Laughing Hysterically: American Screen Comedy of the 1950s by Ed Sikov

Laughing Hysterically: American Screen Comedy of the 1950s

Film and Culture Series

Ed Sikov

282 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

challenging informative slow-paced
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With the likes of Billy Wilder, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Frank Tashlin revelling in "monkeys, babies, beautiful blondes, money, and cruelty" in their signature films of the 1950s, this seemingly conformist period turns out to be one of ...

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