03111nam 2200565 450 991046076490332120200520144314.01-909183-83-01-909183-82-2(CKB)3710000000451414(EBL)2110933(SSID)ssj0001543586(PQKBManifestationID)16134008(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543586(PQKBWorkID)14494392(PQKB)10596691(MiAaPQ)EBC2110933(Au-PeEL)EBL2110933(CaPaEBR)ebr11081743(CaONFJC)MIL817149(OCoLC)915311638(EXLCZ)99371000000045141420150808h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKeeping quiet visual comedy in the age of sound /Julian DuttonGosport, [England] :Chaplin Books,2015.©20151 online resource (407 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-909183-77-6 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Foreword; Introduction; Keeping Quiet; Origins: From Ritual to Film; Keeping Still: the Coming of Sound; Slowing Down: Laurel and Hardy; Swansong of a Pantomimist: Chaplin; Out and Down: Buster Keaton; Long Live Vaudeville - Harpo Marx; Diehards: Visual Comedy on Stage & Screen 1930-45; At Odds with the World - Jacques Tati; The Kid: Norman Wisdom; The Nebbish: Jerry Lewis; Diehards II: Visual Comedy on Stage & Screen 1945-1960; Television's First Genius: Ernie Kovacs; Kid in a Sweet-Shop - Benny HillDiehards III: Visual Comedy on Stage & Screen 1960 to 1970Rhubarb Rhubarb - Eric Sykes and the Spoken Silents; Chameleon Boy: Peter Sellers; Another Outsider: Marty Feldman; Ronnie Barker: The Grumble & Grunt Comedies; Diehards IV: Visual Comedy on Stage, Film & TV 1970 to present; The Alien: Rowan Atkinson; The Human Cartoon: Matt Lucas and Pompidou!; Back Matter; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Film Magazines & Journals Consulted; Also AvailableKeeping Quiet is a love-letter to the modern sight-gag on film and television, tracing the history of physical clowning since the advent of sound. Taking up the story of visual humour where Paul Merton's Silent Comedy leaves off, Julian Dutton charts the lives and work of all the great comedians who chose to remain silent, from Charlie Chaplin - who was determined to resist the 'talkies' - right through to the slapstick of modern-day performers such as Rowan Atkinson, Matt Lucas and Harry ...Comedy filmsHistory and criticismElectronic books.Comedy filmsHistory and criticism.791.43617Dutton Julian900555MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460764903321Keeping quiet2011985UNINA