Musicals on the silver screen
By: Leonard Kniffel
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781937589301
Subjects: Musical films; History and criticism
Description: Musicals adapted to the big screen -- from West Side story to The phantom of the Opera -- have enjoyed a staggering amount of success since the 1940s, and this guide is especially tailored to library patrons looking for help selecting the right flick to watch. The book is organised by decade, allowing readers to learn about the nuances of each era of musical movie production, and a description is paired with each film along with an explanation of why it is worth viewing. Watching musicals and learning their history by way of libraries and archives where such films are preserved and made available is heavily emphasised.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Gregg Opelka; title: Learning guide : movie musicals and their stars; title: All-talking, all-singing, all-dancing, all-mixed-up : the beginning to 1939; title: The Greatest Generation : patriotism, family, and American values :1940s; title: Enter the Golden Age : cinemascope, technicolor, and the advent of television : 1950s; title: Social change : values, virtues, and validation : 1960s; title: Days not so clear : civil rights, the sexual revolution, and what to sing about : 1970s; title: Anything goes : fame and the Me Generation : 1980s; title: Downtrodden and misunderstood : boys, bodyguards, and ballroom dancing : 1990s; title: Something different : bizarre, macabre, retro : the twenty-first century.