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Hollywood songsters : singers who act and actors who sing : a biographical dictionary / James Robert Parish and Michael R. Pitts.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML400 .P295 2003 v.1-3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parish, James Robert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Singers--United States--Biography.
- Singers.
- United States.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes (xv, 953 pages) : portraits ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Summary:
- For fans of musicals, singing, Hollywood history, and the lives of stars, no other work equals this new three-volume reference to the on- and off-camera careers of more than 100 performers who made major contributions to the American screen musical. From June Allyson to Mae West, "Hollwood Songsters" provides a detailed narrative-ranging from 2,000 to 5000 words each-of the lives and careers of stars forever etched in our memories. Each entry includes a filmography, discography (of both albums and CDs), Broadway appearances, radio work, television appearances and series, and a full-page photo of the subject. This is the ideal reference work for everyone one from the mildly curious to the devoted fan.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Allyson to Funicello
- v. 2. Garland to O'Conner
- v. 3. Parton to West.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Garland Pub, 1991. Updated and expanded ed.
- Includes filmographies, discographies, and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0415937752
- 0415943329
- 0415943337
- 0415943345
- OCLC:
- 50748059
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