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Author McCormick, Richard W., 1951- author.

Title Sex, politics, and comedy : the transnational cinema of Ernst Lubitsch / Rick McCormick
Published Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 356 pages) : illustrations
Series German Jewish cultures
German Jewish cultures.
Contents Introduction : transnational Jewish comedy -- I. Berlin : sex, spectacle, and anarchy. 1. From the Jewish "Bad boy" to the "Bad girl" : early comedies, 1914-18 ; 2. Bad girls in the costume epics, 1919-22 ; 3. Bad girls untamed : anarchic/fantastic comedies, 1919-22 -- II. Hollywood : from European sophistication to antifascist screwball. 4. Sex and sophistication : comedies and operettas, 1923-34 ; 5. Pushing the boundaries in the pre-code Hollywood, 1931-34 ; 6. Screwball politics : American populism and European politics, 1935-41 ; 7. Coming out as Jewish : to be or not to be, 1942 -- Epilogue: Twilight of a cosmopolitan, 1943-47
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333), filmography, and index
Notes Online resource; title from online PDF (University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, viewed August 19, 2020)
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In Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Subject Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947.
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947 fast
Subject Comedy films -- History and criticism
Screwball comedy films -- History and criticism
Fantasy comedies (Motion pictures) -- History and criticism
Jewish motion picture producers and directors -- Germany
Jewish motion picture producers and directors -- United States
Jewish wit and humor -- History -- 20th century
Sex in motion pictures -- History -- 20th century
Politics in motion pictures -- History -- 20th century
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
Comedy films
Fantasy comedies (Motion pictures)
Jewish motion picture producers and directors
Jewish wit and humor
Politics in motion pictures
Screwball comedy films
Sex in motion pictures
Germany
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780253048363
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