Famous 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 popular
today as ever! This book takes a closer look at the precise meanings
of the terms screwball and romantic. Film fans and scholars alike tend
to lump film with laughter and love under a screwball/romantic
umbrella and use the terms screwball and romantic interchangeably. In
reality, there is a distinction; the screwball variety places its
emphasis on "funny," while the more traditional romantic comedy
accents "love." Covering over 60 titles each of romantic and screwball
comedy dating from the 1930s to the present, this research tool not
only demonstrates how screwball and romantic comedy are two distinct
genres, but also highlights pivotal social and artistic changes which
impacted both genres. Includes 24 black and white movie stills,
countless quotations from selected films, an annotated bibliography,
and a two-part filmography. Not only an informative resource for film
students and scholars, but also an interesting read for film buffs.
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ISBN
9781461670919
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
Scarecrow Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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