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This article examines the “serious” films made by the French comic star in the 1950s, placing them in context.
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The article analyzes Fernandel's dramatic films in the light of the discussions on the popularity of the star from the letters sent by ordinary moviegoers to the editor of the popular magazine Le Film complet, debates that are about both the comic/dramatic dichotomy and differences in gendered and generational reading.
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This page is a summary of: Questioning a switch in genres: Fernandel's dramatic films in the 1950S, Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, December 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/17409292.2015.982434.
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