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Silent Comedy (Paperback)

by Paul Merton (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd (7 May 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099510138
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099510130
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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The Independent, 15 November 2007

meticulous... beautifully illustrated, with period stills and playbills, and he decorates this conscientious survey with fascinating first-hand experience. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


The Times, 26 October 2007

The personal touches impress... a terrific history of props and pratfalls... I'm a better person for having read this. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, 5 Jan 2008
By Ukulele (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Silent Comedy (Hardcover)
Paul Merton's 336-page journey through the silent comedy era is as informative as it is fascinating. Merton's passion, wit and knowledge of the subject visibly shines through his writing, accompanied by beautiful full-colour images and quotations from the comedy greats. Whether you're reading it for pleasure or using it as reference material, Silent Comedy is a beautiful, thorough, accessible and indispensable book. Put simply, it's brilliant.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful introductory book to silent comedy, 11 Jan 2008
By K. Byrne (UK) - See all my reviews
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I have long been a fan of silent comedy and found this book an absoloute joy.
Paul Merton's passion and enthusiasm come through in the writing, and it's nice to see an accessible book, written by a fan.

Like his television series and subsequent live shows of Silent Clowns, this book is great for someone who is relatively new to silent comedy. It provides reasonably detailed overviews of the household names as well as some of the perhaps lesser well known; it also nicely covers the beginnings and the end of the silent era of cinema.

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read, but misleading title, 3 Jan 2008
By anonymous (Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Silent Comedy (Hardcover)
This book is a wonderful read, illustrated tremendously and is a thoroughly well researched book by a man who is not just a wonderfully witty wordsmith, but an obvious fan of the subject.

The only problem I have with the book is that it should have eluded within the title that it is about the early Silent Comedy Films, as it will give the impression to the reader that Silent Comedy ended with the introduction of Sound and I feel this is not the case. (Mr Bean, Eric Sykes, Mel Brooks) On page 284 discussing the arrival of sound it states, `A whole new generation of screen entertainers appeared: The Marx Brothers, Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson were all vibrant vocal performers with musical skills aplenty.' It fails to mention that a member of the Marx Brothers was a silent comedian, considered by many as the greatest physical/Silent comedian of them all.

But this is stupid nit-picking... Anyone who was aware what Paul Merton has been up to recently would have known what is contained in this book. I remember watching Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Laurel and Hardy during my childhood and this book, now, makes me want to see them on the big screen with live musical accompaniment... Paul, please bring your Silent Clowns lecture to Ireland.
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