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Film clowns of the depression : twelve defining comic performances
- Title
- Film clowns of the depression : twelve defining comic performances / Wes D. Gehring ; foreword by Ray E. Boomhower.
- Author
- Gehring, Wes D.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2007], ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PN1995.9.C55 G424 2007 | Off-site |
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- Description
- vii, 208 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "This book examines clown comedy of the Depression-era film. In its detailed coverage of twelve memorable pictures, it reveals the brilliance and ingenuity behind the work of masters from Chaplin to Laurel and Hardy to Joe E. Brown. Their clown characters demonstrated a resilience that was desperately needed during the Depression and can still be greatly appreciated today." "The films discussed are City Lights (1931, Chaplin), The Kid From Spain (1932, Eddie Cantor), She Done Him Wrong (1933, Mae West), Duck Soup (1933, Marx Brothers), Sons of the Desert (1933, Laurel and Hardy), Judge Priest (1934, Will Rogers), It's a Gift (1934, W.C. Fields), Alibi Ike (1935, Joe E. Brown), A Night at the Opera (1935, Marx Brothers), Modern Times (1936, Chaplin), Way Out West (1937, Laurel and Hardy), and The Cat and the Canary (1939, Bob Hope)."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Comedy films > United States > History and criticism
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-203) and index.
- Includes filmography: p. 181-182.
- ISBN
- 9780786428922 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0786428929 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007000555
- OCLC
- OCM77716817
- 77716817
- SCSB-5323937
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries