Free and Easy?: A Defining History of the American Film Musical Genre

Free and Easy?: A Defining History of the American Film Musical Genre
ISBN-10
1405194960
ISBN-13
9781405194969
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
376
Language
English
Published
2017-07-24
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Sean Griffin

Description

Introduction -- Overture: musical traditions before cinema -- You ain't heard nothin' yet: the sound revolution -- Face the music and dance: the depression -- Singing a song of freedom: World War II -- There's beauty everywhere: MGM and the freed unit -- Something's gotta give: the postwar musical -- Bustin' out all over: the rise of the musical blockbuster -- In a minor key: the B musical and beyond -- The sound of money: musicals in the 1960s -- Whistling in the dark: a genre in crisis -- Can't stop the music: musicals and the new Hollywood -- Just like Scheherezade: reviving the musical film genre

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