The Hollywood romantic comedy :
Grindon, Leger, 1949-
The Hollywood romantic comedy : conventions, history, controversies / Leger Grindon. - Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : illustrations. - New approaches to film genre. . - New approaches to film genre. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- History, cycles and society -- Thinking seriously about laughter and romance -- What is the trouble in paradise? : Trouble in paradise (1932) -- Jailbreak : His girl friday (1940) -- The home front romantic comedy and The miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) -- Anatomy lesson : Adam's rib (1949) -- Riding sidesaddle in Some like it hot (1959) -- Counter conventions and cultural change in The graduate (1967) -- The trials of partnership in Annie Hall (1977) -- Friendship, sex and courtship in When Harry met Sally (1989) -- Parody and the grotesque in There's something about Mary (1998) -- Women's ambivalence in Waitress.
The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film, from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, this book examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveys the controversies arising from the critical responses to these films.
9781444395969 1444395963 9781444395945 1444395947 1283408368 9781283408363
Romantic comedy films--History and criticism.--United States
Love in motion pictures.
Fine Arts.
ART--Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS--Film & Video--Reference.
Love in motion pictures.
Romantic comedy films.
United States.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN1995.9.C55 / G75 2011eb
791.43/617 791.436543
The Hollywood romantic comedy : conventions, history, controversies / Leger Grindon. - Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : illustrations. - New approaches to film genre. . - New approaches to film genre. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- History, cycles and society -- Thinking seriously about laughter and romance -- What is the trouble in paradise? : Trouble in paradise (1932) -- Jailbreak : His girl friday (1940) -- The home front romantic comedy and The miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) -- Anatomy lesson : Adam's rib (1949) -- Riding sidesaddle in Some like it hot (1959) -- Counter conventions and cultural change in The graduate (1967) -- The trials of partnership in Annie Hall (1977) -- Friendship, sex and courtship in When Harry met Sally (1989) -- Parody and the grotesque in There's something about Mary (1998) -- Women's ambivalence in Waitress.
The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film, from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, this book examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveys the controversies arising from the critical responses to these films.
9781444395969 1444395963 9781444395945 1444395947 1283408368 9781283408363
Romantic comedy films--History and criticism.--United States
Love in motion pictures.
Fine Arts.
ART--Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS--Film & Video--Reference.
Love in motion pictures.
Romantic comedy films.
United States.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN1995.9.C55 / G75 2011eb
791.43/617 791.436543