Marty Feldman The Biography Of A Comedy Legend
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Marty Feldman The Biography Of A Comedy Legend
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Author : Robert Ross
language : en
Publisher: Titan Books
Release Date : 2011-10-25
Marty Feldman The Biography Of A Comedy Legend written by Robert Ross and has been published by Titan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Mike Myers thinks he was "a genius", while John Cleese regards him as "a true cultural icon". He was an architect of British comedy, paving the way for Monty Python, and then became a major Hollywood star, forever remembered as Igor in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. A writer, director, performer and true pioneer of his art, he died aged only 48. His name was Marty Feldman, and here, at last, is the first ever biography. Acclaimed author Robert Ross has interviewed Marty's friends and family, including his sister Pamela, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, and also draws from extensive, previously unpublished and often hilarious interviews with Marty himself, taped in preparation for the autobiography he never wrote. No one before or since has had a career quite like Marty's. Beginning in the dying days of variety theatre, he went from the behind-the-scenes scriptwriting triumphs of Round the Horne and The Frost Report to onscreen stardom in At Last the 1948 Show and his own hit TV series, Marty. That led to transatlantic success, his work with Mel Brooks including his iconic performance of Igor in Young Frankenstein, and a five-picture deal to write and direct his own movies. From his youth as a tramp on the streets of London, to the height of his fame in America - where he encountered everyone from Orson Welles to Kermit the Frog, before his Hollywood dream became a nightmare - this is the fascinating story of a key figure in the history of comedy, fully told for the first time.
Eye Marty
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Author : Marty Feldman
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-11-12
Eye Marty written by Marty Feldman and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Completed before he died, thirty years ago, this is the newly discovered autobiography of one of the most influential comedians of recent times, Marty Feldman. Marty Feldman was one of the most essential creative forces in British comedy embodied also by his close friends and creative partners from Beyond the Fringe (especially Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) and Monty Python (especially John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle). Marty played the fool, often very happily and with tremendous talent and volcanic, anarchic energy, for his entire life. Marty finished, and set aside eYE Marty soon before travelling to Mexico to shoot his final film. He did not know that he would die there, although he certainly felt he might die soon, and was haunted by the notion. The book is exactly as Feldman wrote it, with even the photos inserted where Feldman had noted they should go. Hilarious, deeply charming, aphoristic, ironic, charged throughout with lust for life and filled with scenes of great vanished eras and and portraits of other performers and friends, eYE Marty is the amazing discovery of the story of a man who was at the heart of the British comedy revolution.
Eye Marty
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Author : Marty Feldman
language : en
Publisher: Coronet
Release Date : 2014-11-25
Eye Marty written by Marty Feldman and has been published by Coronet this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-25 with categories.
Completed before he died, thirty years ago, this is the autobiography of the celebrated comedian, Marty Feldman. Marty played the fool, often very happily and with tremendous talent and volcanic, anarchic energy, for his entire life. His face is what many people most immediately remember. It was a face that David Frost, one of his bosses, characterised as 'too grotesque' for television -- see what Feldman has to say about Frost, and Francis Bacon, and John Lennon... Marty himself described his face as 'the right packaging for my job...the right packaging for a clown.' Less known is the fact that Marty was a professional writer, and considered himself a writer first, and an actor second. Feldman created a number of immensely successful and influential shows, and was one of the most essential creative forces in British comedy embodied also by his close friends and creative partners from Beyond the Fringe (especially Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) and Monty Python (especially John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle). Feldman finished, and set aside Eye Marty soon before travelling to Mexico to shoot his final film. He did not know that he would die there, although he certainly felt he might die soon, and was haunted by the notion. The book is exactly as Feldman wrote it, his great friend Mark Flanagan, had it transcribed, with even the photos inserted where Feldman had noted where they should go. Hilarious, deeply charming, aphoristic, ironic, charged throughout with lust for life and filled with scenes of great vanished eras and and portraits of other performers and friends, Eye Marty is the amazing discovery of the story of a man who was at the heart of the British comedy revolution.
Marty Feldman
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language : it
Publisher: Sagoma Editore
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In Memory Of Marty Feldman
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Author : Jacintha Moreau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-03-11
In Memory Of Marty Feldman written by Jacintha Moreau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-11 with categories.
This book tell about the story of the life of Marty Feldman and the film industry. Good reading.
