A tour de force through the landscape of American comedy in the 1950s.
Preface
Introduction: Hearing the Laughter
p. 1
Howard Hawks and the Comedy of Frustration
p. 39
Billy Wilder and the American Dream
p. 88
Unrest in Peace: Hitchcock's Fifties Humor
p. 150
Living Looney Tunes: The Art of Frank Tashlin
p. 179
Epilogue: The Big Carnival
p. 243
Notes
p. 247
Bibliography
p. 257
Index
p. 269
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