James L. Neibaur is an American
film historianThe history of film spans over a hundred years, from the latter part of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. Motion pictures developed gradually from a carnival novelty to one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment, and mass media in the 20th century...
and
authorAn author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created...
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His most noted book is
The Jerry Lewis Films: An Analytical Filmography of the Innovative Comic (with
Ted OkudaTed Okuda is an American non-fiction author in film, television, and entertainment subjects. He has many books and magazine features to his credit, under his own name and in collaboration with others....
1994).
LewisJerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director, singer and humanitarian. He is best-known for his slapstick humor in stage, screen, television, radio, recording and is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the...
granted the authors extensive in-depth interviews, allowing them to include the
comedianA comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
's own thoughts about each one of his films, along with their assessment.
Neibaur's other books on film subjects include
Arbuckle and Keaton: Their 14 Film Collaborations,
The RKO Features, and
The Bob Hope Films (2004).
James L. Neibaur is an American
film historianThe history of film spans over a hundred years, from the latter part of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. Motion pictures developed gradually from a carnival novelty to one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment, and mass media in the 20th century...
and
authorAn author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created...
.
His most noted book is
The Jerry Lewis Films: An Analytical Filmography of the Innovative Comic (with
Ted OkudaTed Okuda is an American non-fiction author in film, television, and entertainment subjects. He has many books and magazine features to his credit, under his own name and in collaboration with others....
1994).
LewisJerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director, singer and humanitarian. He is best-known for his slapstick humor in stage, screen, television, radio, recording and is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the...
granted the authors extensive in-depth interviews, allowing them to include the
comedianA comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
's own thoughts about each one of his films, along with their assessment.
Neibaur's other books on film subjects include
Arbuckle and Keaton: Their 14 Film Collaborations,
The RKO Features, and
The Bob Hope Films (2004). His most recently released work is
Chaplin at Essanay: A Film Artist in Transition. His most recently completed book is
The Fall of Buster Keaton, dealing with the comedian's talkies for MGM, Educational Studios, and Columbia Pictures. His next project has him again teaming up with Okuda for a book on the solo films of Stan Laurel.
Neibaur has written over 40 essays for the
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on film-related subjects including
James CagneyJames Francis Cagney, Jr. was an American film actor. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys." In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time.For his first performing...
,
Catherine DeneuveCatherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of beautiful ice maidens for various directors, including Luis Buñuel and Roman Polanski. Deneuve won two César Awards for her performances in Le Dernier Métro and Indochine . She has also received BAFTA and Academy...
, the
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, and
film noirFilm noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...
. He has also contributed to
Film QuarterlyFilm Quarterly is a film journal published by University of California Press, in Berkeley, California.It was first published in 1945 as Hollywood Quarterly, was renamed The Quarterly of Film Radio and Television in 1951, and received its current title in 1958...
,
Cineaste, and the Rogue Cinema and
Senses of CinemaSenses of Cinema is prominent quarterly online film journal founded in 1999. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Senses of Cinema publishes work by film critics from all over the world, including critical essays, career overviews of the works of key directors, and coverage of many international...
websites , as well as an essay on
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film production for
The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia. Neibaur's biography can be found in
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