A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy 1929-1939

by David Sutton

A Chorus of Raspberries is the first full-length academic study of one of the most popular, profitable and persistent genres in British cinema. It redraws the map of British film history by arguing that comedy was the most successful, and perhaps the most important, genre of the 1930s, and that the very qualities which ensured the comedy film's low status are also its particular strengths. In the process it uncovers a whole tradition of popular cinema...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085989603X
• ISBN13: 9780859896030
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Exeter Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"