• Biographies (12) • Encyclopedias (5) • Essays (2) • Studies (25)
• Biographies (3) • Encyclopedias (1) • Essays (0) • Studies (2)
• Biographies (12 books)(3 books)
Camera Man (2023)
Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century
by Dana Stevens
Publisher: Atria Books
Subject: Director > Buster Keaton
The Ritz Brothers (2021)
The Films, Television Shows and Other Career Highlights of the Famous Comedy Trio
by Roy Liebman
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Ritz Brothers
The Rise & Fall of Max Linder (2021)
The First Cinema Celebrity
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: Actor > Max Linder
Laurel & Hardy (2019)
The Magic Behind the Movies
Publisher: Bonaventure Press
Subject: Actor > Laurel & Hardy
Charlie Chaplin (2017)
A Political Biography from Victorian Britain to Modern America
by Richard Carr
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Director > Charlie Chaplin
Harry Langdon (2017)
King of Silent Comedy
by Gabriella Oldham and Mabel Langdon
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Subject: Actor > Harry Langdon
Larry Semon, Daredevil Comedian of the Silent Screen (2015)
A Biography and Filmography
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Larry Semon
Harold Lloyd (2009)
Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: Actor > Harold LLoyd
Lloyd Hamilton (2009)
Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Lloyd Hamilton
Marie Dressler (2006)
A Biography: With a Listing of Major Stage Performances, a Filmography and a Discography
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Marie Dressler
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (2005)
A Biography of the Silent Film Comedian, 1887–1933
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Fatty Arbuckle
• Encyclopedias (5 books)(1 book)
The Charlie Chaplin Archives (2021)
by Paul Duncan
Publisher: Taschen
Subject: Director > Charlie Chaplin
The Charlie Chaplin Archives (2015)
by Paul Duncan
Publisher: Taschen
(previous edition)
Subject: Director > Charlie Chaplin
• Essays (2 books)(0 book)
The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader (2019)
Dir. Ian Wilkie
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Why the French Love Jerry Lewis (2002)
From Cabaret to Early Cinema
by Rae Gordon
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Subject: Countries
• Studies (25 books)(2 books)
Death by Laughter (2024)
Female Hysteria and Early Cinema
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
The Slapstick Camera (2021)
Hollywood and the Comedy of Self-Reference
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
Too Funny for Words (2019)
A Contrarian History of American Screen Comedy from Silent Slapstick to Screwball
by David Kalat
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes (2018)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
Comic Venus (2018)
Women and Comedy in American Silent Film
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
Buffoon Men (2013)
Classic Hollywood Comedians and Queered Masculinity
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Buster Keaton's Silent Shorts (2013)
1920-1923
by James L. Neibaur and Terri Niemi
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Director > Buster Keaton
Stan Without Ollie (2012)
The Stan Laurel Solo Films, 1917–1927
by Ted Okuda and James L. Neibaur
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Laurel & Hardy
The Funny Parts (2011)
A History of Film Comedy Routines and Gags
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Silent Visions (2011)
Discovering Early Hollywood and New York Through the Films of Harold Lloyd
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
Subject: Actor > Harold LLoyd
Keaton's Silent Shorts (2010)
Beyond the Laughter
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Subject: Director > Buster Keaton
The Fun Factory (2008)
The Keystone Film Company and the Emergence of Mass Culture
by Rob King
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Chaplin at Essanay (2008)
A Film Artist in Transition, 1915–1916
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Charlie Chaplin
The Comedy of Philosophy (2008)
Sense and Nonsense in Early Cinematic Slapstick
by Lisa Trahair
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
The Comic World of the Marx Brothers' Movies (2007)
"Anything Further Father?"
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Subject: Actor > Marx Brothers
Arbuckle and Keaton (2006)
Their 14 Film Collaborations
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Buster Keaton
A History of the Hal Roach Studios (2006)
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Subject: Studio > Hal Roach Studios
The Art of Laurel and Hardy (2006)
Graceful Calamity in the Films
by Kyp Harness
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Laurel & Hardy
Silent Traces (2006)
Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
Subject: Director > Charlie Chaplin
Keystone (2005)
The Life and Clowns of Mack Sennett
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Subject: Others persons > Mack Sennett
Comedy Is a Man in Trouble (2002)
Slapstick in American Movies
by Alan Dale
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
Wheeler & Woolsey (2001)
The Vaudeville Comic Duo and Their Films, 1929–1937
by Edward Watz
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Wheeler & Woolsey
The Boys (2001)
The Cinematic World of Laurel and Hardy
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Laurel & Hardy
Silent Echoes (2000)
Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
Subject: Director > Buster Keaton
The Theater and Cinema of Buster Keaton (1999)
by Robert Knopf
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Director > Buster Keaton
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