURSE (AT, E.A. Dietrich-Derrick, 1931) ; DIGGERS (AT, F.W. Thring, 1931) ; HAUNTED BARN, THE (AT, E.A. Dietrich-Derrick, 1931) ; SHOWGIRL'S LUCK (AT, Norman Dawn, 1931) ; SENTIMENTAL BLOKE, THE (AT, F.W. Thring, 1932) ; ON OUR SELECTION (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1932) ; HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS (AT, F.W. Thring, 1932) ; DIGGERS IN BLIGHTY (AT, Pat Hanna, 1933) ; HARMOY ROW (AT, F.W. Thring, 1934) ; HAYSEEDS, THE (AT, Beaumont Smith, 1933) ; TICKET IN TATTS, A (AT, F.W. Thring, 1934) ; CLARA GIBBINGS (AT, F.W. Thring, 1934) ; STRIKE ME LUCKY (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1935) ; SPLENDID FELLOWS (AT, Beaumont Smith, 1934) ; GRANDAD RUDD (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1935) ; WHITE DEATH (AT, Edwin G. Bowen, 1936) ; RANGLE RIVER (AT, Clarence G. Badger, 1936) ; IT ISN'T DONE (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1937) ; TALL TIMBERS (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1937) ; LET GEORGE DO IT (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1938) ; DAD AND DAVE COME TO TOWN (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1938) ; GONE TO THE GOGS (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1939) ; ANTS IN HIS PANTS (AT, William Freshman, 1939) Summary: Comedy has been a perpetual part of Australian film, in which humour reflects Australia's adaptation in times of crisis, social change and technological advances. This was never more so than in the 1930s, when Australia produced more comedy feature films than in any other decade before 1970. These films of the 1930s embraced the new technology of sound, made local vaudeville performers into movie stars, offered escape from the Depression and revealed a diverse and international Australia. In these films, Australia moved further from Empire and the bush, forged the Digger legend, responded to cultural diversity and viewed itself as a modern, urban nation. Influenced by Hollywood, Australian comedies of the 1930s adapted international styles to local points of view. Based on research at the National Film and Sound Archive, Lesley Speed's book provides new insight into Australian comedy films of the 1930s and the extraordinary period of social change in which they were produced. [taken from the back cober]ISBN: 9781876467258Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Comedy films and 1930s Australia -- Comedian comedies, Pat Hanna and George Wallace -- 'The best men in the metropolis' : Speech and language in films of Pat Hanna and George Wallace -- Strike me lucky, silly ass: Ethnicity and class difference -- From bush to the city: The Dad and Dave films -- Looking at home for 'something really ultra': Modernity, gender and the international -- Select filmography -- Select bibliography -- Notes
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Australian images / Barrie McMahon, Robyn Quin Marrickville, N.S.W.: Science Press, 1990.
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Bad taste gets in the way of budding bromance in Sydney Morning Herald [Arts & Entertainment] (22/01/2015) p.23
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The Barry McKenzie movies / Tony Moore Sydney: Currency Press, Australian Film Commission, 2005.
Call No: 79BAR MORAuthor: Moore, Tony Source: ATPlace: SydneyPublisher: Currency Press, Australian Film CommissionPubDate: 2005PhysDes: x, 86 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.Series: Australian screen classicsSubject: AUSTRALIANS IN FILMS ; AUSTRALIA ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA ; EVERAGE, DAME EDNA ; BERESFORD, BRUCE ; HUMPHRIES, BARRY ; ADAMS, PHILLIP ; BARRY MCKENZIE HOLDS HIS OWN (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1974) ; ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1972) Summary: With irresponsible humour and sharp-witted insight Tony Morre explores the subversive satire of the films, their influence on his generation, and what they have to say about who we are today. Included is a glossary of Bazza-isms written by Barry Humphries.ISBN: 0868197483ISSN: 1447557X
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Bibliography : situation comedy. / Australian Film Television & Radio School. Jerzy Toeplitz Library. 1993.
Call No: FRONT DESKCorpAuthor: Australian Film Television & Radio School. Jerzy Toeplitz Library.PubDate: 1993Subject: COMEDIES ; SITUATION COMEDY
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Boom-boom! / Rob Johnson & David Smiedt Rydalmere, N.S.W.: Hodder Headline Australia, 1999.
Call No: 732(94) JOHAuthor: Johnson, Rob, 1969 ; Smiedt, David Place: Rydalmere, N.S.W.Publisher: Hodder Headline AustraliaPubDate: 1999PhysDes: viii, 376 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA ; COMEDY PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA ; COMEDIENNES. AUSTRALIA ; ADAMS, PHILLIP ; GLEISNER, TOM ; MCDERMOTT, PAUL ; O'DONOGHUE, RORY ; BAILEY, BERT ; BOND, GRAHAME ; BOURNE, SHANE ; BROWN, NOELINE ; CILAURO, SANTO ; CHATER, GORDON ; CREYTON, BARRY ; DENTON, ANDREW ; FAHEY, MARYANNE ; FERGUSON, TIM ; GILLIES, MAX ; GRILLS, LUCKY ; GYNGELL, KIM ; HALL, KEN G. ; HARMER, WENDY ; HOGAN, PAUL ; HUMPHRIES, BARRY ; KENNEDY, GRAHAM ; LAMOND, TONI ; MCDONALD, GARRY ; QUANTOCK, ROD ; RAYE, CAROL ; REILLY, GARY ; SITCH, ROB ; SORRENTI, VINCE ; SZUBANSKI, MAGDA ; ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1972) ; BIG GIG, THE [TV] (AT, Ted Robinson, 1989) ; FRONTLINE [TV] (AT, 1994- ) ; MAVIS BRAMSTON SHOW [TV] (AT, 1964-1968) ; IN MELBOURNE TONIGHT [TV] (AT, 1957-?, 1997-) ; AUNTY JACK SHOW, THE [TV] (AT, 1972-?) ; COMEDY COMPANY, THE [TV] (AT, 1988-1990) ; D-GENERATION [TV] (AT, 1986-?) ; FAST FORWARD [TV] (AT, 1988-1989?) Notes: Includes index; "An Allison Pressley book."ISBN: 0733609384 : $24.95LON: 14529909
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British genres : cinema and society, 1930-1960 / Marcia Landy Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1991.
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Buster and the Critics in Melbourne Film Bulletin (April 1969) iss.8 p.3-4
Author: Haldane, John PhysDes: ArticleSubject: 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.
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The chaser annual / by Charles Firth, et al. Melbourne, Vic.: Text Publishing, 2001.
Call No: 79CHA FIRAuthor: Firth, Charles ; Knight, Dominic ; Morrow, Julian ; Reucassel, Craig ; Taylor, Chris Source: ATPlace: Melbourne, Vic.Publisher: Text PublishingPubDate: 2001PhysDes: 103 p. : ill. ; 28 cmSubject: COMEDIES ; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA ; COMEDY PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA ; COMEDY PROGRAMMES ; COMEDY TV. AUSTRALIA ; COMEDY TV.AUSTRALIA ; CHASER'S WAR ON EVERYTHING, THE [TV] (AT, Mark FitzGerald, Bradley Howard, Craig Melville, 2006) ; CHASER, THE [TV], (AT, 2001-) Notes: Vols. for 2007- cataloged as a serial in LCISBN: 1877008060Contents: -- mandatory joke about John Hopoate -- series of lame fat gags dressed up as satirical piece on Kim Beazley -- weak patch where nothing really happens -- really obvious cheap shot at some dead celebrity -- slightly boring piece about US-Sino relations -- predictable joke about Big Brother -- contrived reference to obscure government agency, to indicate we follow politics -- predictable joke about Big Brother (rerprise) --
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The cinema book / edited by Pam Cook and Mieke Bernink London: British Film Institute, 1999.
