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~ (Author) "I DO not intend to enter the swamp of abstract debate on the nature of comedy and the comic, for that is a quicksand out..." (more)
Key Phrases: comic climate, anomalous surprise, central clown, Marx Brothers, City Lights, Easy Street (more...)
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"The most comprehensive study of film comedy yet written in English. . . .The book's extensive index with references to companies from which 16mm prints of many of the cited films may be rented will be of great value to the film teacher and audiovisual librarian."--Choice

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