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A History of Marriage in the Movies (book in English)

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by Jeanine Basinger

Type: Studies
Subject: Sociology
Keywords: sociology, couple, american cinema, comedy, screwball
Publishing Date: 2014
Publisher: Vintage
Collection: (no collection)
Language: English

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Physical desc.

Paperback • 432 pages • 18 €
7 ½ x 10 ¼ inches (19 x 26 cm)
Also available as an eBook.

ISBN

978-0-8041-6974-5

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Book Presentation:
Here is “happily ever after”—except when things aren’t happy, and when “ever after” is abruptly terminated by divorce, tragedy . . . or even murder. With her large-hearted understanding of how movies—and audiences—work, leading film historian Jeanine Basinger traces the many ways Hollywood has tussled with the tricky subject of marriage, explicating the relationships of countless marriages from Blondie and Dagwood to the heartrending couple in the Iranian A Separation, from Coach and his wife in Friday Night Lights to Tracy and Hepburn, and even to Laurel and Hardy (a marriage if ever there was one). A treasure trove of insight and sympathy, illustrated with scores of wonderfully telling movie stills, posters, and ads.

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