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Title:

Romantic comedy [videorecording] / co-production of the New York Center for Visual History, KCET/Los Angeles, and the BBC.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Annenberg/CPB Collection,

Copyright Date:

1994

Description:

1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Comedy films--United States--History.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Motion picture industry--United States--History.
Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
Motion pictures--United States--History.

Other Authors:

Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939-
Ephron, Nora.
Heckerling, Amy.
Lithgow, John, 1945-
Marshall, Gary.
Martinelli, Greg.
Mate, Rita.
Ornati, Molly.
Pitkethly, Lawrence.
Seidelman, Susan,
Selverstone, Katy.
Sikov, Ed.
Zemeckis, Robert, 1952-
Annenberg/CPB Collection.
Annenberg/CPB Project.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
New York Center for Visual History.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Notes:

At head of title: Annenberg/CPB Project. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Originally broadcast on PBS. Garry Marshall, Susan Seidelman, Robert Zemeckis, Ed Sikov, Nora Ephron, Peter Bogdanovich, James Brooks, Amy Heckerling. Host, John Lithgow. Narrator, Katy Selverstone.

Summary:

Program explores romantic comedy films which often indirectly reveal truths about the battle of the sexes. Explores both sides of American romantic comedy, the surface humor and its roots in questions of gender and sexuality, Includes interviews with directors, screenwriters and scholars.

Series:

American cinema ; 5

OCLC:

(OCoLC)31932825

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)