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Comedy is a Grim Business: The Making of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Contributor(s): Curtis, James (Author)

ISBN: 9798990372177

Publisher: Emmarac Editions

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Pub Date: June 30, 2026

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.84" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.21 lbs) 412 pages

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Covering a span of more than sixty years, this is the incredible story of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World-a movie unlike any other-from inspiration to gestation to funding, casting, production, and international release.

Brief description: James Curtis is the author of acclaimed biographies of James Whale, Preston Sturges, W.C. Fields, Spencer Tracy, and Buster Keaton. He has also written "William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come" and "Last Man Standing: Mort Sahl and the Birth of Modern Comedy". He and his wife, Kim Geary, are longtime residents of Brea, California.

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