Marcel Perez: The International Mirth-Maker

by Steve Massa

Marcel The International Mirth-Maker examines the life and career of perhaps the best silent film comedian whom no one's ever heard of. One of the founding fathers of film comedy whose career spanned the silent era as a comic, director, and writer, Marcel Perez is a missing link between the early European and American cinemas, and in the book author Steve Massa follows his work, and also explores the very beginnings of film comedy. Tracking Perez's career through industry trade journals and film fragments from archives all over the world, Massa also includes a detailed filmography and lavishly illustrates with more that 50 rare photographs. Be sure to look for The Marcel Perez Collection DVD from Undercrank Productions, available on Amazon.com. The DVD contains 10 rare Perez comedies – 5 made in Italy (preserved by EYE Filmmuseum, Netherlands) and 5 made in the USA (preserved by the Library of Congress), seen in new digital transfers with new musical scores by Ben Model.

104 pages, Paperback

Published December 24, 2014

Reviews

[Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Contains a bio and list of his shorts/movies Heavily illustrated. There has been another ten movie DVD released since this book came out. Written by Steve Massa, who has also written books on other silent comedians,; at least three consist of short bios and one completely devoted to Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.