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Musicals in film : a guide to the genre / Thomas S. Hischak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hischak, Thomas S.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musical films--History and criticism.
- Musical films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 449 pages) : illustrations
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara : Greenwood, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- This guide introduces readers to movie musicals past and present, enabling them to experience the development of this American art form and discover the films with which it is associated.
- Contents:
- Introduction: who needs talking?
- Timeline of movie musicals
- Movie musical terms
- Movie musical genres
- History of the movie musical. The 1920s: learning to sing onscreen
- The 1930s: singing and dancing through a Depression
- The 1940s: musicals during a World War
- The 1950s: competing with television
- The 1960s: musicals during a revolution
- The 1970s: struggling to survive
- The 1980s and 1990s: looking for new forms for musicals
- Musicals since 2000: a rebirth of sorts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400688874
- 9798216120674
- 9781440844232
- 1440844232
- OCLC:
- 966013365
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