David Sutton is a freelance writer, researcher and lecturer. He has taught courses on British cinema at the BFI and Brunel.

It is only recently that the film comedies have come into focus. And this book is the most thorough investigation into the matter, concentrating on an period of growth for the British film industry in which, as David Sutton convincingly argues, British film comedy reached its maturity.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. British Film Comedy/British Film Culture2. Theorizing British Comedy3. Good Old Days: Music-Hall Roots and Early Film Comedy4. British Film Comedy in the 1930's5. Working-Class Comedy6. Middle-Class Comedy7. Female Comedy8. Situation ComedyConclusionNotesFilmographyBibliographyIndex

David Sutton is a freelance writer, researcher and lecturer. He has taught courses on British cinema at the BFI and Brunel.

It is only recently that the film comedies have come into focus. And this book is the most thorough investigation into the matter, concentrating on an period of growth for the British film industry in which, as David Sutton convincingly argues, British film comedy reached its maturity.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. British Film Comedy/British Film Culture2. Theorizing British Comedy3. Good Old Days: Music-Hall Roots and Early Film Comedy4. British Film Comedy in the 1930's5. Working-Class Comedy6. Middle-Class Comedy7. Female Comedy8. Situation ComedyConclusionNotesFilmographyBibliographyIndex

David Sutton is a freelance writer, researcher and lecturer. He has taught courses on British cinema at the BFI and Brunel.

It is only recently that the film comedies have come into focus. And this book is the most thorough investigation into the matter, concentrating on an period of growth for the British film industry in which, as David Sutton convincingly argues, British film comedy reached its maturity.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. British Film Comedy/British Film Culture2. Theorizing British Comedy3. Good Old Days: Music-Hall Roots and Early Film Comedy4. British Film Comedy in the 1930's5. Working-Class Comedy6. Middle-Class Comedy7. Female Comedy8. Situation ComedyConclusionNotesFilmographyBibliographyIndex