TY - BOOK AU - Liebman,Roy TI - The Ritz Brothers: the films, television shows and other career highlights of the famous comedy trio SN - 9781476643182 AV - PN2297.R5 L53 2021 U1 - 791.4302/80922 23/eng/20240910 PY - 2021///] CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers KW - Ritz Brothers KW - Encyclopedias KW - fast KW - Motion picture actors and actresses KW - United States KW - Comedians KW - Comiques KW - �Etats-Unis KW - Encyclop�edies N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2965771 ER -