Comedy is a man in trouble
Subtitle: slapstick in American movies
By: Alan Dale.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Comedy films -- United States -- History and criticism
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Comedy Is a Man in Trouble 1; title: 2. Chaplin as Proteus, Low-Down and High Up 31; title: 3. Junior: Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton 59; title: 4. Girl Heroes 92; title: 5. The Marx Brothers: The Buoyant Refuse of Our Teeming Shore 132; title: 6. Preston Sturges: Girl in a Jam, Boy in a Jam 161; title: 7. Jerry Lewis: The Once and Future King of Comedy 190; title: Coda 213; title: Notes 221; title: Works Cited 237; title: Index 247.