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Cinema of outsiders : the rise of American independent film / Emanuel Levy New York: New York University Press, c1999.
Call No: 71(73) LEVAuthor: Levy, Emanuel, 1947 Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: New York University PressPubDate: c1999PhysDes: xiii, 601 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; OUTSIDERS IN FILMS ; MEN IN FILMS ; FILM NOIR ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS ; COMEDIES. USA ; BLACKS AND THE CINEMA. US ; BLACKS IN FILMS. USA ; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA ; FESTIVALS. PARK CITY. SUNDANCE ; ARAKI, GREGG ; NUNEZ, VICTOR ; BROOKS, ALBERT ; SMITH, KEVIN ; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN ; FERRARA, ABEL ; WATERS, JOHN (US) ; HARTLEY, HAL ; HAYNES, TODD ; JARMUSCH, JIM ; JOST, JON ; LEE, SPIKE ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; LYNCH, DAVID ; MAMET, DAVID ; NAIR, MIRA ; SAYLES, JOHN ; CASSAVETES, NICK ; SODERBERGH, STEVEN ; SOLONDZ, TODD ; SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1989) ; BLOOD SIMPLE (US, Joel Coen, 1984) ; BOYZ N THE HOOD (US, John Singleton, 1991) ; IN THE COMPANY OF MEN (US, Neil Labute, 1997) ; GAS FOOD LODGING (US, Allison Anders, 1992) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; RESERVOIR DOGS (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1992) ; MEAN STREETS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1973) Summary: "Cinema of Outsiders is the first and only comprehensive chronicle of contemporary independent movies from the late 1970s up to the present. From the hip, audacious early works of maverick David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, and Spike Lee, to the contemporary Oscar-winning success of indie dynamos, such as the Coen brothers (Fargo), Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), and Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade), Levy describes in a lucid and accessible manner the innovation and diversity of American indies in theme, sensibility, and style."--BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-571) and indexISBN: 0814751237 (alk. paper)LON: 20253533
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Comedy films / John Montgomery ; preface by Norman Wisdom London: Allen & Unwin, 1954.
Call No: 732 MONAuthor: Montgomery, John, 1916 Place: LondonPublisher: Allen & UnwinPubDate: 1954PhysDes: 337 p., 17 p. of plates : ill., ports ; 1954Subject: COMEDIES Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 299-300LON: 2493107
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Comedy in the Movies: One : The Burlesque Form: The Gag in Melbourne Film Bulletin (September 1968) iss.5 p.3-9
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Comedy in the Movies: Three : The Patsy in Melbourne Film Bulletin (September 1968) iss.5 p.21-33
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Comedy in the Movies: Two : Practically Funny in Melbourne Film Bulletin (September 1968) iss.5 p.10-20
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The comedy of philosophy : sense and nonsense in early cinematic slapstick / Lisa Trahair Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007.
Call No: 630 TRAAuthor: Trahair, Lisa Source: USPlace: AlbanyPublisher: State University of New York PressPubDate: 2007PhysDes: xi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: SUNY series, insinuations--philosophy, psychoanalysis, literatureSubject: COMEDIES ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD ; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; BATAILLE, GEORGES ; FREUD, SIGMUND Summary: "The Comedy of Philosophy brings modern debates in continental philosophy to bear on the historical study of early cinematic comedy. Through the films of Mack Sennett, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and the Marx Brothers, Lisa Trahair investigates early cinema's exploration of sense and nonsense by utilizing the contributions to the philosophy of comedy made by Freud and Bataille and by examining significant poststructuralist interpretations of their work. Trahair explores the shift from the excessive physical slapstick of the Mack Sennett era to the so-called structural comedy of the 1920s, and also offers a new perspective on the importance of psychoanalysis for the study of film by focusing on the implications of Freud's theory of the unconscious for our understanding of visuality."--BOOK JACKET.ISBN: 9780791472477Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2010Contents: 1. The Philosophy of Laughter: Bataille, Hegel, and Derrida -- 2. Restricted and General Economy: Narrative, Gag, and Slapstick in One Week -- 3. The Machine of Comedy: Gunning, Deleuze, and Buster Keaton -- 4. Fool's Gold: Metamorphoses in Sherlock Jr. -- 5. Jokes and Their Relation to ... -- 6. The Comic: Degradation and Refinement in 1920's Cinematic Slapstick -- 7. From Words to Images (Gagging) -- 8. Figural Vision: Freud, Lyotard, and City Lights -- 9. Preposterous Figurality: Comic Cinema and Bad Metaphor.
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The comic mind : comedy and the movies / by Gerald Mast London: New English Library, 1974.
Call No: 732 MASAuthor: Mast, Gerald, 1940 Place: LondonPublisher: New English LibraryPubDate: 1974PhysDes: xi, 353p, [40]p of plates : ill. ; 22cmSubject: COMEDIES Notes: Cinema films: Comedies, to 1971 (BNB/PRECIS); Originally published: Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1973; Bibliography: p.328-329. - Includes indexISBN: 0450021408 : ª3.25LON: 3540351 3540351
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Confrontation with Myth in Melbourne Film Bulletin (September 1971) p.3-10
Author: Sharples, Bob PhysDes: ArticleSubject: 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'.
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Contemporary Spanish cinema / Barry Jordan and Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998.
Call No: 71(46) JORAuthor: Jordan, Barry, 1950 ; Morgan-Tamosunas, Rikki Place: ManchesterPublisher: Manchester University PressPubDate: 1998PhysDes: vi, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: SPAIN ; COMEDIES. SPAIN ; THRILLERS. SPAIN ; FANTASTIC FILMS. SPAIN ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS. SPAIN ; HORROR FILMS. SPAIN ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; MEN IN FILMS ; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. SPAIN ; SPAIN: CATALONIA ; SPAIN: BASQUE COUNTRY ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. SPAIN ; ALMODOVAR, PEDRO ; BIGAS LUNA ; GARCI, JOSE LUIS ; MEDEM, JULIO ; MIRO, PILAR ; SAURA, CARLOS ; TRUEBA, FERNANDO ; COLMENA, LA (SP, Mario Camus, 1982) ; NADIE HABLARA DE NOSOTRAS CUANDO HAYAMOS MUERTO (SP, Agustin Diaz Yanes, 1995) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 071904412X (hbk.); 0719044138 (pbk.)LON: abn98241412; 14031781
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The crazy mirror : Hollywood comedy and the American image London: Faber, 1969.
Call No: 732(73) DURAuthor: Durgnat, Raymond Place: LondonPublisher: FaberPubDate: 1969PhysDes: 3-280 p. 16 plates, illus. 23 cmSubject: COMEDIES. USA Notes: Bibliography: p. 249-254ISBN: 0571088392LON: 561293
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Customs made for wit : the Arab Film Festival in AFR Weekend (30/07/2016) p.36
Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; HALAL LOVE (GG/LE, Assad Fouladkar, 2016)Author: McDonald, John PhysDes: Clippings File ArticleSubject: FESTIVALS. AUSTRALIA. ARAB ; COMEDIES. MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES ; COMEDIES. USA ; HALAL LOVE (GG/LE, Assad Fouladkar, 2016) Summary: Positive review of the comedy HALAL LOVE, and comments on watching the film at the Arab Film Festival amongst a largely Arab audience. The author looks at how interesting it is to think about a culture as represented in comedies and despairs that Western audiences favour popular comedies that are gross out fests (names DIRTY GRANDPA) compared to more sophisticated non Western comedies as represented by HALAL LOVE
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Dark laughter : Spanish film, comedy, and the nation / Juan F. Egea. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2013.
Call No: 732.5(46) EGEAuthor: Egea, Juan F. Source: USPlace: MadisonPublisher: University of Wisconsin PressPubDate: 2013PhysDes: xii, 188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject: COMEDIES. SPAIN ; BERLANGA, LUIS G. ; FERRERI, MARCO ; BUNUEL, LUIS ; ALMODOVAR, PEDRO Summary: In Dark Laughter, Juan F. Egea provides a remarkable in-depth analysis of the dark comedy film genre in spain, as well as a provocative critical engagement with the idea of national cinema, the visual dimension of cultural specificity, and the ethics of dark humor. Egea begins his analysis with General Fanco's dictatorship in the 1960s- aregime that openedthe country to new economic forces while maintaining its repressivr nature- exploring key works by Luis Garcia Berlanga, Marco Ferreri, Fernando Fernan-Gomez, and Luis Bunuel. Dark Laughterthen moves to the first films of Pedro Almodovar in the early 1980s during the spanish political transition to democracy before examinig Alex de la Iglesia and the new dark comedies of the 1990s...At its core Dark Laughter is a substantial inquiry into the epistemology of comedy, the intricacies of visual modernity, and the relationship between cinema and a wider framework of representational practices. -- [Extract taken from the back of the book]Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-178) and indexISBN: 9780299295448Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1.Familiar Questions -- 2.Movement and Paralysis, Dissidence and Identity: Ferreri's El cochecito -- 3.Complicity Dissected: Berlanga's El verdugo -- 4.Don Jaime's Laughter: Humor and Perversion in Viridiana -- 5.Modernizing Desire: Fernan-Gomez's El extrano viaje -- 6.Almodovar Interlude: Transitional Laughter -- 7.Back with a Vengeance: Laughing Darkly in Post-1992 Spain.
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Dimboola : a wedding reception play / Jack Hibberd Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1979.
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Double take and fade away : Halliwell on comedians / Leslie Halliwell London: Grafton, 1987.
Call No: 732 HALAuthor: Halliwell, Leslie Place: LondonPublisher: GraftonPubDate: 1987PhysDes: xii, 320 p. : ill. ; 26 cmSubject: COMEDIANS ; COMEDIES ISBN: 0246128356LON: 5497120
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The entertainment machine : American show business in the twentieth century / Robert C. Toll Oxford [Oxfordshire] New York: Oxford University Press, 1982.
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Falling for you : essays of cinema and performance / edited by Lesley Stern and George Kouvaros Sydney: Power Publications, 1999.
Call No: 227 FALAuthor: Stern, Lesley ; Kouvaros, George Place: SydneyPublisher: Power PublicationsPubDate: 1999PhysDes: 314 p. ; 22 cmSubject: ACTING ; COMEDIES ; BENJAMIN, WALTER ; GARLAND, JUDY ; STREISAND, BARBRA ; CASSAVETES, JOHN ; HARTLEY, HAL ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; Keaton, Buster ; FUNNY GIRL (US, William Wyler, 1968) ; LOVE STREAMS (US, John Cassavetes, 1984) ; WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, A (US, John Cassavetes, 1974) ; AIQING WANSUI (TZ, Tsai Ming-Liang, 1994) ; SHERLOCK, JR. (US, Buster Keaton, 1924) ; KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983) Notes: Includes indexISBN: 1864870257 : $14.95LON: 20003607
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Farewell to Comedy in Melbourne Film Bulletin (October 1969) iss.10 p.3-16
Author: Finney, Alan PhysDes: Article
CreditsSubject: 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.
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Film : readings in the mass media / Allen Kirschner and Linda Kirschner New York: The Odyssey Press, c1971.
Call No: 62(04) KIRAuthor: Kirschner, Allen
Kirschner, Linda Place: New YorkPublisher: The Odyssey PressPubDate: c1971PhysDes: 315 pages : 23 cmSubject: CRITICISM ; HISTORY OF CINEMA ; AUDIENCES ; RATING FOR FILMS. USA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; COMEDIES ; DIRECTION ; GRADUATE, THE (US, Mike Nichols, 1967) Summary: A collection of essays on the history, art and effects of film separated into 3 sections (form and technique, audience and effects, and critics and criticism) with the final section focussing largely on the film The GraduateNotes: Bibliography: p. 313-315.Contents: Movies: the reel world / Marshall McLuhan -- Comedy's greatest era / James Agee -- from King of comedy / Mack Sennett -- The movies 100 years from now / David Wark Griffith -- The modern photoplay / Irving Thalberg -- The movies / H.L. Mencken -- Film and reality / Rudolf Arnheim -- Direction / Alfred Hitchcock -- Reflections on the film actor / Michelangelo Antonioni -- What is "film making"? / Ingmar Bergman -- The reality of New Cinema / Ken Kelman -- Where are we, the underground? / Jonas Mekas -- What makes a good screen story? / Mervyn LeRoy -- The writer and the film / Dudley Nichols -- The movies are now high art / Richard Schickel -- The movies are better than the theater / Walter Kerr -- The film generation / Stanley Kauffmann -- Engaging the eye-minded / Arthur Knight -- Movies: morals, violence, sex: anything goes / Judith Christ -- Film as environment / Anthony Schillaci -- Loverboy of the bourgeoisie / Tom Wolfe -- Freedom of speech in a mass medium / Richard S. Randall -- Rating code / Motion Picture Association of America -- Movies, the desperate art / Pauline Kael -- Should American films be subsidized? / William Fadiman -- The movie industry and the film culture / Ernest Callenbach -- On reviewing, I: Turnstiles / Renata Adler -- Is film criticism only propaganda? / Parker Tyler -- The graduate: four reviews. The graduate makes out / Hollis Alpert ; Tales out of school / Bosley Crowther ; Summa cum laude / Joseph Morgenstern ; The graduate / Stephen Farber and Estelle Changas -- Mike Nichols talks about The graduate / Joseph Gelmis -- The future of film / Members of the National Society of Film Critics: Hollis Alpert ; Brendan Gill ; Philip T. Hartung ; Stanley Kauffmann ; Arthur Knight ; Joseph Morgenstern ; Andrew Sarris ; Richard Schickel ; Wilfrid Sheed ; John Simon
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Film, form & feeling / Dennis DeNitto New York: Harper & Row, c1985.
