GROUCHO AND W. C. FIELDS by Wes D. Gehring ( 9781934110959 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

GROUCHO AND W. C. FIELDS
HUCKSTER COMEDIANS

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Format:

Paperback

List price:	£29.00
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ISBN 10:

1934110957

ISBN 13:

9781934110959

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Publisher:

RETHINK PRESS

Pub. date:

1 December, 1994

Pages:

208

Synopsis:

Before Groucho Marx and W. C. Fields American comedy was innocent. After they left their hilarious smudges on the genre, comedy was anything but. Here in a captivating book comparing and contrasting these two premier American comics is the history of how flimflam came to prevail as a major comic form. These two comic geniuses excelled at a new brand of shtick, antiheroic humor that killed off the tame demeanor of their many predecessors in show business. By derailing the comedy oof innocence, Groucho and Fields brought film comedy to its Golden Age.

Illustrations:

1, black & white illustrations

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Imprint:

Lean Marketing Press

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