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Screwball Comedy
(34 Books)
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Screwball: Hollywood's Madcap Romantic Comedies
by
Ed Sikov
4.35 avg rating — 69 ratings
"2nd HC book I bought on this subject - gorgeous photographs of wacky scenes!"
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Romantic Comedy In Hollywood: From Lubitsch to Sturges
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James Harvey
4.35 avg rating — 88 ratings
"First book I purchased on the subject of Screwball, it remains a much loved addition to my library."
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The Runaway Bride: Hollywood Romantic Comedy of the 1930s
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Elizabeth Kendall
3.96 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Hollywood Bedlam: Classic Screwball Comedies
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William K. Everson
4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Lunatics and Lovers: A Tribute to the Giddy and Glittering Era of the Screen's 'Screwball' and Romantic Comedies
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Ted Sennett
3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
"First book I read about screwball comedies and loved it"
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Romantic vs. Screwball Comedy: Charting the Difference
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Wes D. Gehring
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The Art of the Screwball Comedy: Madcap Entertainment from the 1930s to Today
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Doris Milberg
3.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Screwball Comedy: A Genre of Madcap Romance
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Wes D. Gehring
2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Screwball comedy and film noir : unexpected connections
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Thomas C. Renzi
3.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Fast-Talking Dames
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Maria DiBattista
3.80 avg rating — 102 ratings
"Mom got me this book - the title and idea were better than the execution which still is better than many books out there"
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Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise
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Scott Eyman
3.87 avg rating — 1,483 ratings
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Dear Cary: My Life with Cary Grant
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Dyan Cannon
3.60 avg rating — 4,387 ratings
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Cary Grant: A Touch of Elegance
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Warren G. Harris
3.85 avg rating — 167 ratings
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Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant
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Jennifer Grant
3.66 avg rating — 1,561 ratings
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Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart
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Charles Higham
3.16 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Irene Dunne: First Lady of Hollywood: First Lady of Hollywood (Filmmakers Series) (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series)
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Wes D. Gehring
3.79 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Irene Dunne: A Bio-Bibliography
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Margie Schultz
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Life Is a Banquet
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Rosalind Russell
4.17 avg rating — 530 ratings
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Rosalind Russell
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Nicholas Yanni
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Forever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell
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Bernard F. Dick
3.20 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Gentleman: The William Powell Story
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Charles Francisco
3.87 avg rating — 79 ratings
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William Powell: The Life and Films
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Roger Bryant
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3.62 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Screwball: The life of Carole Lombard
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Larry Swindell
4.04 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Carole Lombard, the Hoosier Tornado (Indiana Biography Series)
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Wes D. Gehring
3.70 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star
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Michelle Morgan
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The Films of Carole Lombard
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Frederick W. Ott
4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood
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Emily W. Leider
3.68 avg rating — 258 ratings
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Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming
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James Kotsilibas-Davis
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Claudette Colbert : An Illustrated Biography
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Lawrence J. Quirk
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Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty
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Bernard F. Dick
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Claudette Colbert
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William K. Everson
3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew
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John Oller
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3.97 avg rating — 367 ratings
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Jean Arthur: A Biofilmography
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Jerry Vermilye
2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Films of Myrna Loy
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Alwrence J. Quirk
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