Screwball Comedy and Film Noir

<p> This is a comprehensive comparative analysis of the screwball comedy and film noir genres--two popular Hollywood staples that emerged around the same time. Despite their contrast in tone and theme Screwball and Noir have many narrative elements in common.</p><p> The author defines the two genres discusses their historical development and inter-related conventions and offers detailed comparative analyses of a number of films among them <I>The Lady Eve</I> and <I>His Girl Friday</I> (screwballs) and <I>Gilda</I> and <I>Sunset Blvd</I>. (noirs).</p>