The Hollywood Romantic Comedy

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The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film, from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, this book examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveys the controversies arising from the critical responses to these films. Provides a detailed interpretation of important romantic comedy films from as early as 1932 to movies made in the twenty-first century Presents a full analysis of the range of romantic comedy conventions, including dramatic conflicts, characters, plots, settings, and the function of humor Develops a survey of romantic comedy movies and builds a canon of key films from Hollywood's classical era right up to the present day Chapters work as discrete studies as well as within the larger context of the book

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : Leger Grindon
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release : 2011-04-18
File : 242 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781405182669


Hollywood Romantic Comedy

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Topics include films starring: Myrna Loy and William Powell, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Doris Day and Rock Hudson.

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : Kathrina Glitre
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Release : 2006-10-31
File : 218 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0719070791


Classical Hollywood Comedy

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Applies the recent `return to history' in film studies to the genre of classical Hollywood comedy as well as broadening the definition of those works considered central in this field.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Kristine Brunovska Karnick
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2013-02-01
File : 440 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781135213237


Hollywood Sex Comedies 1953 1964

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The Hollywood "sex comedy"--a feature-length film in which sex motivates the storyline and the laughs are triggered by sexual situations--came into its own with the 1953 release of the once-controversial The Moon Is Blue. That film received very positive critical and audience response despite being denied a seal of approval from the Production Code Administration and receiving a "Condemned" rating from the Legion of Decency. (These two formidable watchdog agencies would continue to be challenged--and audiences would continue to be convulsed--by the abundance of sex comedies still to come.) The present informal survey focuses on 25 selected examples of the genre, released between 1953 and 1964. Along with such familiar works as The Seven Year Itch, The Tender Trap, Pillow Talk and Kiss Me, Stupid, several lesser-known sex comedies like I Married a Woman, The Tunnel of Love, Happy Anniversary and Period of Adjustment are documented, analyzed and placed in context with their times. Some are masterpieces, others mildly amusing and a few downright awful, but all are fascinating artifacts of a bygone era in popular entertainment.

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : Hal Erickson
Publisher : McFarland
Release : 2024-07-09
File : 280 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781476693538


Romantic Comedy In Hollywood

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In 1934 four movies—It Happened One Night, Twentieth Century, The Thin Man, and The Gay Divorcee—ushered in the golden age of the Hollywood romantic ("screwball") comedy. Slangy, playful, and "powerfully, glamorously in love with love," the films that followed were unique in their combination of swank and slapstick. Here are the directors—Lubitsch (Trouble in Paradise), Capra (It Happened One Night), Hawks (Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday), McCarey (The Awful Truth), La Cava (My Man Godfrey, Stage Door), Sturges (The Lady Eve, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle at Morgan's Creek)—and their stars—Carole Lombard, Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, William Powell, Myrna Loy, among others—all described and analyzed in one comprehensive and delightful volume.

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : James Harvey
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Release : 1998-03-22
File : 738 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0306808323


Genre And Contemporary Hollywood

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This wide-ranging text is one of the first to look in detail at some of the principal genres, cycles and trends in Hollywood's output during the last two decades. It includes analysis of such films as Sense and Sensibility, Grifters, The Mask, When Harry Met Sally, Pocahontas, Titanic, Basic Instinct, Coppola's Dracula, and Malcolm X.

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : Steve Neale
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2019-07-25
File : 330 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781838715908


Passionate Love And Popular Cinema

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This book analyses the romantic drama and the way that passionate love is presented as the central storyline in popular cinema, drawing upon genre studies and sociology. Exploring the passionate love story as a cinematic form, it also contributes, through comparison, to research on the romantic comedy.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Erica Todd
Publisher : Springer
Release : 2013-12-16
File : 182 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781137295385


Film Appreciation Through Genres

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Our love of films often leads us to discuss them in enthusiastic, if not necessarily sophisticated, conversations. Many moviegoers want a better understanding so that they might better articulate their experiences. This midpoint between theorizing and plot summary is not difficult to achieve. Since their introduction just before the turn of the 20th century, the vast majority of narrative films have followed the same structure--now known as Classic Hollywood Cinema. This book examines what "classic" means, particularly in Westerns, gangster films, film noir, horror, science fiction, slapstick comedy and screwball comedy/romance. The reader is introduced to concepts of film theory, which leads to a better and deeper appreciation of the movies. A 20-page comprehensive industry glossary of film terms is included for easy reference.

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : Michael Patrick Gillespie
Publisher : McFarland
Release : 2019-01-10
File : 242 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781476635507


Refocus The Films Of Michel Gondry

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In this book, a range of international scholars offers a comprehensive study of this significant and influential figure, covering his French and English-language films and videos, and framing Gondry as a transnational auteur whose work provides insight into both French/European and American cinematic and cultural identity.

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : Marcelline Block
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Release : 2020-09-21
File : 240 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781474456036


Seven Degrees Of Independence

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A Collection of Essays

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Genre : Art
Author : Amir Ganjavie
Publisher : H&S Media
Release : 2015-10-05
File : 237 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781780835235