Hollywood screwball comedy 1934-1945 : sex, love, and democratic ideals / Grégoire Halbout ; translated from French by Aliza Krefetz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halbout, Grégoire, author.

Contributor:

Krefetz, Aliza, translator.

Standardized Title:

Comédie screwball hollywoodienne. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Screwball comedy films--United States--History and criticism.

Screwball comedy films.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

United States.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 333 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Summary:

"Establishes screwball comedy as a genre, and explains its success with the public - with 130 films produced between 1934 and 1945 - presented under three broad perspectives: historical and thematic; stylistic and aesthetic; and sociological"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Proof of identity

Protagonists : the artisans of screwball comedy

Narrative tropes and genre categories

A socio-economic context conducive to censorship

Expressions : screwball comedy and the forms of censorship

Content : ideological scrubbing

Indirect discourse : the invention of the screwball style

The screwball New Deal and the society of mutual consent

The tension of the screwball celebration : preserving the democratic space.

Notes:

Translation of: La comédie screwball hollywoodienne : 1934-1945 : sexe, amour et idéaux démocratiques.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Halbout, Grégoire. Comédie screwball hollywoodienne. English Hollywood screwball comedy 1934-1945

ISBN:

9781501347610

1501347616

OCLC:

1252961648