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Author : Stanley Green
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Music
ISBN : 0634007653
A chronologically arranged reference book on the Hollywood musical, with each entry including pertinent facts about a film and a brief essay about the plot and production. Includes hundreds of black & white stills.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Motion picture music
ISBN : OCLC:941879033
Author : Jeanine Basinger
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781101874066
Irresistible and authoritative, The Movie Musical! is an in-depth look at the singing, dancing, happy-making world of Hollywood musicals, beautifully illustrated in color and black-and-white--an essential text for anyone who's ever laughed, cried, or sung along at the movies. Leading film historian Jeanine Basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and zest, the whole story of the Hollywood musical--in the most telling, most incisive, most detailed, most gorgeously illustrated book of her long and remarkable career. From Fred Astaire, whom she adores, to La La Land, which she deplores, Basinger examines a dazzling array of stars, strategies, talents, and innovations in the history of musical cinema. Whether analyzing a classic Gene Kelly routine, relishing a Nelson-Jeanette operetta, or touting a dynamic hip hop number (in the underrated Idlewild), she is a canny and charismatic guide to the many ways that song and dance have been seen--and heard--on film. With extensive portraits of everyone from Al Jolson, the Jazz Singer; to Doris Day, whose iconic sunniness has overshadowed her dramatic talents; from Deanna Durbin, that lovable teen-star of the '30s and '40s; to Shirley T. and Judy G.; from Bing to Frank to Elvis; from Ann Miller to Ann-Margret; from Disney to Chicago . . . focusing on many beloved, iconic films (Top Hat; Singin' in the Rain; Meet Me in St. Louis; The Sound of Music) as well as unduly obscure gems (Eddie Cantor's Whoopee!; Murder at the Vanities; Sun Valley Serenade; One from the Heart), this book is astute, informative, and pure pleasure to read.
Author : Stanley Green,Barry Monush
Publisher : Applause Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1423489039
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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Music
ISBN : UCSC:32106011267967
34 favorites from the very first musicals including The Jazz Singer, 42nd Street, Anything Goes, Showboat, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and more. Songs include: Forty-Second Street * I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm * I've Got You Under My Skin * Isn't It Romantic * Let Yourself Go * The Merry Widow Waltz * My Mammy * Smoke Gets in Your Eyes * Someday My Prince Will Come * Thanks for the Memory * and more.
Author : David H. Lewis
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786481149
Musicals have been a major part of American theater for many years, and nowhere have they been more loved and celebrated than Broadway, the theater capital of the world. The music of such composers as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Berlin, the Gershwin brothers, Lerner and Loewe, Steven Sondheim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber continues to run through people’s minds, and such productions as South Pacific, Cats, My Fair Lady, The Phantom of the Opera, Guys and Dolls, Rent, and West Side Story remain at the top of Broadway’s most popular productions. This book is a survey of Broadway musicals all through the 20th century, from the Tin Pan Alley–driven comedy works of the early part of the century, to the integrated musical plays that flourished in the heyday years of midcentury, and to the rock era, concept musicals, and the arrival of British mega-musicals late in the century. It also profiles some of the theater world’s leading composers, writers, and directors, considers some of the most unforgettable and forgettable shows, illustrates the elusive fragility of the libretto, explains the compensating nature of production elements, and examines representative shows from every decade. An extensive discography offers a brief critique of more than 300 show cast albums.
Author : Jane Feuer
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0253207681
... both fresh and informed, as well as a pleasure to read. --Film Quarterly Since 1982, when this book first appeared, the Hollywood musical has undergone a rebirth, with the rise of teen musicals such as Dirty Dancing and Flashdance. In a chapter written especially for this second edition of her well-known study, Jane Feuer shows how this new development in the genre relates to important changes in the cinema audience itself. It is the text for the study of Hollywood musicals.
Author : Edwin M. Bradley
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786420294
As Hollywood entered the sound era, it was rightly determined that the same public fascinated by the novelty of the talkie would be dazzled by the spectacle of a song and dance film. In 1929 and 1930, film musicals became the industry's most lucrative genre--until the greedy studios almost killed the genre by glutting the market with too many films that looked and sounded like clones of each other. From the classy movies such as Sunnyside Up and Hallelujah! to failures such as The Lottery Bride and Howdy Broadway, this filmography details 171 early Hollywood musicals. Arranged by subgenre (backstagers, operettas, college films, and stage-derived musical comedies), the entries include studio, release date, cast and credits, running time, a complete song list, any recordings spawned by the film, Academy Award nominations and winners, and availability on video or laserdisc. These data are followed by a plot synopsis, including analysis of the film's place in the genre's history. Includes over 90 photographs.
