{"id":276,"date":"2019-01-22T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T15:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/?page_id=276"},"modified":"2022-07-06T09:07:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T09:07:42","slug":"comedy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/?page_id=276","title":{"rendered":"Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-slate-section-hero-title gpb-slate-section-hero-title gb-layout-columns-1 one-column gb-has-background-dim gb-has-background-dim-20 gb-background-cover gb-background-no-repeat gb-has-custom-background-color gb-has-custom-text-color gb-columns-center alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:5em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:5em;padding-left:1em;background-color:#1f1f1f;color:#f5f5f5;background-image:url(https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Keystone-Kops.png);background-position:56.99999999999999% 51%\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-1 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-wideleft gb-columns-center alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-8 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column gb-is-vertically-aligned-top\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#f5f5f5;font-size:60px\">Comedy<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column gb-is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>Readings:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/9-BringingUpBaby.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bringing Up Baby<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mandatory movie for this learning unit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawk, 1938)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Comedy is probably the first of all film Genres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very\nsoon, the pioneers of cinema discovered that movies are an excellent instrument\nto make people laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\ncould watch a good example of a comic experiment in the first lecture on the\nLumiere brothers \u2013 You will surely remember one of the streaming clips, &#8216;L&#8217;Arroseur arose\n(The Sprayer Sprayed), in which one naughty kid plays\na prank on the gardener who was watering his backyard. It was the simplest and\nmost primitive comedy technique: the Slapstick. The kid steps on the hose, and\nthen release it when the gardener is looking at it. \n\nThis survey of the historical development of the\ncomedy starts with the silent period and will then focus on the golden era of\nHollywood during the 1930ies.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1>Silent Period<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2>Mack Sennett (1880 \u2013 1960)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mack Sennett  founded the Keystone Studio and made of this technique, The Slapstick, the most popular and durable of all silent screen techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Slapstick is\nbasically a succession of extremely fast scenes with a lot of action, spectacular\nchases, funny tumbles and falls.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Keystone Studio was the factory of comedy talents in the silent period, some very popular names at that time, such as Harry Langdom, Ben Turpin, Charley Chase, Mabel Normand. All of them started their careers as members of the Keystone cops crazy troop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roscoe \u201cFatty\u201d Arbuckle <\/strong>was during several years the most popular of the Keystone stars until he fell from grace.The humor of this pioneer, who also started the black legend of Hollywood, was rather simple, even rough. The climax in his movies was always the predictable cake battle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keystone-Kops-1024x712.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keystone-Kops-1024x712.png 1024w, https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keystone-Kops-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keystone-Kops-768x534.png 768w, https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keystone-Kops.png 1037w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Still, the most important name that emerged from the Keystone factory was <strong>Charles Chaplin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Charles Chaplin (1889-1977)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5-COMEDY_Chaplin.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>He developed the \u201ctramp\u201d character that would make him the first international star in his second movie for the Keystone Studio: \u201cKid Auto Race at Venice\u201d (1914).<\/li><li>The Tramp:<ul><li>Arbuckle\u2019s Trousers + Mack Swain\u2019s Moustache + Ford Sterling\u2019s shoes + derby, cane and ill fitting jacket. <\/li><li>He is a vagabond, but he is also elegant in his humility.<\/li><li>He is crude, but romantic;<\/li><li>He is a rascal, but also a poet;<\/li><li>He is cynical, but also highly moral.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Movies:<ul><li>Keystone<ul><li>\u201cKid Auto Race at Venice\u201d (1914)<\/li><li>\u201cMaking a Living\u201d (1914)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Essanay<ul><li>\u201cThe Pawnshop\u201d (1916)<\/li><li>&#8220;Easy Street\u201d (1917)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Immigrant\u201d (1917)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Cure\u201d (1917)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>First National (the first star who earned a million dollar a year).