Popular Spanish Film under Franco

1. Introduction
Steven Marsh

2. Comedy and the Weakening of the State
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3. Tactics and Thresholds in Edgar Neville’s Life on a Thread (1945)
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4. Metropolitan Masquerades: The Destabilization of Madrid in the Neville Trilogy
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5. Populism, the National-Popular and the Politics of Luis García Berlanga: Welcome Mister Marshall! (1952)

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6. Humor and Hegemony: Berlanga, the State and the Family in Plácido (1961) and The Executioner (1963)

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7. ‘Making Do’ or the Cultural Logic of the Ersatz Economy in the Spanish Films of Marco Ferreri
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8. The Pueblo Travestied in Fernando Fernán Gómez’s The Strange Journey (1964)

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9. Conclusion: Gila’s Telephone
Steven Marsh

Keywords: History, European History, Modern History, Film History, European Union Politics, European Cinema, Film and Television Studies