COMEDY GENRE RESOURCES

The Screwball Comedy Films: a History and Filmography, 1934-1942, Duane Byrge and Robert Milton Miller (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991).

LOCATION

Main Library: PN 1995.9.C55B97 1991

Totó in Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Hawks and the Sparrows.

American Film Comedy, Scott Siegel and Barbara Siegel (New York: Prentice Hall, 1994).

LOCATION

Main Library: PN 1995.9.C55S48 1994

Brief career outline and commentary on "every major Hollywood figure...in the field of comedy," including supporting players. Explains "comic film terms, comedy subgenres (like musical comedy)"; describes "specialty studio histories"; and examines careers of "landmark comedians..." Includes filmographies, selected bibliography and index.

Encyclopedia of American Film Comedy, Larry Langman (New York: Garland, 1987).

LOCATION

Main Library: PN 1995.9.C55L34 1987

American Silent Film Comedies: an Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios, and Terminology, Blair Miller (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1995).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1995.9.C55M53 1995