LEADER 00000cam a2200553Mi 4500 001 ocn915311638 003 OCoLC 005 20161029080303.1 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 150815s2015 xx o 000 0 eng d 019 915154228 020 9781909183827|q(electronic book) 020 1909183822|q(electronic book) 035 (OCoLC)915311638|z(OCoLC)915154228 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|cEBLCP|dIDEBK|dYDXCP|dN$T|dOCLCO|dOCLCF |dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 PN1995.9 .C55 072 7 PER|x009000|2bisacsh 082 04 791.4 090 PN1995.9 .C55 100 1 Dutton, Julian.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ nb2013002828 245 10 Keeping Quiet :|bVisual Comedy in the Age of Sound. 264 1 Luton :|bAndrews UK,|c2015. 300 1 online resource (407 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 505 0 Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Foreword; Introduction; Keeping Quiet; Origins: From Ritual to Film; Keeping Still: the Coming of Sound; Slowing Down: Laurel and Hardy; Swansong of a Pantomimist: Chaplin; Out and Down: Buster Keaton; Long Live Vaudeville -- Harpo Marx; Diehards: Visual Comedy on Stage & Screen 1930-45; At Odds with the World - - Jacques Tati; The Kid: Norman Wisdom; The Nebbish: Jerry Lewis; Diehards II: Visual Comedy on Stage & Screen 1945- 1960; Television's First Genius: Ernie Kovacs; Kid in a Sweet-Shop -- Benny Hill. 505 8 Diehards III: Visual Comedy on Stage & Screen 1960 to 1970Rhubarb Rhubarb -- Eric Sykes and the Spoken Silents; Chameleon Boy: Peter Sellers; Another Outsider: Marty Feldman; Ronnie Barker: The Grumble & Grunt Comedies; Diehards IV: Visual Comedy on Stage, Film & TV 1970 to present; The Alien: Rowan Atkinson; The Human Cartoon: Matt Lucas and Pompidou!; Back Matter; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Film Magazines & Journals Consulted; Also Available. 520 Keeping Quiet is a love-letter to the modern sight-gag on film and television, tracing the history of physical clowning since the advent of sound. Taking up the story of visual humour where Paul Merton's Silent Comedy leaves off, Julian Dutton charts the lives and work of all the great comedians who chose to remain silent, from Charlie Chaplin - who was determined to resist the 'talkies' - right through to the slapstick of modern-day performers such as Rowan Atkinson, Matt Lucas and Harry ... 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Comedy films|xHistory and criticism.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2008101229 650 0 Television comedies|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh89006439|xHistory and criticism.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001187 650 7 Comedy films.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/869095 650 7 Television comedies.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1146832 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 776 08 |iPrint version:|aDutton, Julian.|tKeeping Quiet : Visual Comedy in the Age of Sound.|dLuton : Andrews UK, ©2015 |z9781909183773 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1044464|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20161103|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic new|lridw 994 92|bRID