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BL
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664361
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Grindon, Leger,1949-
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| Title & Author
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The Hollywood romantic comedy : : conventions, history, controversies /\ Leger Grindon
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;Malden, MA :: Wiley-Blackwell,, 2011
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| Series Statement
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New approaches to film genre
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xii, 214 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9781405182669 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 1405182660 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9781405182652 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1405182652 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- History, cycles and society -- Thinking seriously about laughter and romance -- What is the trouble in paradise? : Trouble in paradise (1932) -- Jailbreak : His girl friday (1940) -- The home front romantic comedy and The miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) -- Anatomy lesson : Adam's rib (1949) -- Riding sidesaddle in Some like it hot (1959) -- Counter conventions and cultural change in The graduate (1967) -- The trials of partnership in Annie Hall (1977) -- Friendship, sex and courtship in When Harry met Sally (1989) -- Parody and the grotesque in There's something about Mary (1998) -- Women's ambivalence in Waitress
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| Subject
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Romantic comedy films-- United States-- History and criticism
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Love in motion pictures
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43/617
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| LC Classification
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PN1995.9.C55G75 2011
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