| Description |
xiv, 176 pages : photographs ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Gregg Opelka -- Learning Guide: Movie Musicals and Their Stars -- Musicals on the silver screen chronological checklist -- All-talking, all-singing, all-dancing, all-mixed-up: the beginning to 1939 -- The greatest generation: patriotism, family, and american values, 1940?1949 -- Enter the golden age: cinemascope, technicolor, and the advent of television, 1950-1959 -- Social change: values, virtues, and validation, 1960-1969 -- Days not so clear: civil rights, the sexual revolution, and what to sing about? 1970-1979 -- Anything goes: fame and the me generation, 1980-1989 -- Downtrodden and misunderstood: boys, bodyguards, and ballroom dancing, 1990-1999 -- Something different: bizarre, macabre, retro the twenty-first century. |
| Subject |
Musical films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
9781937589301 alkaline paper |
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1937589307 alkaline paper |
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