So Anyway
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Author : John Cleese
language : en
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Release Date : 2014-11-04
So Anyway written by John Cleese and has been published by Crown Archetype this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “John Cleese’s memoir is just about everything one would expect of its author—smart, thoughtful, provocative and above all funny. . . . A picture, if you will, of the artist as a young man.”—The Washington Post The legendary writer and performer of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers fame takes readers on a grand tour of his ascent in the entertainment world John Cleese’s huge comedic influence has stretched across generations; his sharp irreverent eye and the unique brand of physical comedy he perfected now seem written into comedy’s DNA. In this rollicking memoir, Cleese recalls his humble beginnings in a sleepy English town, his early comedic days at Cambridge University (with future Python partner Graham Chapman), and the founding of the landmark comedy troupe that would propel him to worldwide renown. Cleese was just days away from graduating Cambridge and setting off on a law career when he was visited by two BBC executives, who offered him a job writing comedy for radio. That fateful moment—and a near-simultaneous offer to take his university humor revue to London’s famed West End—propelled him down a different path, cutting his teeth writing for stars like David Frost and Peter Sellers, and eventually joining the five other Pythons to pioneer a new kind of comedy that prized invention, silliness, and absurdity. Along the way, he found his first true love with the actress Connie Booth and transformed himself from a reluctant performer to a world class actor and back again. Twisting and turning through surprising stories and hilarious digressions—with some brief pauses along the way that comprise a fascinating primer on what’s funny and why—this story of a young man’s journey to the pinnacle of comedy is a masterly performance by a master performer.
Kinds Of American Film Comedy
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Author : Wes D. Gehring
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2024-01-30
Kinds Of American Film Comedy written by Wes D. Gehring and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-30 with Performing Arts categories.
This groundbreaking film study begins with a survey of American print humorists from eras leading up to and overlapping the advent of film--including some who worked both on the page and on the screen, like Robert Benchley, Will Rogers, Groucho Marx and W. C. Fields. Six comic film genres are identified as outgrowths of a national tradition of Cracker Barrel philosophers, personality comedy, parody, screwball comedy, romantic comedy and dark comedy. Whether it is Mark Twain or a parody film involving Steve Martin, comedy is most often about blowing "raspberries" at the world, and a reminder you are not alone.
Keeping Quiet
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Author : Julian Dutton
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2015-07-23
Keeping Quiet written by Julian Dutton and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-23 with Performing Arts categories.
Keeping Quiet is a love-letter to the modern sight-gag on film and television, tracing the history of physical clowning since the advent of sound. Taking up the story of visual humour where Paul Merton's Silent Comedy leaves off, Julian Dutton charts the lives and work of all the great comedians who chose to remain silent, from Charlie Chaplin - who was determined to resist the ‘talkies' - right through to the slapstick of modern-day performers such as Rowan Atkinson, Matt Lucas and Harry Hill. This fascinating chronicle - spanning nine decades - shows how physical comedy, at first overshadowed by dialogue-films in the 1930s, reinvented itself and how this revival was spearheaded by a Frenchman: Jacques Tati. Julian Dutton draws on his own experience as a comedy writer and performer to give an expert analysis of the screen persona and the comedy style of dozens of the screen’s best-loved performers including Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton, Harpo Marx, Norman Wisdom, Jerry Lewis, Benny Hill, Peter Sellers, Eric Sykes, Ronnie Barker, Marty Feldman - and many more. This book will appeal both to the serious student of film, television and theatre - including those aspiring to write or perform comedy - and to the general reader and comedy fan.
Joe Simon My Life In Comics
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Author : Joe Simon
language : en
Publisher: Titan Books
Release Date : 2011-12-16
Joe Simon My Life In Comics written by Joe Simon and has been published by Titan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Before Marvel, before Captain America, before Simon and Kirby, and before comics there was Joe Simon. Born in 1913, the son of an immigrant tailor, he's been an artist all his life. A newspaper writer, photographer, and cartoonist, and the first editor at the company that became Marvel Comics, he was the man who hired Stan Lee for his first job. Entering the fledgling industry the year after Superman appeared, Simon instantly made a name for himself as a writer, artist, and editor. He and Jack Kirby created the iconic Captain America-their first blockbuster-before America entered World War II. More hits followed, including a bestselling military adventure series, the first romance comic created for an audience of young girls, and Simon's own satire magazine that was a favourite of Lenny Bruce. His exciting chronicle covers ten decades. It includes a stint in the Coast Guard during World War II, as well as his encounters with such colorful personalities as author Damon Runyon, prizefighters Max Baer and Jack Dempsey, comedian Don Rickles, Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller, and actors Caesar Romero and Sid Caesar. This is the comprehensive autobiography of an illustrator, an innovator, an entrepreneur, and a pioneer. Profusely illustrated with photography and artwork, much of it heretofore unseen, this is the chronicle of an American original.
