What Made Pistachio Nuts?: Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic - Film and Culture Series - Henry Jenkins - Books - Columbia University Press - 9780231078559 - December 29, 1992
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What Made Pistachio Nuts?: Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic - Film and Culture Series

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This study celebrates the "anarchistic" film comedies made in the USA in the 1930s, which mocked the creativity and impulsiveness of their protagonists in a form of clowning that ultimately re-established the status quo. Films discussed include "Duck Soup" and W. C. Fields's "It's a Gift".


416 pages, 116 photos

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 29, 1992
ISBN13 9780231078559
Publishers Columbia University Press
Pages 416
Dimensions 228 × 152 × 27 mm   ·   512 g
Language English  

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