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Musicals in film : a guide to the genre / Thomas S. Hischak.
- Title
- Musicals in film : a guide to the genre / Thomas S. Hischak.
- Author
- Hischak, Thomas S.
- Publication
- Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN1995.9.M86 H58 2017 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxvii, 449 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.
- Summary
- This wide-ranging guide introduces (or reintroduces) readers to movie musicals past and present, enabling them to experience the development of this uniquely American art form―and discover films they'll love.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-420) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781440844225
- 1440844224
- 9781440844232 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2016019986
- OCLC
- 946906616
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library