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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780808003321

Autore

Salys Rimgaila

Titolo

The musical comedy films of Grigorii Aleksandrov [[electronic resource] ] : laughing matters / / Rimgaila Salys

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, IL, : Intellect, : University of Chicago Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-45570-2

9786612455704

1-84150-347-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Disciplina

791.43617094709043

808.823

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - Soviet Union

Motion pictures - Soviet Union - History

Musical films - Soviet Union - History and criticism

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

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Veselye Rebiata; Chapter 2: Tsirk; Chapter 3: Volga - Volga; Chapter 4: Svetlyi put'; Appendix A: A Day of Filming with Director G. Aleksandrov's Circus Crew; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Grigorii Aleksandrov's musical comedy films, created with composer Isaak Dunaevskii, were the most popular Russian cinema of the 1930s-1940s. Based on studio documents, press materials and interviews with surviving members of Aleksandrov's film crews, this book presents the untold history of the films, situating them in the Stalin era, and suggesting new interpretations of individual films.Salys approaches the films from the standpoint of western criticism, arguing that although Socialist Realism attempted to suppress the genre, Aleksandrov's films consistently preserved the archetypes of Amer