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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Murray Pomerance , Matthew SolomonPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438496528ISBN 10: 1438496524 Pages: 342 Publication Date: 01 February 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews"""Contrary to the cult of Jerry Lewis that formed in the wake of Positif and Cahiers' provocative celebration of Lewis as the consummate American idiot—work that overvalued his later films—the best of Jerry Lewis, as Murray Pomerance and Matthew Solomon convincingly contend, was surely the early stuff with Dean Martin, back when the two of them together were 'the biggest thing in show business.' Pomerance and Solomon do their level best to tell us why, and, like the comedy duo's performances they so complexly attend, the cultural history they offer is surprising and profound."" — Jon Lewis, author of Road Trip to Nowhere: Hollywood Encounters the Counterculture ""For a brief period, Martin and Lewis were indeed the 'biggest thing in show business,' and this book does a wonderful job of presenting the postwar environment and what audiences at the time were drawn to. Pomerance and Solomon offer a deep and rich presentation and appreciation of the multitude of elements that made up the essence of the duo's performances."" — Kristine Brunovska Karnick, coeditor of Classical Hollywood Comedy" Author InformationMurray Pomerance is an independent scholar living in Toronto and Adjunct Professor in the School of Media and Communication at the RMIT University, Melbourne. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, A Silence from Hitchcock (also published by SUNY Press) and Uncanny Cinema: Agonies of the Viewing Experience. Matthew Solomon is Professor of Film, Television, and Media at the University of Michigan. His most recent book is Méliès Boots: Footwear and Film Manufacturing in Second Industrial Revolution Paris. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |