Forties Film Funnymen: The Decade's Great Comedians at Work in the Shadow of War

by Wes D. Gehring

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The twelve classic comedy films examined within these pages are distinguished by an equal number of defining comic performances. Ranging from The Great Dictator (1940) to A Southern Yankee (1948), each film focuses on the most central theme of "clown comedy" Resilience, the encouragement or hope that one can survive the most daunting of life's dilemmas--even during the war-torn 1940s. And each film can be regarded as a microcosm...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0786442573

ISBN13:9780786442577

Release Date:May 2010

Publisher:McFarland & Company

Length:234 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.7" x 8.9"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Arts, Music & Photography Performing Arts

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