Movie Genres: Comedy–Select Biblio
Jan 9, 2026
Marc, David. Comic Visions: TV Comedy and American Culture. Boston: Unwine Hyman, 1989. 272pp
Durgnat, Raymond. The Crazy Mirr0r. Hollywood Comedy and the American Image. Delta, 1969. (0ver 500 films)
Lahue, Kalton. Classic Princes and Court Jesters. 1970.
Lang, Candace D. Irony/Humor: Critical Paradigms. John Hopkins Univ. Press, 1987.
Robinson, David. The Great Funnies. History of American Comedy. Dutton, 1969.
Sennett, Ted. Lunatics and Lovers. A Tribute to the Giddy and Glittering Era of the Screen Screwball and Romantic Comedies. Arlington House, 1973.
Schutz, C.E. Political Humor. Cranbury, NJ: F. Dickinson Univ Press, 1976.
Torrance, Richard. Comic Hero, Harvard Press, 1978
Weasles, Gerald. Cannes Goods as Caviar, Amer Film Comedy of he 1930s. Univ of Chicago Press, 1985. 12 films (City Lights, Duck Soup, Bringin Up Baby, My Man Godfrey)
