Tashlin, Frank-Criticism and influence. I.
Includes bibliographical references and index. Tashlinesque: The Hollywood comedies of Frank Tashlin / Ethan de Seife. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Seife, Ethan de. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper.
Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. Wesleyan University Press Middletown CT 06459 © 2012 by Ethan de Seife All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designed by Richard Hendel Typeset in Chapparal, Meta, and Mostra types by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Wesleyan Universit y Press Middletown, Connecticut This is an important rediscovery of a highly unusual and truly hilarious American artist. cartoons starring Porky Pig, among others. Through close readings and pointed analyses of Tashlin’s large and fascinating body of work, Ethan de Seife offers fresh insights into such classic films as Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, The Girl Can’t Help It, Artists and Models, The Disorderly Orderly, and Son of Paleface, as well as numerous Warner Bros. Tashlinesque considers the director’s films in the contexts of Hollywood censorship, animation history, and the development of the genre of comedy in American film, with particular emphasis on the sex, satire, and visual flair that comprised Tashlin’s distinctive artistic and comedic style. Long regarded as an anomaly or curiosity, Tashlin is finally given his due in this career-spanning survey. Yet his name is not especially well known today. Frank Tashlin (1913–1972) was a supremely gifted satirist and visual stylist who made an indelible mark on 1950s Hollywood and American popular culture-first as a talented animator working on Looney Tunes cartoons, then as muse to film stars Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope, and Jayne Mansfield.
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