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Musicals in Film: A Guide to the Genre

by Thomas Hischak
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781440844225
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Greenwood
  • Publisher Imprint: Greenwood
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 449
  • Original Price: GBP 85.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1179 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Film / Genres / General, Genres & Styles / Musicals, and Film / History & Criticism

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.

Thomas S. Hischak is an internationally recognized author and teacher in the performing arts and one of the foremost authorities on the American musical.

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