Comic Mind Comedy and the Movies

Name: Comic Mind Comedy and the Movies
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ISBN: 9780226509785

ISBN-10: 0226509788

ISBN-13: 9780226509785

Edition: 2nd (Reprint)

Authors: Gerald Mast

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Although books on the comedies of the silent era abound, few have attempted to survey film comedy as a whole--its history and evolution, how the philosophical visions of its greatest artists and directors have shaped its traditions, and how these visions have informed both the meaning and manner of their work. Blending information with interpretation, description with analysis, Mast traces the development of screen comedy from the first crude efforts of Edison and Lumiegrave;re to the subtlety and psychological complexity of Annie Hall. As he guides the reader through detailed discussions of specific films, Mast reveals the structures, the values, and the cinematic techniques which have…

Book details

List price: $32.50
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/1979
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Introduction



Assumptions, Definitions, and Categories



Comic Structures



Comic Thought



Comic Films--Categories and Definitions



Primitives



Jests, Tricks, and the First Comic Personalities



Mack Sennett



Chaplin and Keaton



Chaplin: From Keystone to Mutual



Chaplin: First Nationals and Silent Features



Chaplin: Sound Films



Keaton



Other Silent Clowns



Harold Lloyd



Harry Langdon



More Fun Shops



Sound Comedy



Sound and Structure



Ernst Lubitsch and Reneacute; Clair



Jean Renoir



The Dialogue Tradition



The Clown Tradition



The Ironic Tradition The Case for Comedy


Notes


Selective Bibliography



Distributors of Comic Films



Photo Credits


Index