1st Edition

Howard Hawks Music as Communication in Film

By Gregory Camp Copyright 2020
126 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

126 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

126 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Known for creating classic films including His Girl Friday , The Big Sleep , Bringing Up Baby , and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , Howard Hawks is one of the best-known Hollywood ‘auteurs’, but the important role that music plays in his films has been generally neglected by film critics and scholars. In this concise study, Gregory Camp demonstrates how Hawks' use of music and musical treatment of... Read more

List of Figures

Series Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One: Arranging an Ensemble

Chapter Two: Speaking a Duet

Chapter Three: Singing a Chorus

Chapter Four: Humming a Tune

Chapter Five: Barking a Quartet

Conclusion

Appendix: Hawks Musico-Filmography

References

Index

Biography

Gregory Camp is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland School of Music, New Zealand.