Horton, Andrew,  1944- <br/><br/>
Laughing out loud :  writing the comedy-centered screenplay / 
Andrew Horton. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  �2000. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 218 pages) 
 - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210) and index. 
<br/><br/>Elements of comedy that writers should know -- Exercises to nurture the comic muse -- From stage and page to screen: anarchistic and romantic comedy -- Physical humor: from commedia dell'arte and Moliere to vaudeville and silent screen comedy -- Sound comedy: American screwball romantic comedy, then and now -- Comedy and television: stand-up, sitcom and everything in between -- Comedies from around the world -- Comedy and the documentary impulse -- Feature film comedies -- Television comedy: Seinfeld and the Simpsons -- The fifteen-week feature comedy screenplay -- The seven-week half-hour television comedy pilot script -- Beyond happy endings: toward a comic conclusion. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520923546 0520923545 0585276374 9780585276373 9780520220140 0520220145 9780520220157 0520220153 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion picture authorship.<br/>Comedy films--History and criticism.<br/>PERFORMING ARTS--Film & Video--Screenwriting.<br/>Comedy films.<br/>Motion picture authorship.<br/>Music, Dance, Drama & Film.<br/>Film.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Comedy films.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Comedy films.<br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1996  / .H668 2000eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808.2/3