Overview :"Gehring remains supreme in film comedy scholarship." ChoiceIn the movie GRAND CANYON, Steve Martin's character discovers a troubled friend ... Read More
Overview :As a young boy in the depths of the 1890s depression, Joe E. Brown had a job: making faces at the firemen on passing coal-burning trains so ... Read More
Overview :The 1950s were a transitional period for film comedians. The artistic suppression of the McCarthy era and the advent of television often res... Read More
Overview :Buster Keaton "can impress a weary world with the vitally important fact that life, after all, is a foolishly inconsequential affair," wrote... Read More
Overview :This is the first full-length biography of Irene Dunne, one of the most versatile actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age. A recipient of the Ke... Read More
Overview :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 a... Read More
Overview :"I find myself always being drawn into Wes' comedic research and storytelling by its insights into the history, politics and sociology of th... Read More