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P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood; screenwriting, satires, and adaptations.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood; screenwriting, satires, and adaptations.

Taves, Brian.

McFarland & Co.

2006

220 pages

$35.00

Paperback

PR6045

Most remember Wodehouse for his Jeeves and Wooster, for his acerbic humor and his slightly over-the-top way with narrative. Most do not remember when he went to Hollywood, and why. Taves, an author on popular culture and a film archivist for the Library of Congress, reminds us one of the primary reasons Wodehouse went to Hollywood and eventually became an American was because of his ...

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