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The musical comedy films of Grigorii Aleksandrov : laughing matters / Rimgaila Salys.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salys, Rimgaila.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture producers and directors--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Motion pictures--Soviet Union--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Musical films--Soviet Union--History and criticism.
- Musical films.
- Aleksandrov, Grigorii Vasilevich, 1903-1984.
- Aleksandrov, Grigorii Vasilevich.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (360 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Intellect : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Grigorii Aleksandrov's musical comedy films, created with composer Isaak Dunaevskii, were the most popular Russian cinema of the 1930s-1940s. Based on studio documents, press materials and interviews with surviving members of Aleksandrov's film crews, this book presents the untold history of the films, situating them in the Stalin era, and suggesting new interpretations of individual films.Salys approaches the films from the standpoint of western criticism, arguing that although Socialist Realism attempted to suppress the genre, Aleksandrov's films consistently preserved the archetypes of Amer
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Veselye Rebiata; Chapter 2: Tsirk; Chapter 3: Volga - Volga; Chapter 4: Svetlyi put'; Appendix A: A Day of Filming with Director G. Aleksandrov's Circus Crew; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612455704
- 9781282455702
- 1282455702
- 9781841503479
- 1841503479
- OCLC:
- 548664422
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