03600cam a2200697Ia 4500 ocn727648810 OCoLC 20171119084246.0 m o d cr |n|---||||| 110530s2011 maua ob 001 0 eng d 9781444395969 (electronic bk.) 1444395963 (electronic bk.) 9781444395945 (electronic bk.) 1444395947 (electronic bk.) 1283408368 9781283408363 9781405182669 (cloth) 1405182660 (cloth) 9781405182652 (pbk.) 1405182652 (pbk.) AU@ 000055764277 DEBSZ 423151371 NLGGC 355465078 NZ1 14520233 (OCoLC)727648810 (OCoLC)778621286 (OCoLC)817053221 (OCoLC)822561467 EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ WAU CDX CUS OCLCQ DG1 N$T E7B OCLCF OCLCQ YDXCP OCL IDEBK DEBSZ DKDLA OCLCQ DG1 n-us--- MAIN PN1995.9.C55 G75 2011eb ART 057000 bisacsh PER 004040 bisacsh AB bicssc 791.43/617 791.436543 Grindon, Leger, 1949- The Hollywood romantic comedy : conventions, history, controversies / Leger Grindon. [electronic resource] Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. Print version record. Romantic comedy films United States History and criticism. Love in motion pictures. Fine Arts. ART Film & Video. bisacsh PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video Reference. bisacsh Love in motion pictures. fast (OCoLC)fst01002811 Romantic comedy films. fast (OCoLC)fst01200357 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 Print version: Grindon, Leger, 1949- Hollywood romantic comedy. Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 9781405182669 (DLC) 2010043498 (OCoLC)670418664 New approaches to film genre. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444395969 Wiley Online Library ddc BK 205059 205059