The Rough Guide to Comedy Movies Author:Bob McCabe Cracking open a whole barrel of movie mirth, "The Rough Guide to Comedy Movies" gives you the ultimate lowdown on laughter in the cinema, from "Airplane!" to "Withnail and I", and from John Belushi to Billy Wilder. Features include: the comedy story--tells the tale of the genre, from the mayhem of the silents to the "gross-out" films of the 19... more »90s and the dark indie humour of the twenty-first century; the comedy canon--a selection of 50 comedy movie greats, from Chaplin's classic "The Gold Rush" to Wes Anderson's "Rushmore" via Preston Sturges's "Sullivan's Travels" and Woody Allen's "Manhattan"; comedy movie icons--the directors and performers that have kept us laughing, including Marilyn Monroe, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Fatty Arbuckle, and Jacques Tati; comedy teamwork--the genre's greatest double-acts and comedy combinations, from Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Bros to the Coen Brothers and the Pythons; and laughing on the other side--a look at comedy cinema around the world.« less
If you are a movie buff, you'll love this book! It combines history and biography with info on the author's picks for the 50 funniest films of all time. See if you agree!