Call No: 62 DENAuthor: DeNitto, Dennis, Place: New YorkPublisher: Harper & RowPubDate: c1985PhysDes: xv, 544 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: THEORY ; CRITICISM ; EDITING ; HISTORY OF CINEMA ; REALISM IN FILMS ; EXPRESSIONISM ; MONTAGE ; NEOREALISM ; NOUVELLE VAGUE ; COMEDIES ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; CINEMA VERITE ; PROPAGANDA FILMS ; WESTERNS ; MUSICALS ; VARIETE (G, E.A. Dupont, 1925) ; GOLD RUSH, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1925) ; PRODUCERS, THE (US, Mel Brooks, 1967) ; TITICUT FOLLIES (US, Frederick Wiseman, 1967) ; BROKEN BLOSSOMS (US, David Wark Griffith, 1919) ; OKTIABR [OCTOBER] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1928) ; LADRI DI BICICLETTE (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1949) ; QUATRE CENTS COUPS, LES (FR, Francois Truffaut, 1959) ; MAN OF ARAN (UK, Robert Flaherty, 1934) ; TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935) ; NUIT ET BROUILLARD (FR, Alain Resnais, 1955) ; STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939) ; SHANE (US, George Stevens, 1953) ; WILD BUNCH, THE (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1969) ; TOP HAT (US, Mark Sandrich, 1935) ; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) ; WEST SIDE STORY (US, Robert Wise, 1961) ; SOMMARNATTENS LEENDE (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1956) Notes: Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 493-503ISBN: 0060416297 (pbk.)Order Received: 2000Order Type: DonationLON: 3664711
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Film genre reader II / edited by Barry Keith Grant Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995.
Call No: 64GEN FILAuthor: Grant, Barry Keith, 1947 Edition: 1st edPlace: AustinPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: 1995PhysDes: viii, 581 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: GENRES ; WESTERNS ; GANGSTER FILMS ; FILM NOIR ; DISASTER FILMS ; EPIC FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; MELODRAMA ; COMEDIES ; TRANSVESTISM ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; VIETNAM WAR FILMS ; MUSICALS ; BLACKS IN FILMS ; CANADA ; AUTEUR THEORY ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; DETECTIVE FILMS ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SEMIOLOGY ; STRUCTURALISM ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; MICHEAUX, OSCAR ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; FORD, JOHN ; PENN, ARTHUR ; SIRK, DOUGLAS ; CAVELL, STANLEY ; CHANDLER, RAYMOND ; FRYE, NORTHROP ; MINNELLI, VINCENTE ; TODOROV, TZVETAN ; ZOO LA NUIT, UN (CN, Jean-Cluade Lauzon, 1987) ; SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959) ; SHADOW OF A DOUBT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1943) ; BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE (US, Charles Walters, 1949) ; YENTL (US, Barbara Streisand, 1983) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (US, John Ford, 1946) ; STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939) ; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) ; THING, THE (US, Christian Nyby, 1951) ; [TWENTY] 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (US, Nathan Juran, 1957) ; VICTOR VICTORIA (UK, Blake Edwards, 1982) ; WRITTEN ON THE WIND (US, Douglas Sirk, 1956) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-559) and indexISBN: 0292727771 (cloth : alk. paper); 029272778X (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 11563059
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Film in Australia : an introduction / Albert Moran and Errol Vieth Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Film theory and criticism : introductory readings / [edited by] Gerald Mast, Marshall Cohen New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Footnotes to the film / edited by Charles Davy London: Lovat Dickson Ltd, Readers' Union, 1938.
Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 003 FOOAuthor: Davy, Charles Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Lovat Dickson Ltd; Readers' UnionPubDate: 1938PhysDes: 334 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSubject: PRODUCTION ; INDUSTRY, FILM ; DIRECTION ; ACTING ; CINEMATOGRAPHY ; SCRIPTWRITING ; COMEDIES ; CARTOONS ; COSTUMES ; COSTUME DESIGNING ; SET DESIGNING ; SETS ; ART DIRECTION ; MUSIC IN FILMS ; COLOUR ; REALISM IN FILMS ; UNITED KINGDOM ; HOLLYWOOD ; USA ; THEATRE AND THE CINEMA ; AUDIENCES ; CRITICISM ; CENSORSHIP ; SOCIETIES, FILM Notes: Includes contributor biographies and indexDonation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: Includes essays by Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Donat, Basil Wright, Graham Greene, Alberto Cavalcanti, John Betjeman, Maurice Jaubert, Paul Nash, John Grierson, Alexander Korda, Basil Dean, Maurice Kann, Elizabeth Bowen, Sidney L. Bernstein, Alistair Cooke, Forsyth Hardy, Charles Davy
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Frank Capra : the catastrophe of success / by Joseph McBride New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Call No: 81CAP MCBAuthor: McBride, Joseph Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Simon & SchusterPubDate: 1992PhysDes: 768 p. : ill. ; 26 cmSubject: COMEDIES ; AUTHORSHIP ; COLUMBIA PICTURES ; HOLLYWOOD ; DIRECTORS ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; CAPRA, FRANK ; COHN, HARRY ; RISKIN, ROBERT ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; LADY FOR A DAY (US, Frank Capra, 1933) ; LOST HORIZON (US, Frank Capra, 1937) ; MEET JOHN DOE (US, Frank Capra, 1941) ; MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (US, Frank Capra, 1936) ; MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939) ; WHY WE FIGHT SERIES (US, 1942-44) ; YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (US, Frank Capra, 1938) Summary: "FRANK CAPRA: THE CATASTROPHE OF SUCCESS is the first major biography of one of the greatest directors in Hollywood history, the man behind such classic films as IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE [...] FRANK CAPRA: THE CATASTROPHE OF SUCCESS is the result of more than seven years of work. It is drawn from extensive archival research and interviews with 175 people who knew or worked with Capra, as well as many hours of interviews with Capra himself. In this biography, Joseph McBride gives us the definitive portrait of one of our greatest filmmakers." [Taken from book jacket]Notes: Filmography: p. [117]-731; Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0671797883 (pbk.); 0671734946 : $27.50LON: abn92038576; 8711584
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Genre and Hollywood / Steve Neale London: Routledge, 2000.
Call No: 64GEN NEAAuthor: Neale, Steve Place: LondonPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2000PhysDes: viii, 336 p. ; 25 cmSubject: GENRES ; FILM NOIR ; MELODRAMA ; ACTION FILMS ; ADVENTURE FILMS ; BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS ; COMEDIES ; CRIME FILMS ; DETECTIVE FILMS ; EPIC FILMS ; FORMALISM ; FRONTIERS IN FILMS ; GANGSTER FILMS ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; HORROR FILMS ; MUSICALS ; USA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS ; STUDIO SYSTEM ; THRILLERS ; WAR FILMS ; WESTERNS ; WOMEN, FILMS FOR ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS ; YOUNG PEOPLE, FILMS FOR ; TODOROV, TZVETAN ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; BASINGER, JEANINE ; DOHERTY, THOMAS ; SCHATZ, THOMAS Summary: "Steve Neale provides a comprehensive introduction to genre and Hollywood cinema. He discusses all the major concepts, theories and accounts of Hollywood and genre, an the key genres which theorists and critics have tended to write about - from musicals to horror films, from action-adventure to the western. He also offers detailed revisionist accounts of melodrama and 'film noir', and puts forward new arguments about the place and importance of genre in understanding Hollywood cinema." -- Taken from back cover.Notes: Includes bibliography and indexISBN: 0415026059 : No price; 0415026067(pbk.)LON: 21413450
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The German cinema book / edited by Tim Bergfelder, Erica Carter and Deniz Gokturk London: bfi Publishing, 2002.
