Title: Comedy is a man in trouble : slapstick in American movies /
Authors: Dale, Alan S., 1960-
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Comedy films United States History and criticism
Abstract: "Comedy Is a Man in Trouble traces the legacy of physical humor from the performances of vaudeville actors and circus clowns to its ongoing popularity in the films of Jim Carrey and the Farrelly brothers."--Jacket.
Contents: Comedy is a man in trouble -- Chaplin as Proteus, low-down and high up -- Junior: Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton -- Girl heroes -- The Marx brothers: the buoyant refuse of our teeming shore -- Preston Sturges: girl in a jam, boy in a jam -- Jerry Lewis: the once and future king of comedy.