Screen LibraryThe Hollywood film musical
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Wiley-Blackwell,
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| Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
New approaches to film genre |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 182 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781405182539 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405182539 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781405182522 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405182520 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | J909 |
| CLC: |
J909.712 J975.9 |
| Call Number: | J909.712/G761 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Historical overview -- Critical overview -- Gold diggers of 1933 (Mervyn Leroy, 1933) -- Top hat (Mark Sandrich, 1935) -- The pirate (Vincente Minnelli, 1948) -- West side story (1961) and Saturday night fever -- Woodstock (Michael Wadleigh, 1970) -- Phantom of the paradise (Brian De Palma, 1974) -- Pennies from heaven (Herbert Ross, 1981) and Across the universe (Julie Taymor, 2007). 'The Hollywood Film Musical' examines the cross-fertilisation between the genre and the popular music industry, tracing the function of this relationship in aesthetic, ideological and industrial terms, and outlining the influence of minstrel shows, vaudeville, the Broadway stage, the recording industry, and stardom. |