Laurel & Hardy: From the Forties Forward - Softcover

MacGillivray, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 187951141X ISBN 13: 9781879511415

Publisher: Vestal Pr Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

A ground-breaking look at the duo's films during and after the war years!

About this title

From Library Journal:

MacGillivray, a film writer and longtime fan of Laurel and Hardy, focuses on the famous duo's later celluloid contributions, painting them as Hollywood casualties. According to MacGillivray, Laurel and Hardy were unwitting victims of the studio era's demise and the desperate attempts by producers to gain artistic control, hedge bets, and cash in on past successes. Occupying the margins of A- and B-picture status, they became incidental, has-been characters in search of a suitable vehicle for their talents. A fair portion of this slim volume routinely recaps film plots, but reactions from contemporaneous exhibitors contrast well with comments from critics, pointing up the contradictions inherent in popular culture. Uneven but still recommended for film collections.?Jayne Plymale, Stamford, CT
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review:

Highly readable and intricately referenced, a "must read/must have"... Includes marvelous photographs and B&W plates of marquee posters." -- Booksellers (reviewed by G. A. Hazelwood), April 22, 2007

About this edition

• Publisher: Vestal Pr Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 187951141X
• ISBN 13: 9781879511415
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 223