Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Why the French Love Jerry Lewis: From Cabaret to Early Cinema

Why the French Love Jerry Lewis: From Cabaret to Early Cinema
Why the French Love Jerry Lewis From Cabaret to Early Cinema
Author: Rae Beth Gordon
Vividly bringing to light the tradition of physical comedy in the French cabaret, café-concert, and early French film comedy, this book answers the perplexing question, "Why do the French love Jerry Lewis?" The extraordinary emphasis on nervous pathology in the Parisian café-concert, where the genres of the Epileptic Singer and the Idi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780804738934
ISBN-10: 0804738939
Publication Date: 4/1/2002
Pages: 274
Rating:
  ?

0 stars, based on 0 rating
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review


Genres: