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Eccentrics of Comedy

Eccentrics of Comedy( )
Author: Slide, Anthony
ISBN:978-0-8108-3534-4
Publication Date:Jan 1999
Publisher:Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $98.95
Book Description:

Examines the lives and careers of twelve entertainers whose comedic styles were distinctly eccentric: Milton Berle, Ed Brendel, Bobby Clark, Phyllis Diller, the Duncan Sisters, Edward Everett Horton, Alice Howell, Franklin Pangborn, Old Mother Riley, Margaret Rutherford, Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle, and Ernest Thesiger.

Book Details
Pages:180
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Performing Arts / Comedy
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):14.326 x 22.25 x 1.626 cm
Book Weight:0.4 Kilograms
Author Biography
Slide, Anthony (Author)
Anthony Slide is the author or editor of some sixty books on the history of popular entertainment, & editor of the "Filmmakers" series published by Scarecrow Press. He has served as an associate archivist of the American Film Institute & resident film historian of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. In 1990, in recognition of his work on the history of popular culture, Mr. Slide was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by Bowling Green University. Anthony Slide resides in Studio City, California.

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