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The Hal Roach comedy shorts of Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts and Patsy Kelly
- Title
- The Hal Roach comedy shorts of Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts and Patsy Kelly / James L. Neibaur.
- Author
- Neibaur, James L., 1958-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | MFLE 19-2520 | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- viii, 177 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Hoping to follow his success with Laurel and Hardy with a female comedy team, producer Hal Roach paired Thelma Todd with ZaSu Pitts in a 1931 series of two-reel shorts that were quickly successful. This book takes the first film-by-film look at each of the comedies these women made"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172) and index.
- Contents
- The early life of Thelma Todd -- The early life of ZaSu Pitts -- The films of Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts -- The films of Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly -- The death of Thelma Todd -- The film of Patsy Kelly and Pert Kelton -- The films of Patsy Kelly and Lyda Roberti -- The later years of ZaSu Pitts and Patsy Kelly.
- Call Number
- MFLE 19-2520
- ISBN
- 9781476672557
- 1476672555
- 9781476634319 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018054288
- OCLC
- 1080247893
- Author
- Neibaur, James L., 1958- author.
- Title
- The Hal Roach comedy shorts of Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts and Patsy Kelly / James L. Neibaur.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFLE 19-2520