Bibliograph

The movie musical!, Jeanine Basinger

Type

Label

The movie musical!, Jeanine Basinger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [601]-604) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The movie musical!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1057238407

Responsibility statement

Jeanine Basinger

Summary

Leading film historian Jeanine Basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and zest, the whole story of the Hollywood musical--in the most telling, most incisive, most detailed, most gorgeously illustrated book of her career

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- About musicals -- Origins: the arrival of sound -- 1933: a musical year -- Stars and strategies -- The musical as an art form -- The death of the musical? -- Epitaph -- Final number

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