{"product_id":"lame-brains-and-lunatics-2-more-good-bad-and-forgotten-of-silent-comedy-paperback","title":"Lame Brains and Lunatics 2: More Good, Bad and Forgotten of Silent Comedy (paperback)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNominated for the 2022 Richard Wall Memorial Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLame Brains and Lunatics 2: More Good, Bad and Forgotten of Silent Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Steve Massa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 684 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6x9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003eISBN  9798887710501\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Steve Massa has become a world-class chronicler and archaeologist of silent comedy.” – Leonard Maltin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs a sequel to his original 2013 volume author Steve Massa celebrates a new batch of unsung practitioners and overlooked aspects of silent film comedy. Profiled are neglected rank and file such as Ingram “Seven Foot” Pickett, Edward Luddy, James “Bubbles” Berry, Earl Mohan, and a Harry Keaton that was not Buster’s brother, as well as popular names like Leo McCarey and Larry Semon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdward Everett Horton’s career as a silent screen performer, the rise of animal stars, and the invasion of the British music hall comics are also discussed. The book includes selected filmographies and is lavishly illustrated with over 300 rarely-seen photographs and advertising images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteve Massa is the author of Rediscovering Roscoe, The Films of “Fatty” Arbuckle, Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy, Lame Brains and Lunatics: The Good, The Bad, and the Forgotten of Silent Comedy, and Marcel Perez: The International Mirth-Maker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteve talks on NitrateVille\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50211229597953,"sku":"gqy1787307941445","price":32.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0756\/1979\/5201\/files\/lame-brains-and-lunatics-2-more-good-bad-and-forgotten-of-silent-comedy-paperbac_1.jpg?v=1787307948","url":"https:\/\/www.juniperavenue.shop\/products\/lame-brains-and-lunatics-2-more-good-bad-and-forgotten-of-silent-comedy-paperback","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}