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Liebman, Roy,

The Ritz Brothers the films, television shows and other career highlights of the famous comedy trio / [electronic resource] : Roy Liebman. - 1 online resource

Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- An Overview -- On Broadway -- The Films -- Live Television -- Archival Appearances: Films and Television -- ­­Modern-Day Commentators -- or, "We Don't Get No Respect" -- Appendix One: The Ritz Brothers' ­­Co-Stars -- Appendix Two: Ritz Brothers Miscellany -- Appendix Three: Versions of The Three Musketeers -- Bibliography -- Index

"The Ritz Brothers were a popular comedy trio in vaudeville, nightclubs, movies and television for more than four decades. Today largely overlooked among the classic comedy pantheon, they have been acknowledged as inspirations by such comics as Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis and Sid Caesar. This first full-length study of their work examines all the Ritz Brothers' feature films and short subjects 1934-1976, and their television appearances, with background information from the Twentieth Century-Fox archives. Contemporaneous and modern-day reviews and critiques are included"--

ISBN: 9781476643182 1476643180

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Ritz Brothers--Encyclopedias.
Ritz Brothers

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Encyclopedias.
Comedians--United States--Encyclopedias.
Comiques--�Etats-Unis--Encyclop�edies.
Comedians
Motion picture actors and actresses

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Encyclopedias

LC Class. No.: PN2297.R5 / L53 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 791.4302/80922