The First Hollywood Musicals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The First Hollywood Musicals write by Edwin M. Bradley. This book was released on 2004-08-25. The First Hollywood Musicals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Rough Guide to Film Musicals
The Rough Guide to Film Musicals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rough Guide to Film Musicals write by David Parkinson. This book was released on 2007-08-01. The Rough Guide to Film Musicals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The perfect companion to cinema's most spectacular genre, The Rough Guide to Film Musicals reveals how an escapist entertainment became Hollywood's most ingenious art form. From such enduring classics as Singin' In The Rain and West Side Story to recent successes like Evita and Chicago, this book reviews 50 essential musicals, including several forgotten gems. There are profiles of musical icons such as Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and George Gershwin and details of musicals from around the world. Complete with a list of the best soundtracks, websites and books for further reading, this Rough Guide takes a behind the scenes look at this magical movie genre.
The Hollywood Musical
The Hollywood Musical - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Hollywood Musical write by Jane Feuer. This book was released on 1993. The Hollywood Musical available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. ... 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.
The Movie Musical!
The Movie Musical! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Movie Musical! write by Jeanine Basinger. This book was released on 2019-11-05. The Movie Musical! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Hollywood Musical
The Hollywood Musical - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Hollywood Musical write by Clive Hirschhorn. This book was released on 1991. The Hollywood Musical available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