Forgotten Heroes Of Comedy
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Author : Robert Ross
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-03-15
Forgotten Heroes Of Comedy written by Robert Ross and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this long overdue and affectionate salute, celebrated comedy historian Robert Ross pays tribute to some of the finest, funniest and most fascinating names in comedy from both sides of the Atlantic. Monty Python's Terry Jones wrote the foreword.With the passionate input of such comics as Tim Brooke-Taylor, Hattie Hayridge, Roy Hudd, Michael Palin, Ross Noble, Chris Addison and Bernard Cribbins, Ross honours these legends of humor who, for a variety of reasons, didn't quite reach the heady heights of stardom or, once they had, couldn't cope with the pressures.Whether it is a favorite from the distant smoke- and ale-stained world of the Music Hall like the great George Robey, or the downbeat poetry of Hovis Presley, who dropped disenchanted bombs on the late 1990s, Forgotten Heroes of Comedy will finally elevate them to the Hall of Fame where they belong. Forgotten, no longer. Including Avril Angers UKDon Arrol UKJoe Baker UKEric Barker UKAlfie Bass UKMichael Bates India (to English parents)David Battley UKMichael Bentine UKHarold Berens UKWilie Best USAAlec Bregonzi UKMichael Ward UKDouglas Byng UKMarti Caine UKEsma Cannon Australia (but moved to UK)Patrick Cargill UKJimmy Clitheroe UKDanny Ross UKBilly Dainty UKJanet Davies UKFlorence Desmond UKJerry Desmonde UKEddie Leslie UKMaidie Dickson UKCharlie Drake UKJimmy Edwards UKGus Elen UKRay Ellington UKDick Emery UKPierre Etaix FranceBarry Evans UKMario Fabrizi UKDoug Fisher UKRonald Frankau UKLeslie Fuller UKDustin Gee UKPeter Glaze UKTommy Godfrey UKHarry Locke UKKen Goodwin UKBernard Gorcey Russia (died USA)Bert Gordon USAMonsewer' Eddie Gray UKRaymond Griffith USADeryck Guyler UKBrian Hall UKLloyd Hamilton USAArthur Haynes UKRichard Hearne UKDickie Henderson UKGerard Hoffnung Germany (died UK)Shemp Howard USANat Jackley UKRex Jameson UKSpike Jones USAJohn Junkin UKDave King UKRoy Kinnear UKDennis Kirkland UKPatsy Knox USADebbie Linden UKHugh Lloyd UKMalcolm McFee UKMoore Marriott UKGraham Moffatt UKRay Martine UKZeppo Marx USAGlenn Melvyn UKEric Merriman UKChristopher Mitchell UKAlbert Modley UKRobert Moreton UKGladys Morgan UKLily Morris UKRichard Murdoch UKTom E. Murray USADavid Nixon UKLarry Noble UKOle Olsen USAChic Johnson USAKen Platt UKSandy Powell UKVince Powell UKHovis Presley UKCardew Robinson UKJoe E. Ross USAPatsy Rowlands UKDerek Roy UKDerek Royle UKLeslie Sarony UKLarry Semon USARonald Shiner UKJohnnie Silver USADennis Spicer UKLarry Stephens UKJake Thackray UKThelma Todd USAJack Train UKKarl Valentin GermanyLiesl Karlstadt GermanyNorman Vaughan UKTom Walls UKRalph Lynn UKElsie and Doris Waters UKRita Webb UKJohn Wells UKGeorge and Kenneth Western UKGordon Wharmby UKBert Wheeler USARobert Woolsey USAAlbert Whelan Australia (died UK)Robb Wilton UKMike and Bernie Winters UKGeorgie Wood UKDolly Harmer UKHarry Worth UKMario Zampi Italy (died UK)