Author: Shirley Louise StaplesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entertainers
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
From "Barney's Courtship" to Burns and Allen
Author: Shirley Louise StaplesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entertainers
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Television
Author: Horace NewcombPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135194726
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2730
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Television, second edtion is the first major reference work to provide description, history, analysis, and information on more than 1100 subjects related to television in its international context. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclo pedia of Television, 2nd edition website.
Fred Allen's Radio Comedy
Author: Alan HavigPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439905606
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Tracing a career that lasted from 1912 into the 1950s, Havig describes the "verbal slapstick" style that was Fred Allen's hallmark and legacy to American comedy.
Funny Woman
Author: Barbara W. GrossmanPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253207623
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
A brilliant comic, Fanny Brice had a significant impact on a field that had been predominantly male, proving that the term "funny womanwas not an oxymoron.
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Theatre Research
Author: The Voice of the City
Author: Robert W. SnyderPublisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Snyder reconstructs the famous acts, describes the different theatres, and shows how entrepreneurs created a near monopoly over bookings, theatres, and performers. He also gives us vaudeville's decline, its audiences usurped by musical comedy, radio, and the movies."--BOOK JACKET.
The Spectator
Author: 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream
Author: W. H. A. WilliamsPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252065514
Category : Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The image of the Irish in the United States changed drastically over time, from that of hard-drinking, rioting Paddies to genial, patriotic working-class citizens. In 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream, William H. A. Williams traces the change in this image through more than 700 pieces of sheet music--popular songs from the stage and for the parlor--to show how Americans' opinions of Ireland and the Irish went practically from one extreme to the other. Because sheet music was a commercial item it had to be acceptable to the broadest possible song-buying public. "Negotiations" about their image involved Irish songwriters, performers, and pressured groups, on the one hand, and non-Irish writers, publishers, and audiences on the other. Williams ties the contents of song lyrics to the history of the Irish diaspora, suggesting how ethnic stereotypes are created and how they evolve within commercial popular culture.
Enduring Values
Author: June SochenPublisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Enduring Values offers a critical examination of 20th century treatments of women in several mass media areas including music, film, and television. This volume is unique in its wide coverage of various media forms and of the corresponding images of women within the respective areas. from the Preface