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Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s: Twelve American Films

By Wes D. Gehring and David L. Smith (foreword by)

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Paperback:

9780786495429 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, March 15, 2016, cover price $39.95

Chaplin's War Trilogy: An Evolving Lens in Three Dark Comedies, 1918-1947

By Wes D. Gehring

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Paperback:

9780786474653 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, September 4, 2014, cover price $45.00

Will Cuppy, American Satirist: A Biography

By Wes D. Gehring

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Paperback:

9780786469611 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, October 31, 2013, cover price $40.00

Robert Wise: Shadowlands

By Wes D. Gehring

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Hardcover:

9780871952967 | Indiana Historical Society, September 1, 2012, cover price $24.95

Forties Film Funnymen: The Decade's Great Comedians at Work in the Shadow of War

By Wes D. Gehring

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Miscellaneous:

9780786456659 | McFarland & Co, September 16, 2010, cover price $24.99

Red Skelton: The Mask Behind the Mask

By Wes D. Gehring

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Hardcover:

9780871952752 | Indiana Historical Society, November 30, 2008, cover price $19.95

Groucho and W. C. Fields: Huckster Comedians

Product Description: A wonderful tribute to Groucho and Fields and the art of flimflam comedy

By Wes D. Gehring

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Paperback:

9781934110959 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, November 26, 2007, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A wonderful tribute to Groucho and Fields and the art of flimflam comedy

9780132182898, titled "Dollars and Deficits: Inflation, Monetary Policy and the Balance of Payments" | Prentice Hall, June 1, 1968, cover price $33.75 | also contains Dollars and Deficits: Inflation, Monetary Policy and the Balance of Payments

Film Clowns of the Depression: Twelve Defining Comic Performances

'This work examines the Depression decade's popular type of comedy--the clown. The study filters its analysis through twelve pictures. While some of the comedians in this text have generated previous analysis, some funnymen are all but forgotten. This book addresses these oversights and attempts to re-expose the brilliance and ingenuity the screen clowns contributed'--Provided by publisher.

By Ray E. Boomhower (foreword by) and Wes D. Gehring

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9780786428922 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, February 2, 2007, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: 'This work examines the Depression decade's popular type of comedy--the clown.

Joe E. Brown: Film Comedian And Baseball Buffoon

'The reader learns of Joe E. Brown's childhood and how it prepared him for later screen roles, and how his love of baseball translated into screen successes. His career in vaudeville, his work as a Broadway comedian, his road to movie stardom, and how heparlayed his love of sports into big hits are discussed'--Provided by publisher.

By Wes D. Gehring and Conrad Lane (foreword by)

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9780786425891 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, September 30, 2006, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: 'The reader learns of Joe E.

Irene Dunne: First Lady of Hollywood

Traces the life of the American film actress from her childhood days spent in Louisville, St. Louis, and Madison, Indiana, through her Hollywood career to her retirement, and receipt of the Kennedy Center Award in 1985.

By Wes D. Gehring

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Hardcover:

9780810848207 | Scarecrow Pr, January 1, 2004, cover price $48.00

Paperback:

9780810858640 | Scarecrow Pr, July 30, 2006, cover price $39.00 | About this edition: Traces the life of the American film actress from her childhood days spent in Louisville, St.

James Dean: Rebel With A Cause

By Wes D. Gehring

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Hardcover:

9780871951816 | Indiana Historical Society, May 1, 2005, cover price $19.95

Leo McCarey: From Marx To McCarthy

By Wes D. Gehring

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Hardcover:

9780810852631 | Scarecrow Pr, December 31, 2004, cover price $66.00

Mr. Deeds Goes to Yankee Stadium: Baseball Films in the Capra Tradition

By Steve Bell (foreword by), Carl Erskine (foreword by) and Wes D. Gehring

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Paperback:

9780786417735 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 1, 2004, cover price $35.00

Carole Lombard, the Hoosier Tornado

By Wes D. Gehring

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Hardcover:

9780871951670 | Indiana Historical Society, October 1, 2003, cover price $19.95

Romantic Vs. Screwball Comedy: Charting the Difference

By Wes D. Gehring

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Hardcover:

9780810844247 | Scarecrow Pr, October 1, 2002, cover price $55.00

Film Classics Reclassified: A Shocking Spoof of Cinema

Product Description: A parody of film criticism, Gehring spoofs such watershed films as Psycho, Chinatown, The Wizard of Oz, and several others. Whether it is healthy or not, it is sometimes good to step back and have fun with all the time we spend in the dark...read more

By Wes D. Gehring

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9780964560659 | Robin Vincent Pub Llc, November 1, 2001, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A parody of film criticism, Gehring spoofs such watershed films as Psycho, Chinatown, The Wizard of Oz, and several others.

The World of Comedy: Five Takes on Funny

Product Description: The World of Comedy: Five Takes on Funny is the perfect guide and handbook for the student of film comedy. This book contains five chapters full of photos, examples, and analysis of five genres of comedy: personality comedian (the clown), dark comedy, populism, screwball comedy and parody...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Wes D. Gehring

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9780964560673 | Robin Vincent Pub Llc, August 1, 2001, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The World of Comedy: Five Takes on Funny is the perfect guide and handbook for the student of film comedy.

Seeing Red: The Skelton in Hollywood's Closet

Product Description: An analytical biography that combines biographical and critical information to estimate Skelton's importance to the fields of film and television comedy.

By Wes D. Gehring

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9780964560680 | Robin Vincent Pub Llc, April 1, 2001, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: An analytical biography that combines biographical and critical information to estimate Skelton's importance to the fields of film and television comedy.

Parody As Film Genre: "Never Give a Saga an Even Break"