{"product_id":"too-funny-for-words-david-kalat-9781476678566","title":"Too Funny for Words: A Contrarian History of American Screen Comedy from Silent Slapstick to Screwball","description":"\u003cp\u003e American silent film comedies were dominated by sight gags, stunts and comic violence. With the advent of sound, comedies in the 1930s were a riot of runaway heiresses and fast-talking screwballs. It was more than a technological pivot--the first feature-length sound film, \u003ci\u003eThe Jazz Singer\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), changed Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lost in the discussion of that transition is the overlap between the two genres. Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd kept slapstick alive well into the sound era. Screwball directors like Leo McCarey, Frank Capra and Ernst Lubitsch got their starts in silent comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From Chaplin's tramp to the witty repartee of \u003ci\u003eHis Girl Friday\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), this book chronicles the rise of silent comedy and its evolution into screwball--two flavors of the same genre--through the works of Mack Sennett, Roscoe Arbuckle, Harry Langdon and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Kalat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476678561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476678566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2019 pg. 9","brand":"David Kalat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080671424767,"sku":"9781476678566","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a6caa2a9-3fd6-4f58-9ba3-8d137ef39215.jpg?v=1685488140","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/too-funny-for-words-david-kalat-9781476678566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}