TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grindon,Leger
TI  - The Hollywood romantic comedy: conventions, history, controversies 
T2  - New approaches to film genre
SN  - 9781444395969
AV  - PN1995.9.C55 G75 2011eb
U1  - 791.43/617791.436543 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Malden, MA
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Romantic comedy films
KW  - United States
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Love in motion pictures
KW  - Fine Arts
KW  - ART
KW  - Film & Video
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS
KW  - Reference
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444395969
ER  -