Call No: 71(430) GERAuthor: Bergfelder, Tim ; Carter, Erica ; Gokturk, Deniz Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: bfi PublishingPubDate: 2002PhysDes: xi 291p. : illus. : 25cmSubject: EXHIBITION ; UFA
UF: UNIVERSUM FILM AKTIEN ; GOVERNMENT AID. GERMANY ; GOVERNMENT CONTROL ; GERMANY ; HISTORY OF CINEMA ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; HEIMAT FILMS ; COMEDIES. GERMANY ; CRIME FILMS ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA ; HISTORY OF CINEMA ; DIETRICH, MARLENE ; LANG, FRITZ ; LUBITSCH, ERNST ; MUELLER-STAHL, ARMIN ; OTTINGER, ULRIKE ; RUHMANN, HEINZ ; NIBELUNGEN, DIE (G, Fritz Lang, 1922-24) Notes: Includes bibliography and resources and indexISBN: 085170946X
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German films in the 90's : seeking American friends? in Metro (2000) iss.121/122 p.138-143
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The great funnies : a history of film comedy London: Studio Vista, 1969.
Call No: 732 ROBAuthor: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: LondonPublisher: Studio VistaPubDate: 1969PhysDes: 160 p. illus., ports. 19 cmSubject: COMEDIES ISBN: 0289796431LON: 720171
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Great Hollywood movies / Ted Sennett New York: Abradale Press/H.N. Abrams, 1986.
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Hollywood romantic comedy : states of the union 1934-65 Oxford Road, Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2006.
Call No: 732 HOLAuthor: Glitre, Kathrina Source: UKPlace: Oxford Road, Manchester, UKPublisher: Manchester University PressPubDate: 2006PhysDes: 199 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: COMEDIES ; ROMANTIC FILMS ; LOY, MYRNA ; POWELL, WILLIAM ; HEPBURN, AUDREY ; TRACY, SPENCER ; DAY, DORIS ; HUDSON, ROCK Notes: Includes index and bibliographical references ([p.] 188-195).
Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-195) and indexISBN: 0719070791Donation: Donated by Senses Of Cinema, 2009Contents: 1. Hollywood romantic comedy -- Genre, cycles and critical conditions --
2. Marriage -- The same but different: marriage, remarriage, and screwball comedy -- Making marriage fun: Myrna Loy and William Powell -- 3. Equality -- A little difference: equality and the career woman comedy -- Economy and excess: Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy -- 4. Desire -- Possess me: consuming desires in the sex comedy -- There must be a boy! Doris Day and Rock Hudson
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Humor in Middle Eastern cinema / edited by Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c2014.
Call No: 732(5-011) HUMAuthor: Revi, Gayatri (ed.) ; Rahman, Najat (ed.) Source: USPlace: DetroitPublisher: Wayne State University PressPubDate: c2014PhysDes: 282 pages ; 23 cmSeries: Contemporary approaches to film and mediaSubject: AFGHANISTAN ; ARAB COUNTRIES ; ARABS IN FILMS ; AUDIENCE RECEPTION ; BOLLYWOOD ; CENSORSHIP ; COMEDIES. MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES ; CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. US ; EGYPT ; HUMOUR IN FILMS ; INDIA ; IRAN ; IRAQ ; ISRAEL ; IRONY IN FILMS ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; PALESTINE ; POLITICAL FILMS ; RACIAL STEREOTYPES IN FILMS ; SATIRE IN FILMS ; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS ; PAKISTAN ; CHAHINE, YOUSSEF ; DHOUIB, MONCEF ; KIAROSTAMI, ABBAS ; ZARHIN, SHEMI ; AMERIKALI (TU, Serif Gören, 1993) ; BAD MA RA KHAHAD BORD (IR/FR, Abbas Kiarostami, 1999) ; DIVINE INTERVENTION (FR/MR/G/PA, Elia Suleiman, 2002) ; ISKANDERIJA...LIH? (UA/AE, Youssef Chahine, 1978) ; ALEXANDRIA...WHY? (UA/AE, Youssef Chahine, 1978) ; TELE ARRIVE, LA (TI, Moncef Dhouib, 2006) ; TERE BIN LADEN (II, Abhishek Sharma, 2010) ; TV IS COMING, THE (TI, Moncef Dhouib, 2006) Summary: "While Middle Eastern culture does not tend to be associated with laughter and levity in the global imagination, humor—often satirical—has long been a staple of mainstream Arabic film. In Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema, editors Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman shed light on this tradition, as well as humor and laughter motivated by other intent—including parody, irony, the absurd, burlesque, and dark comedy. Contributors trace the proliferation of humor in contemporary Middle Eastern cinema in the works of individual directors and from the perspectives of genre, national cinemas, and diasporic cinema. Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema explores what humor theorists have identified as an “emancipatory,” “liberatory,” even “revolutionary” function to humor. Among the questions contributors ask are: How does Middle Eastern cinema and media highlight the stakes and place of humor in art and in life? What is its relation to the political? Can humor in cinematic art be emancipatory? What are its limits for its intervention or transformation? Contributors examine the region’s masterful auteurs, such as Abbas Kiarostami, Youssef Chahine, and Elia Suleiman and cover a range of cinematic settings, including Egypt, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. They also trace diasporic issues in the distinctive cinema of India and Pakistan. This insightful collection will introduce readers to a variety of contemporary Middle Eastern cinema that has attracted little critical notice. Scholars of cinema and media studies as well as Middle Eastern cultural history will appreciate this introduction to a complex and fascinating cinema." -- GOOGLE BOOKSNotes: Contains bibliography and filmography -- contains index -- contains list of contributorsISBN: 9780814339374Contents: Introduction / Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman -- Humor, loss, and the possibility for politics in recent Palestinian cinema / Najat Rahman -- Strategies of subversion in Ben Ali's Tunisia: allegory and satire in Moncef Dhouib's TV Is Coming / Robert Lang -- Satiric traversals in the comedy of Mehran Modiri: space, irony, and national allegory on Iranian television / Cyrus Ali Zargar -- Ethnic humor, stereotypes, and cultural power in Israeli cinema / Elise Burton -- The laughter of Youssef Chahine / Najat Rahman -- Comedic meditations: war and genre in The Outcasts / Somy Kim -- Humor and the cinematic sublime in Kiarostami's The Wind Will Carry Us / Gayatri Devi -- America the oppressively funny: humor and anti-americanisms in modern Turkish cinema / Perin Gurel -- Laughter across borders: the case of the Bollywood film Tere Bin Laden / Mara Matta
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Interviews with Jerry Lewis in Melbourne Film Bulletin (April 1970) iss.12 p.26-36
PhysDes: ArticleSubject: 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".
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Laughing hysterically : American screen comedy of the 1950s / Ed Sikov New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.
