226 Pages
51 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
226 Pages
51 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
226 Pages
51 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Hollywood Musicals offers an insightful account of a genre that was once a mainstay of twentieth-century film production and continues to draw audiences today.
What is a film musical? How do musicals work, formally and culturally? Why have they endured since the introduction of sound in the late 1920s? What makes them more than glittery surfaces or escapist fare? In answering... Read more
Chapter 1: Defining the Musical
Chapter 2: A Brief Account of the Long History of the Hollywood Musical
Chapter 3: Analyzing Musicals
Chapter 4: Stars of the Classic Musical
Chapter 5: Five Auteur Directors
Epilogue: La La Land
Biography
Steven Cohan’s books include Masked Men: Masculinity and the Movies in the Fifties, Incongruous Entertainment: Camp, Cultural Value, and the MGM Musical, and Hollywood by Hollywood: The Backstudio Picture and the Mystique of Making Movies. He is Dean’s Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University.
