TY - BOOK AU - Sikov,Ed TI - Laughing hysterically: American screen comedy of the 1950s T2 - Film and culture series SN - 0231079826 (alk. paper) AV - PN1995.9.C55 S49 1994 U1 - 791.43/617 20 PY - 1994/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Comedy films KW - United States KW - History and criticism KW - Motion pictures KW - Political aspects KW - Komische films KW - gtt KW - Cinema KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-267) and index; Introduction: Hearing the laughter -- Howard Hawks and the comedy of frustration -- Billy Wilder and the American dream -- Unrest in peace: Hitchcock's fifties humor -- Living Looney Tunes: The art of Frank Tashlin -- Epilogue: The big carnival UR - http://www.archive.org/details/laughinghysteric00siko UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1436638M ER -