1Tue-2D-6b: History of Film Comedy
Class | Registration opens 7/28/25 10:00 AM
The course will describe the different types of film comedy and then explore film comedy through the years starting with silent films and continuing to the advent of sound with movies from the 1930s and up to the present day. Each decade will show how comedy has changed over the years. The course will also showcase the directors, actors, actresses and writers who made important contributions to film comedy. The format will be lecture with plenty of YouTube clips of scenes from comic films. No preparation time required.
Please note that the first class is during the break week.
Bob Tremblay
As a film critic for more than 30 years and a lifelong movie fan, I have seen and reviewed more films than I care to count, many of them comedies. It's also one of my favorite film genres. In fact, the first film I saw in the theater was a comedy: "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" in 1963. This will be the seventh course I've taught at LLAIC. Previous courses were film appreciation, classical music appreciation, history of the 1960s rock 'n' roll, history of 1960s television, history of 1970s rock 'n' roll and history of the movie musical.