<ul><li>\u201cThe Kid\u201d (1921) \u2013 The first movie he directed.<\/li><li>\u201cA Women of Paris\u201d (1923)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Gold Rush\u201d (1925)<\/li><li>\u201cCity Lights\u201d (1931)<\/li><li>\u201cModern Times\u201d (1936)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_74945\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4qiEDHMdYlU?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Buster Keaton (1895-1966)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>He started with \u201cFatty\u201d Arbuckle, but soon he created his own production company (1919) and between 1920 and 1923, he made 19 excellent visual shorts, some of them:<ul><li>\u201cOne Week\u201d (1920)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Playhouse\u201d (1921)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Boat\u201d (1921)<\/li><li>\u201cCops\u201d (1922)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Balloonatic\u201d (1923)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Keaton was much less theatrical than Chaplin \u2013 much more cinematic.<\/li><li>In his movies, there was a lot of action, a complex editing and also bold special effects.<\/li><li>They were also beautifully photographed, with a meticulous attention to the mise-en-sc\u00e8ne.<\/li><li>He shares the directorial credit with Eddi Cline.<\/li><li>Some of his master works:<ul><li>\u201cThe Three Ages\u201d (1923)<\/li><li>\u201cSherlock Jr.\u201d (1924)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Navigator\u201d (1925)<\/li><li>\u201cSeven Chances\u201d (1925)<\/li><li>&#8220;The General&#8221; (1926)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Cameraman\u201d (1928)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_25456\"  width=\"480\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YWm587wKKVw?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>The General (whole movie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_73659\"  width=\"480\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/472yBpBQFx4?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>The General (train chase scene)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1>Talkies<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2>The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The most absurd, chaotic, anarchic, and surrealist humor ever.<\/li><li>Their cinema is so peculiar and, at the same time, extremely simple:<ul><li>In their movies, there was no plot,<\/li><li>There was no active camera,<\/li><li>There was no editing.<\/li><li>They just acted \u2013 and frequently improvised in front of a static camera. The comic effect always relied on the acid and rapid dialogues between Groucho and Chico, and also in the deaf-mute chaos created by Harpo.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Their best and most personal movies:<ul><li>Animal Crackers (1930)<\/li><li>Horse Feathers (1932)<\/li><li>Duck Soup (1933)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>When they transferred to the MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer), they had less freedom for Chaos.<\/li><li>Their movies were technically better and more sophisticated, but they lost freshness<\/li><li>The studio also imposed the long musical interludes, showcasing Harpo and Chico, which are today very annoying when you are watching their movies today.<\/li><li>The most famous movies of this second phase:<ul><li> \u201cA Night at the Opera\u201d (1935)<\/li><li> \u201cA Day at the Races\u201d (1937)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_34018\"  width=\"480\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PFu0KyrNAAA?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>A Night at the Opera  (Cabin Scene)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_34442\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CFxomE3uR6U?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Duck Soup (Mirror Scene)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Frank Capra (Bisacquino, Sicily, 1897 \u2013 1991)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Leading director in the mid 30ies and in the 40ies. He was extraordinary successful, and won several Oscars during those years.<\/li><li>Especially important was his work with the actors Jimmy Stewart and Gary Cooper, who were able to represent the ideal American:<ul><li>A humble, modest and common man with no especial education or intelligence,<\/li><li>But with solid traditional values and a powerful will that make him able to forge the own destiny.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>His comedies are usually romantic and sentimental,<ul><li>\u201cPlatinum Blonde\u201d (1931)<\/li><li>\u201cIt Happened One Night\u201d (1934)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Still, he could also be very funny with black humor.<ul><li>\u201cArsenic and Old Lace\u201d (1944)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>He combined comedy and political involvement in the movies that nowadays are regarded as his bests:<ul><li>\u201cMr. Deeds goes to Town\u201d (1936)<\/li><li>\u201cMr. Smith goes to Washington\u201d (1939)<\/li><li>\u201cMeet John Doe\u201d (1941)<\/li><li>\u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life\u201d (1946)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_80991\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uAERYfeiYBc?