Musicals in film : a guide to the genre / Thomas S. Hischak.
Publisher: Santa Barbara : Greenwood, 2017Description: pages cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781440844225 (hard copy : alk. paper)
- 791.43/6 23
- PN1995.9.M86 H58 2017
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: who needs talking? -- Timeline of movie musicals -- Movie musical terms -- Movie musical genres -- History of the movie musical. The 1920s: learning to sing onscreen -- 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.