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Title:
Musicals in film : a guide to the genre / Thomas S. Hischak.
Author:
Hischak, Thomas S., author.
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
Call Number:
PN1995.9.M86 H58 2017
ISBN:
9781440844225
Physical Description:
xxvii, 449 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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 on-screen -- 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.
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