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Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1987
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 716 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Harvey discusses the romantic movie comedies of the 1930's and 1940's, an era which he describes as beginning with the films of Ernst Lubitsch and ending with those of Preston Sturges. He divides the book into three parts: the Lubitsch era, 1929-1933; and the Sturges era, 1940-1948. Harvey's definition of romantic comedy is so broad that it includes musical comedies, screwball comedies, and any film with comic elements. He includes lengthy discussion...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From culture writer and GQ contributor Scott Meslow, an in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the 80s and the 90s, its slow decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming, featuring exclusive interviews with the directors, writers, and stars of the iconic films that defined the genre"--
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