The Hollywood musical
By: by Ethan Mordden.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Musical films -- United States -- History and criticism.; Motion pictures -- United States -- History.; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.
Notes: Discography: p. 233-238.
Bibliography: p. 239-242.
Table of contents: pagenum: xi
title: Preface; pagenum: xiii
title: Acknowledgments; title: The Texture of Sound
pagenum: 1
label: 1; title: What's a Musical?
pagenum: 17
label: 2; title: The Early Musicals
pagenum: 24
label: 3; title: The First Stars
pagenum: 50
label: 4; title: The Texture of Popular Music
pagenum: 66
label: 5; title: The Allure of Genre
pagenum: 79
label: 6; title: The Dance Musical
pagenum: 109
label: 7; title: Opera Versus Croonbelt
pagenum: 122
label: 8; title: The Comedy Musical
pagenum: 135
label: 9; title: The Stars of the Late 1930s
pagenum: 142
label: 10; title: Fantasy and the Story Musical
pagenum: 153
label: 11; title: The Texture of Swing
pagenum: 160
label: 12; title: Wartime People
pagenum: 165
label: 13; title: Americana
pagenum: 174
label: 14; title: The Inertia of Genre
pagenum: 180
label: 15; title: The Energy Peters Out
pagenum: 186
label: 16; title: Economics of a Stereo Era
pagenum: 194
label: 17; title: The Big Broadway Roadshow
pagenum: 201
label: 18; title: The Texture of Rock
pagenum: 209
label: 19; title: Interesting Times
pagenum: 217
label: 20; title: Rest in Peace
pagenum: 224
label: 21; pagenum: 233
title: A Selective Discography; pagenum: 239
title: A Selective Bibliography; pagenum: 243
title: The Ethan Mordden Hall ofFame and Disrepute; pagenum: 251
title: Index