Call No: 732(73) LAUAuthor: Sikov, Ed Place: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: xvii, 282 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: COMEDIES. USA ; TRANSVESTISM ; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS. USA ; LEWIS, JERRY ; MARTIN, DEAN ; MONROE, MARILYN ; SWANSON, GLORIA ; MANSFIELD, JAYNE ; RUSSELL, JANE ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; WILDER, BILLY ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; TASHLIN, FRANK ; ARTISTS AND MODELS (US, Frank Tashlin, 1955) ; GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, THE (US, Frank Tashlin, 1956) ; GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (US, Howard Hawks, 1953) ; MONKEY BUSINESS (US, Howard Hawks, 1952) ; SEVEN YEAR ITCH, THE (US, Billy Wilder, 1955) ; SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959) ; STALAG 17 (US, Billy Wilder, 1952) ; SUNSET BOULEVARD (US, Billy Wilder, 1950) ; TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1955) ; WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (US, Frank Tashlin, 1957) Summary: With the likes of Billy Wilder, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Frank Tashlin revelling in "monkeys, babies, beautiful blondes, money, and cruelty" in their signature films of the 1950s, this seemingly conformist period turns out to be one of the most dynamic and original eras in Hollywood history. What distinguishes these directors is their candid and amusing exploration of cultural anxieties in carnival form. Quirky yet complex films such as Monkey Business, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Sunset Boulevard, The Trouble with Harry, and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? released and expressed the sexual repression and frustration we commonly associate with the decadeNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-267) and indexISBN: 0231079826 (alk. paper)LON: 93048900; 10679624
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The logic of the absurd : on film and television comedy / Jerry Palmer London: British Film Institute, 1987.
Call No: 732 PALAuthor: Palmer, Jerry Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 1987PhysDes: 232 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: COMEDIES ; COMEDY PROGRAMMES ; HUMOUR IN FILMS ; HUMOUR ON TV ; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; FAWLTY TOWERS [TV] (UK, 1975; 1979) Summary: "What is comedy? We all know what entertains us and makes us laugh, but rarely stop to ask why. To answer this question, Jerry Palmer looks at examples culled from a variety of comic forms, ranging from Bob Hope to Laurel and Hardy slapstick to Dr Strangelove to Fawlty Towers, and examines how their humour works."--BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 085170204X; 0851702058 (pbk.)LON: 5413120Donation: Donated by Mike Counihan
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Lunatics and lovers : a tribute to the giddy and glittering era of the screen's "screwball" and romantic comedies New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, [1973].
Call No: 732 SENAuthor: Sennett, Ted Place: New Rochelle, N.Y.Publisher: Arlington HousePubDate: [1973]PhysDes: 368 p. illus. 24 cmSubject: COMEDIES ; STURGES, PRESTON ; AWFUL TRUTH, THE (US, Leo McCarey, 1937) ; BRINGING UP BABY (US, Howard Hawks, 1938) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; [MISTER] MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (US, Frank Capra, 1936) ; YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (US, Frank Capra, 1938) ; HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (US, Preston Sturges, 1943) Notes: Bibliography: p. [355]-356ISBN: 0870001965LON: 506387
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Movie parade / by Paul Rotha London New York: The Studio, ld. The Studio publications, inc, [1936].
Call No: 70 ROTAuthor: Rotha, Paul Place: London New YorkPublisher: The Studio, ld. The Studio publications, incPubDate: [1936]PhysDes: ix,142 p. : illus. ; 30 cmSubject: ADVENTURE FILMS ; AVANT-GARDE FILMS ; COMEDIES ; CRIME FILMS ; DOCUMENTARIES ; INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS ; EPIC FILMS ; FANTASTIC FILMS ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1920's ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's ; INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS ; MELODRAMA ; MUSICALS ; ROMANIES IN FILM ; SATIRE IN FILMS ; WAR FILMS ; WESTERNS ; BIG PARADE, THE (US, King Vidor, 1925) ; CHYORTOVO KOLESO (UR, Grigori Kozintsev & Leonid Trauberg, 1926) ; FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE, THE (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1962) ; GENERAL, THE (UK, John Boorman, 1998) ; GOLD RUSH, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1925) ; GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, THE (US, Edwin S. Porter, 1903) ; IRON HORSE, THE (UK, John Ford, 1924) ; LOST PATROL, THE (US, John Ford, 1934) ; OUR HOSPITALITY (US, Buster Keaton & John Blystone, 1923) ; PUBLIC ENEMY, THE (US, William Wellmen, 1931) ; QUICK MILLIONS (US, Rowland Brown, 1931) ; SON OF KONG (US, Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933) ; SPEEDY (US, Ted Wilde, 1928) ; TABU (US, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1931) ; TESTAMENT DES DOKTOR MABUSE, DAS (G, Fritz Lang, 1933) ; WINGS (US, William Wellman, 1927) ; WOMAN OF PARIS, A (US, Charles Chaplin, 1923) Notes: Title on two leaves; "Pictorial survey ... some 600 stills ... from all parts of the world."--p. [iv]LON: 1376838
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The movies : the sixty-year story of the world of Hollywood from pre-nickelodeon days to the present / by Richard Griffith and Arthur Mayer London: Spring Books, c1957.
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The National Society of Film Critics on movie comedy / editied by Stuart Byron and Elisabeth Weis New York: Penguin Books, 1977.
Call No: 732 BYRAuthor: Byron, Stuart ; Weis Elisabeth Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Penguin BooksPubDate: 1977PhysDes: xi, 308 p. ; 24 cmSubject: 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 indexISBN: 0140045783
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The New Australian cinema / editor: Scott Murray, associate editor: Peter Beilby West Melbourne, Vic.: Nelson, 1980.
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New Korean cinema / by Julian Stringer and Chi-Yun Shin Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005.
Call No: 71(519-13) NEWAuthor: Stringer, Julian and Shin, Chi-Yun Source: UKPlace: EdinburghPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: 2005PhysDes: x, 234p. ; b+w ill. : 24cm.Subject: KOREA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. KOREA ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; FESTIVALS ; GENRES ; HORROR FILMS ; COMEDIES ; MELODRAMA ; ROMANTIC FILMS ; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS ; CHUNHYANG (KO, Im Kwon-Taek, 2000) ; TEL MI SSEOMTING (KO, Chang Youn-Hyun, 2000) ; BOKSEUNEUN NAEUI GEOS (KO, Park Chan-wook, 2002) ; CHINGU (KO, Kwak Kyeong-Taek, 2001) ; GOYANGIREUL BUTAKHAE (KO, Jeong Jae-eun, 2001) ; JUYUSO SEUBGYUKSAGEUN (KO, Kim Sang-Jin, 1999) ; SARA-INNUN RYONGHONGDUL (KO, Kim Chun-song, 2001) ; YURYEONG (KO, Min Biong Hun, 1999) ; BAKHA SATANG (KO, Lee Chang-Dong, 1999) ; SAENG-HWAL-EUI BAL-GYUN (KO, Hong Sangsoo, 2002) ; YEOGO GOEDAM II (KO, Kim Tae-Yong, 2000) ; SUN AE BO (KO, E J-Young, 2001) Summary: "New Korean Cinema provides a comprehensive overview of the production, circulation, and reception of this vibrant cinema, which has begun to flourish again in the past decade, following the lifting of repressive government policies. In addition to providing a cultural, historical, and social context for understanding this burgeoning cinema, the book considers the political economy of South Korea's film industry, strategies of domestic and international distribution and marketing, and the consumption of Korean films throughout the world. The volume also includes a glossary of key terms and a bibliography of works on Korean cinema."Notes: Includes bibliographical references, glossary, websites and indexISBN: 9780814740309Language: English
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The Oxford handbook of the American musical / Edited by Raymond Knapp, Mitchell Morris, Stacy Wolf Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, 2013.
