| Description |
1 online resource (x, 374 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The Broadway melody (1929) -- The Hollywood revue of 1929 (1929) -- The love parade (1930) -- The smiling lieutenant (1931) -- One hour with you (1932) -- 42nd Street (1933) -- She done him wrong (1933) -- Flirtation walk (1934) -- The gay divorcee (1934) -- One night of love (1934) -- The Broadway melody of 1936 (1935) -- Naughty Marietta (1935) -- Top hat (1935) -- The great Ziegfeld (1936) -- Three smart girls (1936) -- One hundred men and a girl (1937) -- Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) -- The Wizard of Oz (1939) -- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) -- Going my way (1944) -- Anchors aweigh (1945) -- An American in Paris (1951) -- Seven brides for seven brothers (1954) -- The king and I (1956) -- Gigi (1958) -- West Side story (1961) -- The music man (1962) -- Mary Poppins (1964) -- My fair lady (1964) -- The sound of music (1965) -- Doctor Doolittle (1967) -- Funny girl (1968) -- Oliver! (1968) -- Hello, Dolly! (1969) -- Fiddler on the roof (1971) -- Cabaret (1972) -- All that jazz (1979) -- Beauty and the Beast (1991) -- Appendix: Academy award nominations and winners ; Best director ; Best picture ; Best song ; Music scoring ; Best actors/actress winners in a musical film ; Best actor/actress nominees in a musical film ; Best actors/actress winners (musical performers in a non-musical film) ; Best actor/actress nominees (musical performers in a non-musical film) ; Best supporting actors/actress winners in a musical film ; Best supporting actors/actress winners (musical performers in a non-musical film) ; Best supporting actor/actress nominees (musical performers in a non-musical film) |
| Summary |
""Recommended""--Booklist; ""meticulously researched book ... highly recommended""--ARSC Journal. Covered here are all 39 Hollywood musicals nominated for Best Picture. It explains why each film was nominated and why the winners won, points out the influences that guided the productions, and discusses these films' influences on succeeding films. Detailed plot descriptions are provided, along with interesting facts about the acting, direction, choreography, and orchestration; complete cast and production credits; and comments from critics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-350) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Musical films -- United States -- History and criticism
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Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
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Musical films
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Filmmusical
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Academy award
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United States
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Los Angeles- Hollywood
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781476611570 |
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1476611572 |
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