A chorus of raspberries
Subtitle: British film comedy, 1929-1939
By: David Sutton.
Series: Exeter studies in film history
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Exeter, Devon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Comedy films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism
Description: "A Chorus of Raspberries traces the British comedy film from its roots in pre-cinematic entertainment forms such as music-hall, variety and revue, to situate it as part of a wider cross-media popular aesthetic. Like the movement of British comedy itself, which draws material from the margins to the centre, it recognises what has previously been relegated to footnotes in the history of cinema for the central strand that it is."--Jacket.
Notes: Filmography: p. 246-282.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-289) and index.