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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Kalat, David, 1970- author.     Subjects     Comedy films -- United States -- History and criticism.     Silent films -- United States -- History and criticism.     Screwball comedy films -- United States -- History and criticism.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kalat, David, 1970- author.       by title:      Too funny for words ...         MARC Display

Too funny for words : a contrarian history of American screen comedy from silent slapstick to screwball / David Kalat. by Kalat, David, 1970- author. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019] Subjects Comedy films -- United States -- History and criticism.   Silent films -- United States -- History and criticism.   Screwball comedy films -- United States -- History and criticism. ISBN:  9781476678566 (paperback) 1476678561 (paperback) Description:  viii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "American silent film comedies were dominated by sight gags, stunts and comic violence. With the advent of sound, comedies in the 1930s were a riot of runaway heiresses and fast-talking screwballs. It was more than a technological pivot -- the first feature-length sound film, The Jazz Singer (1927), changed Hollywood"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 791.43617 Ka Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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