Title: Too Funny for Words
Description: "American silent film comedies were dominated by sight gags, stunts and comic violence. With the advent of sound, comedies in the 1930s were a riot of runaway heiresses and fast-talking screwballs. It was more than a technological pivot -- the first feature-length sound film, The Jazz Singer (1927), changed Hollywood"--
Subjects: Comedy films, Film criticism, Silent films, History and criticism, Screwball comedy films