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Canned Goods as Caviar - American Film Comedy of the 1930s, by Gerald Weales
University of Chicago Press copy right 1985

"What you say is rather profound, and probably erroneous." - doctor in Heart of Darkness
"Cinema appreciation seems a little far-fetched for a product that is distributed like canned goods." Declared director Williams A Wellman.

Gerald Weales scrutinizes 12 films, including such classics as 'City Lights', 'Duck Soup', 'Bringing Up Baby', and 'My Man Godfrey'. Although he discusses directors, popular novelists, obscure Screenwriters and an army on supporting actors, his man purpose is to examine the comic techniques of Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, and other major comedians.

Beautiful Mid-size Paperback! Almost new!