Classical Hollywood Comedy

By: Henry Jenkins (Editor), Kristine Brunovska Karnick (Editor)

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Paperback | 19 October 1994 | Edition Number 1

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Classical Hollywood Comedy applies the recent return to history' in film studies to the genre of classical Hollywod comedy, as well as broadening the definition of those works considered central in the field. This anthology combines detailed case studies of specific films and filmmakers, with overviews of general theoretical and questions. The book as a whole considers film comedy's roots in other forms of popular culture, its place within industry practice, the shifting relationship to the audience, and its gradual integration into the normative of the studio' film narrative. Within this framework, the book examines the issues of gender and sexuality, neglected by most previous treatments of classical Hollywood comedy, as well as taking on both silent and sound comedy, areas of the genre rarely examined together. The essays offer new insights into canonical figures such as Preston Sturges and Buster Keaton, as well as reflecting new interest in the work of Cecil B. DeMille, Mae West and Jerry Lewis.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Golden Eras and Blind Spots - Genre, History and Comedy	p. 1
A Spanner in the Works? Genre, Narrative and the Hollywood Comedian	p. 17
Comedy, Melodrama and Gender: Theorizing the Genres of Laughter	p. 39
Introduction: Funny Stories	p. 63
Crazy Machines in the Garden of Forking Paths: Mischief Gags and the Origins of American Film Comedy	p. 87
Pie and Chase: Gag, Spectacle and Narrative in Slapstick Comedy	p. 106
Response to "Pie and Chase"	p. 120
Commitment and Reaffirmation in Hollywood Romantic Comedy	p. 123
Introduction: Acting Funny	p. 149
The Keystone Film Company and the Historiography of Early Slapstick	p. 168
The Making of a Comic Star: Buster Keaton and The Saphead	p. 190
Goin' to Town and Beyond: Mae West, Film Censorship and the Comedy of Unmarriage	p. 211
"The Laughingstock of the City": Performance Anxiety, Male Dread and Unfaithfully Yours	p. 238
Introduction: Comedy and the Social World	p. 265
Divorce, DeMille and the Comedy of Remarriage	p. 282
Romantic Love and Friendship: The Redefinition of Gender Relations in Screwball Comedy	p. 314
Queerness, Comedy and The Women	p. 332
Notes	p. 349
Index	p. 411
List of Contributors	p. 429
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