Call No: 751.1(73) OXFAuthor: Knapp, Raymond ; Morris, Mitchell ; Wolf, Stacy Edition: paperbackSource: US/UKPlace: Oxford ; New YorkPublisher: Oxford University PressPubDate: 2011, 2013PhysDes: x, 470 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmSubject: AUDIENCES ; AUTHORSHIP ; BLACKS AND THE CINEMA. US ; BOX OFFICE. USA ; COMEDIES ; DANCE IN FILMS ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; HISTORY OF CINEMA ; HOLLYWOOD ; IDENTITY IN FILMS ; IDEOLOGY IN FILMS ; MEDIA AND THE CINEMA ; MUSIC IN FILMS ; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA ; MUSICALS. USA ; RACE AND THE CINEMA ; THEATRE AND THE CINEMA ; ANDREWS, JULIE ; ASTAIRE, FRED ; BERLIN, IRVING ; FOSSE, BOB ; HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR, II ; KERN, JEROME ; MERMAN, ETHEL ; ROBBINS, JEROME ; SONDHEIM, STEPHEN ; BLACK CROOK, THE (US, Robert G. Vignola, 1916) ; CABARET (US, Bob Fosse, 1972) ; CHICAGO (US, Rob Marshall, 2002) ; CHORUS LINE (US, Richard Attenborough, 1985) ; FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (US, Norman Jewison, 1971) ; GUYS AND DOLLS (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1955) ; GYPSY (US, Emile Ardolino, 1994) ; MY FAIR LADY (US, George Cukor, 1964) ; OKLAHOMA! (US, Fred Zinneman, 1955) ; PRODUCERS, THE (US, Mel Brooks, 1967) ; SHOWBOAT (US, George Sidney, 1951) ; SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1965) ; WEST SIDE STORY (US, Robert Wise, 1961) Summary: "The Oxford Handbook of The American Musical offers new and cutting-edge essays on the most important and compelling issues and topics in the growing, interdisciplinary field of musical-theater and film-musical studies. Taking the form of a "keywords" book, it introduces readers to the concepts and terms that define the history of the musical as a genre and that offer ways to reflect on the specific creative choices that shape musicals and their performance on stage and screen. The handbook offers a cross-section of essays written by leading experts in the field, organized within broad conceptual groups, which together capture the breadth, direction, and tone of musicals studies today." - GOOGLE BOOKSNotes: Includes bibliographic references and indexISBN: 9780199987368Contents: Part I: Historiography. Narratives and values / Mitchell Morris -- Texts and authors / Jim Lovensheimer -- Musical styles and song conventions / Paul R. Laird -- Evolution of dance in the golden age of the American "book musical" / Liza Gennaro; Part II: Transformations. Minstrelsy and theatrical miscegenation / Thomas L. Riis -- Tin Pan Alley songs on stage and screen before World War II / Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris -- Integration / Geoffrey Block -- After the "golden age" / Jessica Sternfeld and Elizabeth L. Wollman; Part III: Media. Theater / Tamsen Wolff -- The filmed musical / Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris -- The television musical / Robynn J. Stilwell -- The animated film musical / Susan Smith -- The evolution of the original cast album / George Reddick; Part IV: Identities. Race, ethnicity, performance / Todd Decker -- Gender and sexuality / Stacy Wolf -- The politics of region and nation in American musicals / Chase A. Bringardner -- Class and culture / David Savran; Part V: Performance. The institutional structure of the American musical theater / David Sanjek -- Orchestration and arrangement : creating the Broadway sound / Dominic Symonds -- Musical theater directors / Barbara Wallace Grossman -- Sets, costumes, lights, and spectacle / Virginia Anderson -- Acting / John M. Clum -- Singing / Mitchell Morris and Raymond Knapp -- Dance and choreography / Zachary A. Dorsey; Part VI: Audiences. Box office / Steven Adler -- Audiences and critics / Michelle Dvoskin -- Stars and fans / Holley Replogle-Wong -- Knowing your audience / Jennifer Chapman -- Performance, authenticity, and the reflexive idealism of the American musical / Raymond Knapp
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Phantasms / Adrian Martin Ringwood, Vic.: McPhee Gribble, 1994.
Call No: 403 MARAuthor: Martin, Adrian Place: Ringwood, Vic.Publisher: McPhee GribblePubDate: 1994PhysDes: xii, 212 p. ; 21 cmSubject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV ; VIETNAM WAR FILMS ; THRILLERS ; MYTH AND THE CINEMA ; COMEDIES ; BLOCKBUSTERS ; SURREALISM AND THE CINEMA ; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS ; CITIES IN FILMS ; ENDINGS OF FILMS ; CAPRA, FRANK ; EDWARDS, BLAKE ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; THIRTYSOMETHING [TV] (US, 1987-91) ; JFK (US, Oliver Stone, 1991) ; BENNY HILL SHOW, THE [TV] (UK, 1979) ; DUNLEAVY [TV] (US, 1992?) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) Notes: Includes index; CIP confirmed; Subtitle on cover: The dreams and desires at the heart of our popular culture; Bibliography: p. 199-201ISBN: 0869142917 (pbk.)LON: 10669030
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Pursuits of happiness : the Hollywood comedy of remarriage / Stanley Cavell Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1981.
Call No: 732 CAVAuthor: Cavell, Stanley, 1926 Place: Cambridge, Mass.Publisher: Harvard University PressPubDate: 1981PhysDes: 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: Harvard film studiesSubject: COMEDIES Notes: Includes indexISBN: 0674739051LON: 2009149
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Romantic comedy in Hollywood : from Lubitsch to Sturges / James Harvey New York: Knopf, 1987.
Call No: 732(73) HARAuthor: Harvey, James, 1929 Edition: 1st edSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: KnopfPubDate: 1987PhysDes: xii, 716 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: ACTORS ; COMEDIES ; DIRECTORS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's ; HOLLYWOOD ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; ROMANTIC COMEDY ; ROMANTIC FILMS. USA ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; STAR SYSTEM ; ARTHUR, JEAN ; ASTAIRE, FRED ; BRACKEN, EDDIE ; CAGNEY, JAMES ; CAPRA, FRANK ; COLBERT, CLAUDETTE ; COOPER, GARY ; DUNNE, IRENE ; GABLE, CLARK ; GRANT, CARY ; HARLOW, JEAN ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; LA CAVA, GREGORY ; Lombard, Carole ; LOY, MYRNA ; LUBITSCH, ERNST ; MCCAREY, LEO ; MCCREA, JOEL ; POWELL, WILLIAM ; ROGERS, GINGER ; Stanwyck, Barbara ; STEVENS, GEORGE ; STURGES, PRESTON ; AWFUL TRUTH, THE (US, Leo McCarey, 1937) ; BRINGING UP BABY (US, Howard Hawks, 1938) ; FIFTH AVENUE GIRL (US, Gregory La Cava, 1939) ; HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; LADY EVE, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1941) ; LOVE PARADE, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1929) ; NINOTCHKA (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1939) ; PALM BEACH STORY, THE (US, Preston Sturgess, 1942) ; SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1940) ; TROUBLE IN PARADISE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1932) ; UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (US, Preston Sturges, 1948) Summary: "Reading ROMANTIC COMEDY is like going to the movies. It recreates for us movies we've come to love: movies the way they were when, in 1934, four in particular - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, TWENTIETH CENTURE, THE THIN MAN, and THE GAY DIVORCEE - heralded the arrival of the golden age of Hollywood romantic ("screwball") comedy. Over the next ten years, some of Hollywood's brightest directors and stars turned out some of America's most enduring and beloved films. The screwballs - slangy, irreverent, playful, skeptical, and "powerfully, glamorously in love with love" - constitute a genre of American film unique in its combination of the innocent and the worldly, of swank and slapstick. Now critic James Harvey - writing with brilliance and humor - gives us the first truly comprehensive book about these movies and the people who made them." [Taken from book jacket]Notes: Includes indexISBN: 0394503392LON: 5273661
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The screening of Australia : anatomy of a national cinema / Susan Dermody, Elizabeth Jacka Sydney: Currency Press, 1987-<1988.
