- Paperback: 738 pages
- Publisher: Da Capo Press; 1st Da Capo Press Ed edition (1 Mar 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0306808323
- ISBN-13: 978-0306808326
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 541,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In 1934 four movies It Happened One Night, Twentieth Century, The Thin Man, and The Gay Divorcee ushered in the golden age of the Hollywood romantic ("screwball") comedy. Slangy, playful, and "powerfully, glamorously in love with love," the films that followed were unique in their combination of swank and slapstick. Here are the directorsLubitsch ( Trouble in Paradise ), Capra ( It Happened One Night ), Hawks ( Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday ), McCarey ( The Awful Truth ), La Cava ( My Man Godfrey, Stage Door ), Sturges ( The Lady Eve, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle at Morgan's Creek )and their starsCarole Lombard, Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, William Powell, Myrna Loy, among othersall described and analyzed in one comprehensive and delightful volume.
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"Romantic Comedy" is a fun read. Perfect for those intersted in the wonderful screwball comedies of the 30's. Highly recommended.
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What an awesome book! This book is long, but almost flies by, it's so interesting. It's filled with intricate, insightful commentary of the genre, especially those golden years. An excellent read.
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This book is so wonderful, I can't recommend it highly enough. It's making me fall in love with movies all over again. The writing is lucid and intelligent, and Harvey is such a great viewer of films that he makes scenes spring right out of the page. I'm renting lots of movies I've never seen based on his writing about them, and re-watching old favorites with a whole new understanding. If you love movies, buy this book. You won't be sorry.
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