The Ritz Brothers: The Films, Television Shows and Other Career Highlights of the Famous Comedy Trio

by Roy Liebman

Overview

The Ritz Brothers were a popular comedy trio in vaudeville, nightclubs, movies and television for more than four decades. Today largely overlooked among the classic comedy pantheon, they have been acknowledged as inspirations by such comics as Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis and Sid Caesar.

This first full-length study of their work examines all the Ritz Brothers' feature films and short subjects 1934-1976, and their television appearances, with background information from the 20th Century-Fox archives. Contemporaneous and modern-day reviews and critiques are included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476643182
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	07/09/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	223
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Roy Liebman was formerly a library manager and film bibliographer at California State University, Los Angeles, and a librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library. He has previously written six books in film history, hundreds of film-related articles and book reviews for a wide range of periodicals and reference books, and two documentaries.
Roy Liebman, formerly a librarian and film bibliographer at California State University, works at the Los Angeles Public Library. He is the author of several reference books on the cinema, published by McFarland. A book reviewer for Library Journal and Magill Online Reviews, he lives in California.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
An Overview
On Broadway
The Films
The Features
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
One in a Million (1936)
On the Avenue (1937)
You Can’t Have Everything (1937)
Life Begins in College (1937)
The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
Straight, Place and Show (1938)
The Three Musketeers (1939)
The Gorilla (1939)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
Argentine Nights (1940)
Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
Hi’Ya Chum (1943)
Never a Dull Moment (1943)
Blazing Stewardesses (1975)
Cameo Appearances
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
Take It or Leave It (1944)
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Silent Movie (1976)
The Short Subjects
Hotel Anchovy (1934)
Broadway Highlights #6: High Spots of the Main Stem (1936)
Cinema Circus (1937)
Screen Snapshots (1938–1955)
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
Meet the Stars, #6: Stars at Play (1941)
­­Show-Business at War (1943)
Brooklyn Goes to Las Vegas (1956)
Live Television
Archival Appearances: Films and Television
The Sound of Laughter (1963)
Hollywood and the Stars: The Funny Men (1963)
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
20th Century–Fox: The First Fifty Years (1997)
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century–Fox Vaults (1999)
Don Ameche: Hollywood’s Class Act (1999)
­­Modern-Day Commentators; or, “We Don’t Get No Respect”
Appendix One: The Ritz Brothers’ ­­Co-Stars
Appendix Two: Ritz Brothers Miscellany
Appendix Three: Versions of The Three Musketeers
Bibliography
Index