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The Marx Brothers by Wes D. Gehring
SciFier: £78.49This bio-bibliography was designed to present a combined biographical, critical, and bibliographical portrait of the Marx Brothers. It examines their significance in film comedy in particular, and as... -
Screwball Comedy by Wes D. Gehring
SciFier: £61.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313246500Author Wes D. GehringFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint -
Laurel and Hardy by Wes D. Gehring
SciFier: £68.99This book presents a combined biographical, critical, and bibliographical estimate of Laurel & Hardy's significance in film comedy, the arts in general, and as popular culture icons. Of the two,... -
Parody as Film Genre by Wes D. Gehring
SciFier: £78.49Parody is the least appreciated of all film comedy genres and receives little serious attention, even among film fans. This study elevates parody to mainstream significance. A historical overview... -
W. C. Fields by Wes D. Gehring
SciFier: £58.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.All students of the 'Great Man's'career will have to rely on this work... Perhaps Gehring's greatest contributio here is his... -
Populism and the Capra Legacy by Wes D. Gehring
SciFier: £61.99Traditionally identified with screwball comedies, Frank Capra has seldom been considered a conduit for populist concerns and issues. In this book, Gehring examines the influence of both Will Rogers... -
American Dark Comedy by Wes D. Gehring
SciFier: £78.49From Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, Gehring presents a compelling theory of the black comedy film genre. Placing the movies he discusses in a historical and... -
Personality Comedians as Genre by Wes D. Gehring
SciFier: £78.49The success of clown comedy is dependent on the comic or comics who take center stage. These comics are usually identified with a specific comedic shtick, physical or visual humor, and their underdog... -
Romantic vs. Screwball Comedy by Wes D. Gehring
SciFier: £67.49Famous co-stars such as Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant to Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, have made screwball and romantic comedies a big seller at the box office. These seemingly timeless genres are as... -
Groucho and W. C. Fields by Wes D. Gehring
RRP: £28.95SciFier: £22.56Before Groucho Marx and W. C. Fields American comedy was innocent. After they left their hilarious smudges on the genre, comedy was anything but. Here in a captivating book comparing and contrasting... -
Charlie Chaplin: A Bio-Bibliography Wes D. Gehring 9780313232886
SciFier: £56.99Product information not available.The biography is as good an introduction to Chaplin's life and films as has been published. The bibliographical essay ... offers clear and reliable evaluations of... -
Leo McCarey: From Marx to McCarthy Wes D. Gehring 9780810852631
SciFier: £77.99Early in his Hollywood career, Leo McCarey honed his skills by working with some of the great names of comedy, including Laurel and Hardy, W.C. Fields, and The Marx Brothers, whose 1933 classic, Duck...