Tashlinesque: The Hollywood Comedies of Frank Tashlin

by Ethan de Seife

The long-overdue study of an important American filmmaker

Frank Tashlin (1913-1972) was a supremely gifted satirist and visual stylist who made an indelible mark on 1950s Hollywood and American popular culture--first as a talented animator working on Looney Tunes cartoons, then as muse to film stars Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope, and Jayne Mansfield. Yet his name is not especially well known today. Long regarded as an anomaly or curiosity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819572403
• ISBN13: 9780819572400
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher