Romantic vs. Screwball Comedy - Charting the Difference (Hardcover, annotated edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Scarecrow Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Film Genres
Release date:	October 2002
First published:	October 2002
Authors:	Wes D Gehring
Foreword by:	Steve Bell
Dimensions:	228 x 148 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
Edition:	annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8108-4424-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8108-4424-9
Barcode:	9780810844247

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