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Comedy
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Comedy Archives 
 This archive was established to preserve "primary source material that documents the professional activities of the ground breaking individuals who have written, produced or performed comedy for radio, television, motion pictures or live performance. ... It is the first collection of its kind at an academic institution devoted to exploring the nature of comedy as an American art form." As of March 2009, find online oral histories of selected comics. From Emerson College. http://www.emerson.edu/comedy/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, Humor Last updated Mar 10, 2009 American Film Institute's (AFI) 100 Years, 100 Laughs
Culled from 500 nominated films, this list comprises "the 100 funniest American movies," as "selected by AFI's blue-ribbon panel of more than 1,800 leaders of the American movie community." From the American Film Institute. http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/laughs.aspx Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, Recreation Last updated Nov 30, 2003 Buster Keaton on Comedy and Making Movies
"Actor and filmmaker Buster Keaton (1895-1966) was one of the greatest comic figures of the silent film era. ... In 1958, Columbia University's Oral History Research Office conducted several lengthy interviews with Keaton about his life and career. The interviews, which can be listened to or read here, provide a rare glimpse of a vanished era." Topics include Keatons's vaudeville childhood, "Fatty" Arbuckle, and the end of silent films. From Columbia University. http://www.fathom.com/course/10701030/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, Notable People Last updated Sep 26, 2007 International Buster Keaton Society
The goal of this group is "to foster and perpetuate appreciation and understanding of the life, career and films of comedian/filmmaker Buster Keaton." Its site features a biography, synopses of films, a list of Keaton movies currently on television, bibliography, and articles about Keaton on topics such as Keaton's "Italian Villa" in Hollywood, and about a trip to England in 1909. Also includes links to related sites. http://www.busterkeaton.com/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, Notable People Last updated Sep 26, 2007 |
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