Tashlinesque: The Hollywood Comedies of Frank Tashlin

Middletown CT: Wesleyan University Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.2012). First Edition. Hardcover. [a nice clean book with no discernible wear; the jacket shows just a trace of surface handling wear]. (B&W photographs) "Long regarded as an anomaly or curiosity, Tashlin is finally given his due in this career-spanning survey. [The book] considers the director's films in the contexts of Hollywood censorship, animation history, and the development of the genre of comedy in American film, with particular emphasis on the sex, satire, and visual flair that made up Tashlin's distinctive artistic and comedic style. Through close readings and pointed analyses of Tashlin's large and fascinating body of owrk, [the author] offers fresh insights into such classic films as WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?, THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, ARTISTS AND MODELS, THE DISORDERLY ORDERLY, and SON OF PALEFACE, as well as numerous Warner Bros. cartoons starring Porky Pig, among others. This is an important rediscovery of a highly unusual and truly hilarious American artist." .