Military comedy films : a critical survey and filmography of Hollywood releases since 1918 / Hal Erickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erickson, Hal, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War films--United States--History and criticism.

War films.

Comedy films--United States--History and criticism.

Comedy films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beginning with Charlie Chaplin's Shoulder Arms, released in America near the end of World War I, the military comedy film has been one of Hollywood's most durable genres. This generously illustrated history examines over 225 Army, Navy and Marine-related comedies produced between 1918 and 2009, including the abundance of laughspinners released during World War II in the wake of Abbott and Costello's phenomenally successful Buck Privates (1941), and the many lighthearted service films of the immediate postwar era, among them Mister Roberts (1955) and No Time for Sergeants (1958). Also included

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. ""I surrounded them!"": Charlie Chaplin and Shoulder Arms; 2. Run Silent, Run Shallow: The Silent Service Comedies; 3. First Line of Offense: ""Professional"" Comedians in Talkie Service Comedies; 4. Abbott and Costello Meet the Ripoffs; 5. Repeated Rounds: The ""Series"" Films; 6. You Know What Sailors Are: Comedies About Seafaring Men; 7. The Few, the Proud, the Funny: Comedies About the Marines; 8. You Read the Book! You Loved the Play! Now See the Movie!

9. It's Still the Same Old Story ... Sort Of: See Here, Private Hargrove and Biloxi Blues10. Stranger Than Fiction; 11. The Wheeler Dealers; 12. It Ain't Stupid If It Works: The ""Misfit-Makes-Good"" Comedy; 13. The Children's Crusade: Military-Academy Comedies; 14. ""Holy Smokes! A Dame!"": Women in the Military; 15. Special Ops; 16. PR/CYA; 17. The Home Front; 18. No Laughing Matter?: Comedies About the Civil War and Vietnam; 19. ""One, Two Three, What Are We Fighting For?"": Anti-War and Anti-Military Comedies; 20. ""The Mother of All Movies"": Satires and Parodies

21. Extra Added Attractions: The CartoonsFilmography; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-53938-1

9786613851833

0-7864-9267-8

OCLC:

806039873