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Movie comedy teams. With an introd. by Billy Gilbert.

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[New York] New American Library [1970]

1970

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Clown princes and court jesters, by Kalton C. Lahue and Samuel Gill.

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South Brunswick, A. S. Barnes [1970]

1970

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The slapstick queens. Editor: T. Allan Taylor. Research associates: John Robert Cocchi, Florence Solomon.

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South Brunswick, A. S. Barnes [1973]

1973

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The comic mind; comedy and the movies.

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Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [1973]

1973

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Lunatics and lovers; a tribute to the giddy and glittering era of the screen's "screwball" and romantic comedies.

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New Rochelle, N.Y., Arlington House [1973]

1973

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The golden age of sound comedy; comic films and comedians of the thirties [by] Donald W. McCaffrey.

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South Brunswick [N.J.] A. S. Barnes [1973]

1973

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The cinema of Frank Capra : an approach to film comedy / Leland A. Poague.

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South Brunswick : A. S. Barnes, [1975]

1975

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A geg nyomában.

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Budapest, Magvető Könyvkiadó [1972]

1972

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Harlequin's stick, Charlie's cane : a comparative study of commedia dell'arte and silent slapstick comedy / by David Madden.

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[Bowling Green, Ohio] : Popular Press, c1975.

1975

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Three classic silent screen comedies starring Harold Lloyd / Donald W. McCaffrey.

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Rutherford : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [1976]

1976

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The National Society of Film Critics on movie comedy / edited by Stuart Byron and Elisabeth Weis.

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New York : Grossman Publishers, 1977.

1977

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The talking clowns : from Laurel and Hardy to the Marx Brothers / by Frank Manchel.

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New York : Watts, 1976.

1976

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Klassiker der Filmkomik : e. Einf. in d. Typologie d. kom. Films / Georg Seesslen ; Filmografie, Peter Horn.

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München : Roloff und Seesslen, 1976.

1976

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The carry-on book / Kenneth Eastaugh.

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Newton Abbot [Eng.] ; North Pomfret, Vt. : David & Charles, c1978.

1978

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The silent clowns / by Walter Kerr. 1st ed.

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New York : Knopf, 1975.

1975

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Comedian comedy : a tradition in Hollywood film / by Steve Seidman.

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Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1981.

1981

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Pursuits of happiness : the Hollywood comedy of remarriage / Stanley Cavell.

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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1981.

1981

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Leo McCarey and the comic anti-hero in American film / Wes D. Gehring.

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New York : Arno Press, 1980, c1977.

1980-1977

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Madeleine Renaud, Jean-Louis Barrault : février-mars 1982, Musée provençal du cinéma, Galeries de la Charité.

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[Marseille] : Le Musée, [1982, c1981]

1982-1981

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The great movie comedians : updated edition from Charlie Chaplin to Woody Allen / by Leonard Maltin.

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New York : Harmony Books, 1982.

1982

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Harry Langdon : the comedian as metteur-en-scène / Joyce Rheuban.

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Rutherford, N.J. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c1983.

1983

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Der komische Film / Kurt-Uwe Nastvogel, Gerhard Schatzdorfer.

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Schondorf am Ammersee : Roloff und Seesslen ; Gütersloh : Auslieferung VVA, c1982.

1982

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W.C. Fields : a life on film / by Ronald J. Fields ; filmography compiled by Richard W. Bann

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New York : St. Martin's Press, 1984.

1984

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Those great cowboy sidekicks / by David Rothel.

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Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1984.

1984

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Canned goods as caviar : American film comedy of the 1930s / Gerald Weales.

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1985.

1985

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Effetto commedia : teoria, generi, paesaggi della commedia cinematografica / a cura di Claver Salizzato e Vito Zagarrio.

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[Roma?] : Di Giacomo, [1985?]

1985

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Movie comedians : the complete guide / by James L. Neibaur.

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Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1986.

1986

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Les Burlesques, ou, Parade des somnambules / Petr Král.

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Paris : Stock, c1986.

1986

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Screwball comedy : a genre of madcap romance / Wes D. Gehring.

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Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1986.

1986

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Romantic comedy / James Harvey.

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New York : A.A. Knopf, 1987.

1987

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La Comédie italienne de Don Camillo à Berlusconi / dossier réuni par Michel Serceau ; préface de Bernard Blier.

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Paris : Cerf, c1987.

1987

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Too funny for words! : Disney's greatest sight gags / by Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston.

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New York : Abbeville Press, c1987.

1987

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Izbrannye proizvedeni︠i︡a : v 2-kh tomakh / L. Trauberg.

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Moskva : "Iskusstvo", 1988.

1988

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Encyclopedia of American film comedy / Larry Langman.

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New York : Garland, 1987.

1987

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The logic of the absurd : on film and television comedy / Jerry Palmer.

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London : BFI, 1987.

1987

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Laurel and Hardy : the magic behind the movies / by Randy Skretvedt ; editor/research associate, Jordan R. Young.

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Beverly Hills, CA : Moonstone Press, c1987.

1987

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Once a Stooge, always a Stooge / by Joe Besser with Jeff and Greg Lenburg.

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Santa Monica, Calif. : Rountable, c1988.

1988

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Affairs to remember : the Hollywood comedy of the sexes / Bruce Babington & Peter William Evans.

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Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York, NY, USA : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1989.

1989

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Mai magyar filmvígjáték : beteljesülések és elszalasztott lehetőségek / Szalay Károly.

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Budapest : Magvető Kiadó, c1978.

1978

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Screwball : Hollywood's madcap romantic comedies / Ed Sikov ; foreword by Molly Haskell.

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New York : Crown Publishers, c1989.

1989

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Il comico e l'altro : il comico nel cinema americano / Giorgio Cremonini.

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Bologna : Cappelli, 1978.

1978

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Charlie Chaplin's world of comedy / Wes D. Gehring.

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Muncie Ind. : Ball State University, 1980.

1980

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The White brothers : Jack, Jules & Sam White / interviewed by David N. Bruskin.

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[Hollywood, Calif.] : Directors Guild of America ; Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1990.

1990

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Popular film and television comedy / Steve Neale and Frank Krutnik.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 1990.

1990

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The runaway bride : Hollywood romantic comedy of the 1930's / Elizabeth Kendall.

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New York : Knopf, 1990.

1990

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The screwball comedy films : a history and filmography, 1934-1942 / Duane Byrge and Robert Milton Miller ; with a foreword by Arthur Knight.

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Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1991.

1991

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Abbott and Costello in Hollywood / Bob Furmanek and Ron Palumbo.

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New York, NY : Perigee Books, c1991.

1991

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Sunday lark : film study / by Paul A. Schreivogel.

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Dayton, Ohio : G.A. Pflaum, c1970.

1970

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