Screen LibraryFree and easy? : a defining history of the American film musical genre /
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| Published: |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | Hoboken, NJ : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781405194969 1405194960 9781405194952 1405194952 |
| Index Number: | PN1995 |
| CLC: | J905.712 |
| Call Number: | J905.712/G852 |
| Contents: | 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 t |