Famous co-stars such as Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant to Tom
Hanks and Meg Ryan, have made screwball and romantic comedies a big
seller at the box office. These seemingly timeless genres are as
popular today as ever This book takes a closer look at the precise
meanings of the terms screwball and romantic. Film fans and
scholars alike tend to lump film with laughter and love under a
screwball/romantic umbrella and use the terms screwball and
romantic interchangeably. In reality, there is a distinction; the
screwball variety places its emphasis on "funny," while the more
traditional romantic comedy accents "love." Covering over 60 titles
each of romantic and screwball comedy dating from the 1930s to the
present, this research tool not only demonstrates how screwball and
romantic comedy are two distinct genres, but also highlights
pivotal social and artistic changes which impacted both genres.
Includes 24 black and white movie stills, countless quotations from
selected films, an annotated bibliography, and a two-part
filmography. Not only an informative resource for film students and
scholars, but also an interesting read for film buffs.
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