The Movie Musical!
Title | The Movie Musical! PDF eBook |
Author | Jeanine Basinger |
Publisher | Knopf |
Total Pages | 657 |
Release | 2019-11-05 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1101874066 |
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 Film Musical
Title | The Hollywood Film Musical PDF eBook |
Author | Barry Keith Grant |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 197 |
Release | 2012-04-23 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1405182539 |
This revealing history of the American film musical synthesizes the critical literature on the genre and provides a series of close analytical readings of iconic musical films, focusing on their cultural relationship to other aspects of American popular music. Offers a depth of scholarship that will appeal to students and scholars Leads a crucial analysis of the cultural context of musicals, particularly the influence of popular music on the genre Delves into critical issues behind these films such as race, gender, ideology, and authorship Features close readings of canonical and neglected film musicals from the 1930s to the present including: Top Hat, Singin' in the Rain, Woodstock, Gimme Shelter, West Side Story, and Across the Universe
The Movie Musical
Title | The Movie Musical PDF eBook |
Author | Desirée J. Garcia |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | 153 |
Release | 2021-01-15 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 197880380X |
Putting Asian and European musicals into conversation with Hollywood classics like Singin’ in the Rain and La La Land, this study demonstrates the flexibility and durability of the genre. It explores how the movie musical mediates between nostalgia and technical innovation, while foregrounding the experiences of women, immigrants, and people of color.
Hollywood Musicals, the Film Reader
Title | Hollywood Musicals, the Film Reader PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Cohan |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 226 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Motion picture music |
ISBN | 9780415235594 |
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.
Hollywood Musicals
Title | Hollywood Musicals PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Bloom |
Publisher | Black Dog & Leventhal Pub |
Total Pages | 287 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9781579128487 |
Offers an alphabetical survey of the most popular film musicals in history, with commentaries, synopses, behind-the-scenes information, and lists of songs and cast members for each film.
The First Hollywood Musicals
Title | The First Hollywood Musicals PDF eBook |
Author | Edwin M. Bradley |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 404 |
Release | 2004-08-25 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780786420292 |
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.
Roadshow!
Title | Roadshow! PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Kennedy |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 318 |
Release | 2015-09-02 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0190262443 |
"In Roadshow!, film historian Matthew Kennedy tells the fascinating story of the downfall of the big-screen musical in the late 1960s. It is a tale of revolutionary cultural change, business transformation, and artistic missteps, all of which led to the obsolescence of the roadshow, a marketing extravaganza designed to make a movie opening in a regional city seem like a Broadway premier. From Julie Andrews to Barbra Streisand, from Fred Astaire to Rock Hudson, Roadshow! offers a brilliant, gripping history of film musicals and their changing place in our culture."--