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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460923603321

Autore

Grant Barry Keith <1947->

Titolo

The Hollywood film musical [[electronic resource] /] / Barry Keith Grant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester [England], : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

1-4051-8253-9

1-118-23180-5

1-280-59848-4

9786613628312

1-118-23181-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Collana

New approaches to film genre

Disciplina

791.43/6578

Soggetti

Musical films - United States - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- New Approaches to Film Genre -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Historical Overview -- Before Cinema -- The Arrival of Sound -- Depression-Era Musicals -- World War II -- The "Golden Age" -- Postwar Decline -- Rock 'n' Roll is Here to Stay -- Music Video -- New Steps -- Chapter 2: Critical Overview -- Apparatus -- Community and Utopia -- Romance, Sexuality, and Gender -- Race -- Chapter 3: Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) -- Chapter 4: Top Hat (1935) -- Chapter 5: The Pirate (1948) -- Chapter 6: West Side Story (1961) and Saturday Night Fever (1977) -- Chapter 7: Woodstock (1970) -- Chapter 8: Phantom of the Paradise (1974) -- Chapter 9: Pennies from Heaven (1981) and Across the Universe (2007) -- References -- Index.