Call No: 71(94) DER v.2Author: Dermody, Susan ; Jacka, Elizabeth Place: SydneyPublisher: Currency PressPubDate: 1987-<1988PhysDes: v. <1-2 > ; 21 cmSeries: Australian screen seriesSubject: BUDDY FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; AUSTRALIA ; THEORY. AUSTRALIA ; CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. AUSTRALIA ; CLASS AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA ; WOMEN IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; MEN IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; POLITICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; SEX IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; REALISM IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION ; BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) ; ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1972) ; CAREFUL HE MIGHT HEAR YOU (AT, Carl Schutz, 1983) ; GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981) ; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) ; MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER, THE (AT, George T. Miller, 1982) ; MY BROTHER JACK (AT, Gil Brealey, 1965) ; ALVIN PURPLE (AT, Tim Burstall, 1973) ; CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, THE (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1978) ; FAR EAST (AT, John Duigan, 1982) ; F.J. HOLDEN, THE (AT, Michael Thornhill, 1977) ; HEATWAVE (AT, Phillip Noyce, 1981) ; KILLING OF ANGEL STREET, THE (AT, Donald Crombie, 1981) ; MAD MAX II (AT, George Miller, 1981) ; NEWSFRONT (AT, Phillip Noyce, 1978) ; PALM BEACH (AT, Albie Thoms, 1979) ; PHAR LAP (AT, Simon Wincer, 1983) ; PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975) ; SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY (AT, Ken Hannam, 1975) ; TOWN LIKE ALICE, A (AT, David Stevens, 1980) ; WE OF THE NEVER NEVER (AT, Igor Auzins, 1982) Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexISBN: 0861911876 (v. 2); 0868191876 (v. 2)LON: 5369777
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Sex Comedy : Or...Where Were You When the Lights Came On? in Melbourne Film Bulletin (October 1970) iss.14 p.22-30
Author: Finney, Alan PhysDes: Article
ReviewSubject: COMEDIES ; HOLLYWOOD ; SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN WIFE, THE (US, George Axelrod, 1968) ; APARTMENT, THE (US, Billy Wilder, 1960) ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; HUDSON, ROCK Summary: Essay discusses the film products of the Hollywood industry, focusing on the "sex comedy" genre, and analysing it in terms of its setting, characterisation and motivations, and also its cinematic devices used to convey meaning.
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The silent clowns / by Walter Kerr New York: Knopf, 1975.
Call No: 732 KER; FOLIOAuthor: Kerr, Walter, 1913 Edition: 1st edPlace: New YorkPublisher: KnopfPubDate: 1975PhysDes: 372 p. : ill. ; 31 cmSubject: COMEDIANS ; COMEDIES ; Keaton, Buster ; HARDY, OLIVER ; LAUREL, STAN ; GRIFFITH, RAYMOND ; LANGDON, HARRY ; SENNETT, MACK ; LLOYD, HAROLD ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES Notes: Includes indexISBN: 0394469070 : $17.95LON: 384380
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Some Basic Characteristics of the Fool in Melbourne Film Bulletin (April 1970) iss.12 p.3-12
Author: Willeford, William PhysDes: ArticleSubject: COMEDIES Summary: Abstract and notes taken from Willeford's book "The Fool and the Sceptre", 'in his examination of the fool, folly, and the mimetic process'.
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The unruly woman : gender and the genres of laughter / by Kathleen Rowe Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1995.
Call No: 451-025 ROWAuthor: Rowe, Kathleen, 1947 Edition: 1st edPlace: Austin, Tex.Publisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: 1995PhysDes: x, 272 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSeries: Texas film studies seriesSubject: COMEDIENNES ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; COMEDIES ; TRANSVESTISM ; MELODRAMA ; SITUATION COMEDY ; CARNIVAL AND THE CINEMA ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; ARNOLD, ROSEANNE ; MISS PIGGY ; WEST, MAE ; STILTE ROND CHRISTINE M., DE (NE, Marleen Gorris, 1982) ; ROSEANNE [TV] (US, 1988- ) ; SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959) ; BRINGING UP BABY (US, Howard Hawks, 1938) ; BALL OF FIRE (US, Howard Hawks, 1942) ; BORN YESTERDAY (US, George Cukor, 1950) ; LADY EVE, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1941) ; MOONSTRUCK (US, Norman Jewison, 1987) ; PRETTY WOMAN (US, Garry Marshall, 1990) ; SHE DONE HIM WRONG (US, Lowell Sherman, 1933) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; SYLVIA SCARLETT (US, George Cukor, 1935) ; GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (US, Howard Hawks, 1953) Summary: Unruly women have been making a spectacle of themselves in film and on television from Mae West to Roseanne Arnold. In this groundbreaking work, Kathleen Rowe explores how the unruly woman - often a voluptuous, noisy, joke-making rebel or "woman on top" - uses humor and excess to undermine patriarchal norms and authority. At the heart of the book are detailed analyses of two highly successful unruly women - the comedian Roseanne Arnold and the Muppet Miss Piggy. Putting these two figures in a deeper cultural perspective, Rowe also examines the evolution of romantic film comedy from the classical Hollywood period to the present, showing how the comedic roles of actresses such as Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck, and Marilyn Monroe offered an alternative, empowered image of women that differed sharply from the "suffering heroine" portrayed in classical melodramas; This feminist study of comedy in film and television offers exciting new opportunities for understanding these media. Written with verve and humor, it will be important reading for a wide popular and scholarly audience in mass communications, gender studies, and popular cultureNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and indexISBN: 0292790724; 0292770693 (pbk.)LON: 94013656; 10900401
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The writer's journey : mythic structure for storytellers and screenwriters / Christopher Vogler London: Pan, 1998.
Call No: 632.43 VOGAuthor: Vogler, Christopher, 1949 Edition: 2nd rev. edPlace: LondonPublisher: PanPubDate: 1998PhysDes: xxiii,326 p. ; 22 cmSubject: SCRIPTWRITING ; MYTH AND THE CINEMA ; BEVERLY HILLS COP (US, Martin Brest, 1984) ; FULL MONTY, THE (UK/US, Robert Cattaneo, 1997) ; LION KING, THE (US, Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994) ; OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, AN (US, Taylor Hackford, 1982) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; ROMANCING THE STONE (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1984) ; COMEDIES ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) ; WIZARD OF OZ, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) Notes: This ed. originally published: London: Boxtree, 1996; Bibliography: p302. - Includes indexISBN: 0330375911(pbk.) : ª14.99LON: 14527333
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