ISBN:
9780253048363
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0253048362
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9780253059949
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0253059941
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 356 pages)
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illustrations
Series Statement:
German Jewish cultures
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als McCormick, Richard W., 1951 - Sex, politics, and comedy
Keywords:
Lubitsch, Ernst
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Lubitsch, Ernst Criticism and interpretation
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Lubitsch, Ernst
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Comedy films History and criticism
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Screwball comedy films History and criticism
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Fantasy comedies (Motion pictures) History and criticism
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Jewish motion picture producers and directors
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Jewish motion picture producers and directors
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Jewish wit and humor History 20th century
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Sex in motion pictures History 20th century
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Politics in motion pictures History 20th century
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Comedy films
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Fantasy comedies (Motion pictures)
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Jewish motion picture producers and directors
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Jewish wit and humor
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Politics in motion pictures
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Screwball comedy films
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Sex in motion pictures
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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History
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Germany
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United States
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Lubitsch, Ernst 1892-1947
Abstract:
Introduction : transnational Jewish comedy -- I. Berlin : sex, spectacle, and anarchy. 1. From the Jewish "Bad boy" to the "Bad girl" : early comedies, 1914-18 ; 2. Bad girls in the costume epics, 1919-22 ; 3. Bad girls untamed : anarchic/fantastic comedies, 1919-22 -- II. Hollywood : from European sophistication to antifascist screwball. 4. Sex and sophistication : comedies and operettas, 1923-34 ; 5. Pushing the boundaries in the pre-code Hollywood, 1931-34 ; 6. Screwball politics : American populism and European politics, 1935-41 ; 7. Coming out as Jewish : to be or not to be, 1942 -- Epilogue: Twilight of a cosmopolitan, 1943-47.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333), filmography, and index
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