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Subtitle: a defining history of the American film musical genre
By: Sean Griffin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781405194969; 9781405194952
Subjects: Musical films; History and criticism; Musicals
Other titles: Defining history of the American film musical genre
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overture : musical traditions before cinema; title: You ain't heard nothin' yet : the sound revolution; title: Face the music and dance : the depression; title: Singing a song of freedom : World War II; title: There's beauty everywhere : MGM and the freed unit; title: Something's gotta give : the postwar musical; title: Bustin' out all over : the rise of the musical blockbuster; title: In a minor key : the B musical and beyond; title: The sound of money : musicals in the 1960s; title: Whistling in the dark : a genre in crisis; title: Can't stop the music : musicals and the new Hollywood; title: Just like Scheherezade : reviving the musical film genre.