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Buster Keaton : the persistence of comedy
- Title
- Buster Keaton : the persistence of comedy / Imogen Sara Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Imogen Sara.
- Publication
- Chicago, Ill. : Gambit Publishing, c2008.
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Details
- Description
- 279 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- In vaudeville at four, at the peak of his fame while still in his twenties, Keaton was one of the most dazzling and enigmatic of the silent clowns. Examine his life and work on both side of the camera, explore controversies and unresolved questions, and ponder just why Keaton continues to fascinate us.
- Alternative Title
- Persistence of comedy
- Subjects
- Note
- Autographed by the author.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 273-274.
- Contents
- Frozen fire : the face of serious comedy -- A favorable hurricane : rewards and scares from a knockabout upbringing -- Primitives at play : Arbuckle's apprentice -- A garden at the moment of blooming : the birth of a style in the Keaton Studio -- Gentleman of comedy : fantasy vs. realism, on both sides of the screen -- Breathing props : Buster, brides and bricks -- The eye of the storm : the art of understatement -- Keaton's kennel : decline and fall at MGM -- An artist in exile : a silent clown in a world of sound -- Beyond category : Keaton's critical afterlife.
- Call Number
- MWES (Keaton, B.) 08-7046
- ISBN
- 9780967591742 (pbk.)
- 0967591740 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 244295963
- Author
- Smith, Imogen Sara.
- Title
- Buster Keaton : the persistence of comedy / Imogen Sara Smith.
- Imprint
- Chicago, Ill. : Gambit Publishing, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Bibliography: p. 273-274.
- Research Call Number
- MWES (Keaton, B.) 08-7046