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Howard Hawks (1896 \u2013 1977)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>He made masterworks in all the most popular genres, but his movies always had a very singular comedy touch.<\/li><li>Film Noirs with Humphrey Bogart<ul><li>\u201cTo Have and Not To Have\u201d (1944)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Big Sleep\u201d (1946)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Or Westerns with John Wayne<ul><li>\u201cRio Rojo\u201d (Red River, 1948)<\/li><li>\u201cRio Bravo\u201d (1959)<\/li><li>\u201cEldorado\u201d (1967)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>But he had also pure \u201cscrewball\u201d comedies, commonly starring Cary Grant<ul><li>\u201cBringing Up Baby\u201d (1938)<\/li><li>&#8220;His Girl Friday\u201d (1940) <\/li><li>\u201cBall of Fire\u201d (1941)<\/li><li>\u201cI Was a War Bride\u201d (1949)<\/li><li>\u201cMonkey Business\u201d (1952) <\/li><li>\u201cGentlemen Prefer Blondes\u201d (1953)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Hawks was doing movies from the 30ies to the 70ies.<\/li><li>Probably because he was able to associate to the best actors, cinematographers and writers.<ul><li>He wrote the screenplays with such names as William Faulkner, Ernst Hemmingway and Ben Hetch.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_27903\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v8UDjwdqzKY?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>His Girl Friday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Ernst Lubitsch (Berlin, 1892 \u2013 1947)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>He was born in a prosperous Jewish family, and that was the reason why he had to emigrate to the USA although he had a extremely successful theatrical and film career in Germany, where he started joining the famous Deutsches Theater of Max Reinhardt as an actor.<\/li><li>In Germany, working already as a director, he developed his famous \u201cTouch\u201d<\/li><li>The \u201cLubitsch Touch\u201d:<ul><li>&#8220;A cocktail of sophistication, self-parody, cynicism and an elegant sexual piquancy&#8221;.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Some of the movies of his German period:<ul><li>\u201cAnna Boleyn\u201d (1920)<\/li><li>\u201cDeception\u201d (1920)<\/li><li>\u201cDie Bergkatze\u201d (1921)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>His most important movies in the USA:<ul><li>\u201cDesire\u201d (1936)<\/li><li>\u201cAngel\u201d (1937) \u2013 Both with Marlene Dietrich<\/li><li>\u201cBluebeard\u2019s Eighth Wife\u201d (1938) \u2013 With Gary Cooper<\/li><li>\u201cNinotchka\u201d (1939) \u2013 With Greta Garbo.<\/li><li>\u201cThe Shop Around the Corner\u201d (1940) \u2013 With Jimmy Stewart<\/li><li>\u201cThat Uncertain Feeling\u201d (1941)<\/li><li>\u201cTo Be or Not to Be\u201d (1942)<\/li><li>\u201cHeaven Can Wait\u201d (1943)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_58678\"  width=\"480\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oSYktuz7sV0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>To Be or Not to Be (Opening Scene)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1>Introduction to Bring Up Baby<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The movie selected for the learning unit on Comedy is&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large\"><p>Bringing Up Baby<\/p><cite>(Howard Hawks, 1938)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Bringing Up baby is the perfect example of a subgenre of the comedy that became very popular during the 1930ies and 40ies, the so-called<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Screwball Comedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The secret recipe of the screwball cocktail is a combination of sophistication and slapstick. We watch in those movies stylish, elegant, charismatic Hollywood stars \u2013 such Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Katherine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, etc \u2013 acting in the most bizarre and silliest situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the comic effect: Elegant, sophisticated people saying eccentric things and acting crazily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most important element in this genre are the excellent dialogues \u2013 very dynamic, very eccentric and, of course, very funny at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please, read the brief article on Bring Up Baby you can find in this learning unit before watching the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1>Literature<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Parkinson, David:<ul><li>\u201cHistory of Film\u201d. Thames and Hudson, 1995<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Hill, J. and Church Gibson, P. (ed.)<ul><li>\u201cThe Oxford Guide to Film Studies\u201d. Oxford University Press, 1998.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Mitchell, W.J.T.:<ul><li>\u201cThe Language of Images\u201d. The University of Chicago Press, 1980.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lubitsch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.lubitsch.com\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readings: Bringing Up Baby Mandatory movie for this learning unit: Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawk, 1938) Comedy is probably the first of all film Genres. Very soon, the pioneers of cinema discovered that movies are an excellent instrument to make people laugh. 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