02485oam 2200649I 450 991045889250332120200520144314.01-135-96622-21-135-96623-01-282-59547-497866125954790-203-87676-810.4324/9780203876763 (CKB)2670000000018595(EBL)515325(OCoLC)630537628(SSID)ssj0000428239(PQKBManifestationID)12104322(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428239(PQKBWorkID)10414679(PQKB)11172460(MiAaPQ)EBC515325(Au-PeEL)EBL515325(CaPaEBR)ebr10389448(CaONFJC)MIL259547(OCoLC)643573065(EXLCZ)99267000000001859520180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSlapstick comedy /edited by Tom Paulus and Rob KingNew York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (288 p.)AFI film readers seriesPreviously published in the AFI Film Readers series.0-415-80179-6 0-415-80178-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Originality and adaptation -- pt. 2. Mechanics and modernity -- pt. 3. Bodies and performance.From Chaplin's tramp to the Bathing Beauties, from madcap chases to skyscraper perils, slapstick comedy supplied many of the most enduring icons of American cinema in the silent era. This collection of fourteen essays by prominent film scholars challenges longstanding critical dogma and offers new conceptual frameworks for thinking about silent comedy's place in film history and American culture. The contributors discuss a broad range of topics including the contested theatrical or cinematic origins of slapstick; the comic spectacle of crazy technology and trick stunts; the filmmakers who sAFI film readers.Comedy filmsElectronic books.Comedy films.791.43617King Rob1975-937428Paulus Tom937429MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458892503321Slapstick comedy2111485UNINA