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Personality Comedians as Genre: Selected Players Hardcover - 1997

by Wes Gehring


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The success of clown comedy is dependent on the comic or comics who take center stage. These comics are usually identified with a specific comedic shtick, physical or visual humor, and their underdog status. This study by film scholar Wes Gehring presents a brief, historical overview of major figures in the genre, including W. C. Fields, Charlie Chaplin, Bob Hope, and Woody Allen. The comedians discussed are drawn from four genre periods: the silent era, the depression era, the post-World War II period, and the modern era.

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  • Title Personality Comedians as Genre: Selected Players
  • Author Wes Gehring
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 232
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Westport, Connecticut
  • Date 1997-05-21
  • ISBN 9780313261855 / 0313261857
  • Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.31 x 6.18 x 0.9 in (23.65 x 15.70 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Comedians - United States - Biography, Comedy films - United States - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96047536
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.436

About the author

WES D. GEHRING is Professor of Film at Ball State University. He is the author of numerous books, including American Dark Comedy: Beyond Satire (Greenwood, 1996), Screwball Comedy (Greenwood, 1986), Populism and the Capra Legacy (1995), Handbook of American Film Genres (1988), and bio-bibliographies on Laurel & Hardy, W. C. Fields, Charlie Chaplin, and the Marx Brothers.
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