| Description |
xv, 355 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-313), filmography (p. 315-341), and index. |
| Contents |
"The Fun Factory": Class, Comedy, and Popular Culture, 1912-1914 -- "Funny Germans" and "Funny Drunks": Clowns, Class, and Ethnicity at Keystone, 1913-1915 -- "The Impossible Attained!" Tillie's Punctured Romance and the Challenge of Feature-Length Slapstick, 1914-1915 -- "Made for the Masses with an Appeal to the Classes": Keystone, the Triangle Film Corporation, and the Failure of Highbrow Film Culture, 1915-1917 -- "Uproarious Inventions": Keystone, Modernity, and the Machine, 1915-1917 -- From "Diving Venus" to "Bathing Beauties": Reification and Feminine Spectacle, 1916-1917. |
| Subject |
Keystone Film Company.
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| ISBN |
9780520255388 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0520255380 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780520255371 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520255372 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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