Edgar Kennedy (hardback): Master of the Slow Burn

by Bill Cassara

The balding and burly performer Edgar Kennedy excelled in exhibiting comic frustration in his countless film appearances. He convulsed cinemagoers with his frustrations over numerous indignities, culminating in a valiant but futile attempt to suppress his anger, which became his trademark "slow burn." From 1931 to his death in 1948, he starred in a popular film short subject series as a beleaguered "Average Man", which preceded today's television...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629338044
• ISBN13: 9781629338040
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: BearManor Media
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"