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"Leading film historian Jeanine Basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and zest, the whole story of the Hollywood musical in the most telling, most incisive, most detailed, most gorgeously illustrated book of her long and remarkable career"--Jacket.
From Fred Astaire to La La Land, Basinger examines a dazzling array of stars, strategies, talents, and innovations in the history of musical cinema. Whether analyzing a classic Gene Kelly routine, relishing...
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"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...
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"For millions of moviegoers unable to see the original stage version of West Side Story, director Robert Wise's adaptation was a cinematic gift that brought a Broadway hit to a mass audience. Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz argues that Wise's film was not only hugely popular, but that it was also an artistic triumph that marked an important departure in the history of American movie making. With a score by Leonard Bernstein and choreography by Jerome Robbins,...
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Mueller examines the beauty and timelessness of Astaire's dancing and his distinctive, inimitable choreographic style. Combining stills and frame enlargements from Astaire's musical films between 1933 and 1968, the author describes what is being danced and how. He explains to what ends--musical, emotional, and narrative--each dance was choreographed, and how well it succeeds in achieving those ends, and how each dance relates to its music. He also...
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