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Movie Comedians of the 1950s

Autor Wes D. Gehring
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 oct 2016
The 1950s were a transitional period for film comedians. The artistic suppression of the McCarthy era and the advent of television often resulted in a dumbing down of motion pictures. Cartoonist-turned-director Frank Tashlin contributed a funny but cartoonish effect through his work with comedians like Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope. A new vanguard of comedians appeared without stock comic garb or make-up--fresh faces not easily pigeonholed as merely comedians, such as Tony Randall, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Some traditional comedians, like Charlie Chaplin, Red Skelton and Danny Kaye, continued their shtick, though with some evident tweaking. This book provides insight into a misunderstood decade of film history with an examination of the personality comedians. The talents of Dean Martin and Bob Hope are reappraised and the dumb blonde stereotype, as applied to Judy Holliday and Marilyn Monroe, is deconstructed.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780786499960
ISBN-10: 0786499966
Pagini: 212
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: McFarland

Notă biografică

Wes D. Gehring is a distinguished professor of film at Ball State University and associate media editor for USA Today magazine, for which he also writes the column "Reel World." He is the author of 40 film books, including biographies of James Dean, Carole Lombard, Steve McQueen, Robert Wise, Red Skelton and Charlie Chaplin.

Descriere

This examination of 1950s film clowns suggests the decade was the 20th century's most volatile for the genre. Besides McCarthyism and TV and their potential for the dumbing down of pictures, this was the first decade when all major screen clowns were not so easily pigeonholed as comedians. This text is a decoder ring to a misunderstood decade.