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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.430280922
EAN: 9780940410787
ISBN: 0940410788
Label: Moonstone Press
Manufacturer: Moonstone Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 462
Publication Date: 1987-06
Publisher: Moonstone Press
Sales Rank: 342547
Studio: Moonstone Press
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The beloved comedy team comes to life in this behind-the-scenes documentary -- visit the set as they make their classic comedies. Film historian Randy Skretvedt uses original shooting scripts and unfilmed comedy routines, legal depositions, family scrapbooks and original studio publicity material -- plus exclusive interviews with dozens of the team's friends and co-workers -- to recreate, as never before, the unique environment in which the films were made.
Film by film, this book truly evokes the magic behind the movies -- practical jokes, special effects, technical problems, musical scores, sneak previews and publicity campaigns. Over 200 rare photographs, including scenes from the cutting room floor. The book includes a who's who of the team's supporting players, directors and other technical people; a foreword by Steve Allen and an index. The revised paperback edition includes details on recently rediscovered films, newly found footage, foreign language versions and a resource list.
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'Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies' is a great resource on the career of 'the boys'. The making of each film is covered in detail and there is quite a bit of biographical information sprinkled throughout. This was one of those books that I found hard to put down once I got started. Kudos to the author for providing a very informative and entertaining book!
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Almost to good to be true. If you want to know anything or everything about Laurel & Hardy and all their movies and films, you can find it here in this wonderfully written book.
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Randy Skretvedt produced a highly entertaining and thought provoking work with the release of this work on two of the cinema's greatest comedy legends,Laurel and Hardy.
Most volumes up until this point had approached their careers in similar styles by focusing first on their backgrounds,early entries into showbusiness,their early careers,then into their most popular times and from there into their declining years.All filled with andecdotes either from friends,colleagues or the comedians themselves.
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For years.Many film history books have tried to give some insight into the creation,development and the successful appeal of Laurel & Hardy's film work.With the exception of Leonard Maltin's"Movie Comedy Teams"and"The Great Movie Comedians!".No book seemed to show the readers how these classic comedies came about.Until now.Film historian,radio interviewer and musical entertainer:Randy Skrevedt's book"Laurel & Hardy:The Magic Behind The Movies!"finally gives us all a chance to see how these two great performers ... Read More
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To me, the Laurel and Hardy (L&H) team was easily the best comedy team of the first half of the 20th century. I realize others may have other favorites (Three Stooges, Our Gang, W.C. Fields (another of my personal favorites), Abbott and Costello (not one of my favorites), Marx Brothers, etc.) But the L&H team was beyond these other comedy teams. Randy Skretvet did these men proud with this book that traces them from the very beginning to their eventual demise. If one appreciates L&H and the comedy of the early ... Read More
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