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Hollywood Sex Comedies, 1953-1964 - Hal Erickson

Hollywood Sex Comedies, 1953-1964

A Critical Analysis of 25 Films

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Buch | Softcover
277 Seiten
2024
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9353-8 (ISBN)
CHF 62,80 inkl. MwSt
Focuses on 25 selected examples of the Hollywood ‘sex comedy’, released between 1953 and 1964. The films are documented, analysed and placed in context with their times. Some are masterpieces, others mildly amusing and a few downright awful, but all are fascinating artifacts of a bygone era in popular entertainment.
The Hollywood "sex comedy"--that is, a feature-length comedy film in which sex motivates the storyline and the laughs are triggered by sexual situations--came into its own with the 1953 release of the once-controversial The Moon is Blue. The film received overwhelmingly positive critical and audience response despite being denied a seal of approval from the Production Code Administration and receiving a "Condemned" rating from the Legion of Decency. These two formidable watchdog agencies would continue to be challenged--and audiences would continue to be convulsed--by the abundance of sex comedies still to come.

This informal, informative survey focuses on 25 selected examples of the genre, released between 1953 and 1964. Along with such familiar works as The Seven Year Itch, The Tender Trap, Pillow Talk and Kiss Me, Stupid, several lesser-known sex comedies like I Married a Woman, The Tunnel of Love, Happy Anniversary and Period of Adjustment are documented, analyzed and placed in context with their times. Some are masterpieces, others mildly amusing and a few downright awful, but all are fascinating artifacts of a bygone era in popular entertainment.

Hal Erickson has written several media-related books for McFarland, and was for many years a primary editor of the All-Movie Guide website. He lives and works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents


Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction: What Is a Sex Comedy?

Disclaimer

••••••••••••••••••••••••• The Films •••••••••••••••••••••••••

One. The Moon Is Blue (1953)

Two. Susan Slept Here (1954)

Three. Phffft (1954)

Four. The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Five. The Tender Trap (1955)

Six. The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)

Seven. The Little Hut (1957)

Eight. I Married a Woman (1958)

Nine. This Happy Feeling (1958)

Ten. The Tunnel of Love (1958)

Eleven. Ask Any Girl (1959)

Twelve. Pillow Talk (1959)

Thirteen. Happy Anniversary (1959)

Fourteen. The Facts of Life (1960)

Fifteen. The ­Marriage-Go-Round (1961)

Sixteen. Bachelor in Paradise (1961)

Seventeen. Boys’ Night Out (1962)

Eighteen. Period of Adjustment (1962)

Nineteen. Come Blow Your Horn (1963)

Twenty. Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)

Twenty-One. A New Kind of Love (1963)

­Twenty-Two. Sunday in New York (1963)

­Twenty-Three. Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)

­Twenty-Four. Goodbye Charlie (1964)

­Twenty-Five. Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 50 photos
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10 1-4766-9353-6 / 1476693536
ISBN-13 978-1-4766-9353-8 / 9781476693538
Zustand Neuware
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