Research Catalog

Title

Through the screen door : what happened to the Broadway musical when it went to Hollywood / Thomas S. Hischak.

Author

Hischak, Thomas S.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2004.

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Details

Description

ix, 311 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

• "The crossover between musicals on stage and musicals on screen is a long and complex story. In Through the Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway Musical When It Went to Hollywood, Hischak takes a close look at what happens when Broadway musicals are made into Hollywood movies and, less often, when original film musicals are adapted for the Broadway stage."
• "Also presented are discussions of British musicals that were popular in New York and later filmed with Hollywood connections; a directory that provides credits, names, and songs for both stage and screen versions; appendixes offering statistical data on musicals; and an extensive bibliography. Theatergoers, moviegoers, students of film and/or theater, and those in the theater and film business will enjoy this detailed comparative study of the two genres."--Jacket.

Subject

• Musicals > United States > History and criticism
• Musical films > United States > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-283) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The swinging door: an introduction -- Sometimes the melody doesn't linger on -- How boy met girl -- Close copies -- Star light, star bright -- Ah, sweet operetta! -- Waiting for the revues to come out -- Too hot to handle -- Why can't the English? -- What were they thinking? -- In for the long run -- Reverse order.

ISBN

0810850184 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004004067

OCLC

56043995

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library