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Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960
Paul Matthew St. Pierre
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Hardback. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
St. Pierre examines strategies of representing British music hall performance and the performance of the body in British cinema in the silent era and the sound era. The focus is on films of Fred and Joe Evans, Frank Randle, Will Hay, George Formby,Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane, Cicely Courtneidge, Jessie Matthews, Norman Evans, Max Miller, Stanley Holloway, Jack Warner, Gracie Fields, and Charles Chaplin. Consideration is given to themes such as war propaganda and gender impersonation.
St. Pierre examines strategies of representing British music hall performance and the performance of the body in British cinema in the silent era and the sound era. The focus is on films of Fred and Joe Evans, Frank Randle, Will Hay, George Formby,Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane, Cicely Courtneidge, Jessie Matthews, Norman Evans, Max Miller, Stanley Holloway, Jack Warner, Gracie Fields, and Charles Chaplin. Consideration is given to themes such as war propaganda and gender impersonation.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611473995
SKU
V9781611473995
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About Paul Matthew St. Pierre
Paul Matthew St. Pierre is associate professor of English at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
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