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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476643182
  • 1476643180
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ritz Brothers.DDC classification:
  • 791.4302/80922 23/eng/20240910
LOC classification:
  • PN2297.R5 L53 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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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"-- Provided by publisher.

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