Romantic comedy genre characteristics of an autobiography

American Romantic Comedy
by
Leger Grindon
  • LAST REVIEWED: 24 July 2012
  • LAST MODIFIED: 24 July 2012
  • DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199791286-0131

  • Babington, Bruce, and Peter William Evans. Affairs to Remember: The Hollywood Comedy of the Sexes.

    Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1989.

    Genre, and Romantic Comedy Over the Years – Intro to Film 2024

    An eccentric, insightful survey. Chapter 1 addresses Bringing Up Baby (1938) and screwball; chapter two profiles Ernst Lubitsch; chapter 3 covers Bob Hope, Mae West, and Woody Allen; chapter 4 is on the 1950s, particularly Pat and Mike (1952), Pillow Talk (1959), The Seven Year Itch (1955), and Douglas Sirk.

    The final chapter takes stock of romantic comedy in the 1970s and 1980s.

  • Deleyto, Celestino. The Secret Life of Romantic Comedy. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2009.

    After discussing genre theory, this intelligent book presents a theory of romantic comedy addressing the importance of laughter, the function of the mid-pl The 9 Elements of All Great Rom-Coms - ScreenCraft LYHER