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The runaway bride : Hollywood romantic comedy of the 1930's
- Title
- The runaway bride : Hollywood romantic comedy of the 1930's / Elizabeth Kendall.
- Author
- Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947-
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN1995.9.C55 K38 1990 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 285 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Kendall describes the pivotal moment in American film history when a new movie genre--the Depression-era romantic comedy--was born, and how it reflected the changing social, historical, feministic, and cinematic norms introduced by the Depression. Black-and-white photographs.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-274) and index.
- Contents
- Capra and Stanwyck: Ladies of Leisure -- Capra and Colbert: It Happened One Night -- Romantic comedy settles in -- Stevens and Hepburn: Alice Adams -- Stevens and Rogers: Swing Time -- Capra and Arthur: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- La Cava and Lombard: My Man Godfrey -- La Cava, Rogers, and Hepburn: Stage Door -- McCarey, Stevens, and Dunne: Love Affair and Penny Serenade -- Sturges, Stanwyck, and Colbert: The Lady Eve and The Palm Beach Story.
- ISBN
- 0394511875
- 9780394511870
- LCCN
- 90053164
- OCLC
- ocm21525409
- 21525409
- SCSB-1925594
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library