Read Hokum!: The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture

Hokum!: The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture

Rob King

4.9/5 (9215 ratings)

Description:At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available throughLuminos, University of California Press s Open Access publishing program. Visitwww.luminosoa.orgto learn more.Hokum! is the first book to take a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, author Rob King explores the slapstick short s Depression-era development against a backdrop of changes in film industry practice, comedic tastes, and moviegoing cultures. Each chapter is grounded in case studies of comedians and comic teams, including the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Robert Benchley, and others. The book also examines how the past legacy of silent-era slapstick was subsequently reimagined as part of a nostalgic mythology of Hollywood s youth."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hokum!: The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture. To get started finding Hokum!: The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0520288114

Description: At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available throughLuminos, University of California Press s Open Access publishing program. Visitwww.luminosoa.orgto learn more.Hokum! is the first book to take a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, author Rob King explores the slapstick short s Depression-era development against a backdrop of changes in film industry practice, comedic tastes, and moviegoing cultures. Each chapter is grounded in case studies of comedians and comic teams, including the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Robert Benchley, and others. The book also examines how the past legacy of silent-era slapstick was subsequently reimagined as part of a nostalgic mythology of Hollywood s youth."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hokum!: The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture. To get started finding Hokum!: The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Hokum!: The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture

Hokum!: The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture

More Books

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The King in Yellow

The King in Yellow

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine

The King in Yellow and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction & Ghost Stories of Robert W. Chambers

The King in Yellow and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction & Ghost Stories of Robert W. Chambers

Roberto (Mafia Kings #5)

Roberto (Mafia Kings #5)

Stephen King The Stand: Captain Trips #1 (of 5)

Stephen King The Stand: Captain Trips #1 (of 5)

Vinas Solamnus (Dragonlance: Lost Legends, #1)

Vinas Solamnus (Dragonlance: Lost Legends, #1)

House of Dark Shadows (Dreamhouse Kings, #1)

House of Dark Shadows (Dreamhouse Kings, #1)