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Laughing Hysterically: American Screen Comedy of the 1950s
October, 1996
Paper, 282 pages, 44 film stills
ISBN: 978-0-231-07983-9
$29.50
/ £20.50
Cloth, 282 pages, 44 film stills
ISBN: 978-0-231-07982-2
$64.00
/ £44.00
"Rejecting the notion that the 1950s was a bleak, conformist decade in the U.S., this engaging, sophisticated study argues that the era's film comedies reflect the period's underappreciated artistic and social rebelliousness." — Publishers Weekly