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A song in the dark [electronic resource] : the birth of the musical film / Richard Barrios.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barrios, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musical films--United States--History and criticism.
- Musical films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 496 p.) : ill., ports.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Other Title:
- A Song in the Dark
- A song in the dark
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Drawing on meticulous research, sharp wit, and insightful analysis, Richard Barrios illuminates the origins of the movie musical. From Warner Bros. and Jolson, to the Oscar-winning 'Broadway Melody' and beyond, here is the whole funny and peculiar history of these films, their creators, and their audiences.
- Contents:
- Vitaphone prelude
- The sound barrier
- "You were meant for me"
- On with the show!
- Finding a voice
- Dueling mammies
- Hollywood, revued
- Broadway babies
- "With all its original stage enchantment"
- Just imagine
- The cuckoos
- Of Viennese nights and golden dawns
- Is it a musical?
- The march of time
- Voices in the wilderness
- "We're in the money"
- The past as prologue
- Finale.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-508811-5
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