Author : Steven Cohan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351018722
Hollywood Musicals offers an insightful account of a genre that was once a mainstay of twentieth-century film production and continues to draw audiences today. What is a film musical? How do musicals work, formally and culturally? Why have they endured since the introduction of sound in the late 1920s? What makes them more than glittery surfaces or escapist fare? In answering such questions, this guidebook by Steven Cohan takes new and familiar viewers on a tour of Hollywood musicals. Chapters discuss definitions of the genre, its long history, different modes of analyzing it, the great stars of the classic era, and auteur directors. Highlights include extended discussions of such celebrated musicals from the studio era as The Love Parade, Top Hat, Holiday Inn, Stormy Weather, The Gang’s All Here, Meet Me in St. Louis, Cover Girl, Mother Wore Tights, Singin’ in the Rain, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Band Wagon, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Jailhouse Rock as well as later films such as Cabaret, All that Jazz, Beauty and the Beast, and La La Land. Cohan brings in numerous other examples that amplify and extend to the present day his claims about the musical, its generic coherence and flexibility, its long and distinguished history, its special appeal, and its cultural significance. Clear and accessible, this guide provides students of film and culture with a succinct but substantial overview that provides both analysis and intersectional context to one of Hollywood’s most beloved genres.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Guitar music
ISBN : UCSC:32106011267975
Great songs from the famous 1940's musicals such as Fantasia, Birth of the Blues, Holiday Inn, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Meet Me in St. Louis, Going My Way, and more. 33 songs, including: Be a Clown * Happy Holiday * In the Still of the Night * The Lady Is a Tramp * Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis * St. Louis Blues * Yankee Doodle Boy (a/k/a I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy) * and more.
Author : Clive Hirschhorn
Publisher : Gramercy Books
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History and criticism
ISBN : 0517060353
A year-by-year breakdown of American movie musicals is illustrated by black-and-white stills and includes information on each film's plot and a listing of actors, songs, and composers
Author : Steven Cohan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781839020605
Despite having had its obituary written many times, the movie musical remains a flourishing twenty-first century form, and as this volume demonstrates, one that exists far beyond the confines of Broadway and Hollywood. The Sound of Musicals examines the films, stars, issues and traditions of the genre from the 1930s to the present day. Featuring sixteen original essays by leading international scholars, this illuminating collection addresses the complex history and global variety of the movie musical, and considers the delight and passionate engagement that musicals continue to inspire in audiences around the world. The contributors address key issues for understanding the movie musical: questions of genre and generic traditions; questions of history, bringing fresh perspectives to a consideration of Classical Hollywood musicals; and the musical beyond Hollywood, looking at alternatives to the Hollywood model from the 'New Hollywood' and American independent cinema to Bollywood and other national musical traditions. Individual chapters consider key musical stars such as Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews and Barbra Streisand; film-makers including Robert Altman and Christophe Honoré, and classic musicals such as South Pacific (1958) and Hairspray (1988). In his introduction to the volume, Steven Cohan addresses the significance and enduring appeal of this multi-faceted genre, and considers its recent renaissance with movies such as the High School Musical franchise, and the success of the television series Glee.
Author : Steven Cohan
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Motion picture music
ISBN : 0415235596
This book explores one of the most popular genres in film history. Combining classic and recent articles, each section explores a central issue of the musical, including: the musical's significance as a genre; the musical's own particular representation of sexual difference; the idea of camp, both through stars such as Judy Garland and Carmen Miranda and musicals themselves; and the displacement of race in Hollywood's representations of entertainment. Each section features an editor's introduction setting debates in context.
Author : Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440844232
This wide-ranging guide introduces (or reintroduces) readers to movie musicals past and present, enabling them to experience the development of this uniquely American art form—and discover films they'll love. This comprehensive guide covers movie musicals from their introduction with the 1927 film The Jazz Singer through 2015 releases. In all, it describes 125 movies, opening up the world of this popular form of entertainment to preteens, teens, and adults alike. An introduction explains the advent of movie musicals; then, in keeping with the book's historical approach, films are presented by decade and year with overviews of advances during particular periods. In this way, the reader not only learns about individual films but can see the big picture of how movie musicals developed and changed over time. For each film covered, the guide offers basic facts—studio, director, songwriters, actors, etc.—as well as a brief plot synopsis. Each entry also offers an explanation of why the movie is noteworthy, how popular it was or wasn't, and the influence the film might have had on later musicals. Sidebars offering brief biographies of important artists appear throughout the book.
Author : Mark A. Robinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440800979
This wide-ranging, two-volume encyclopedia of musicals old and new will captivate young fans—and prove invaluable to those contemplating staging a musical production. Written with high school students in mind, The World of Musicals: An Encyclopedia of Stage, Screen, and Song encompasses not only Broadway and film musicals, but also made-for-television musicals, a genre that has been largely ignored. The two volumes cover significant musicals in easily accessible entries that offer both useful information and fun facts. Each entry lists the work's writers, composers, directors, choreographers, and cast, and includes a song list, a synopsis, and descriptions of the original production and important revivals or remakes. Biographical entries share the stories of some of the brightest and most celebrated talents in the business. The encyclopedia will undoubtedly ignite and feed student interest in musical theatre. At the same time, it will prove a wonderful resource for teachers or community theatre directors charged with selecting and producing shows. In fact, anyone interested in theatre, film, television, or music will be fascinated by the work's tantalizing bits of historical and theatre trivia.