{"product_id":"the-art-of-the-screwball-comedy-madcap-entertainment-from-the-1930s-to-today-9780786467815","title":"The Art of the Screwball Comedy: Madcap Entertainment from the 1930s to Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Doris Milberg\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part One of this entertaining exploration of screwball comedies and their later offspring begins in the mid-1930s discussing the careers of popular stars such as Cary Grant and Carole Lombard and well-known supporting players like Walter Connally and Ralph Bellamy (also Asta the dog, top animal star of the 1930s!). Writers and directors are given their due: Frank Capra, Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges, just to name a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part Two, the meat of the book, takes an in depth look at the films, from the genre's inception (1934's \u003ci\u003eIt Happened One Night\u003c\/i\u003e) to the recent 2003 \u003ci\u003eDown with Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and the stars that appear in them--Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Julia Roberts, Richard Gere--ending with some thoughts about the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46494096818327,"sku":"9780786467815","price":2823.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-the-screwball-comedy-madcap-entertainment-from-the-1930s-to-today-9780786467815","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}