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Presents a genealogy of realist performance through analysis of the music hall careers and film roles of Mistinguett, Josephine Baker, Frehel, and Damia. This book offers a fresh interpretation of 1930s French cinema, emphasizing its love affair with popular song and its close connections to the music hall and the cafe-concert.

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"Conway's entirely original research is well structured and clearly written, imparts expert readings, and is strengthened by historical groundedness. This is an extremely important book." - Christopher Faulkner, author of The Social Cinema of Jean Renoir; "Conway's study offers fresh, challenging perspectives on French film history, on women in French cinema, and on the relationship between film of the 1930s and the city of Paris." - Judith Mayne, author of Cinema and Spectatorship"

Chanteuse in the City

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 08/09/2004
      ISBN13: 9780520244078, 978-0520244078
      ISBN10: 0520244079
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a genealogy of realist performance through analysis of the music hall careers and film roles of Mistinguett, Josephine Baker, Frehel, and Damia. This book offers a fresh interpretation of 1930s French cinema, emphasizing its love affair with popular song and its close connections to the music hall and the cafe-concert.

      Trade Review
      "Conway's entirely original research is well structured and clearly written, imparts expert readings, and is strengthened by historical groundedness. This is an extremely important book." - Christopher Faulkner, author of The Social Cinema of Jean Renoir; "Conway's study offers fresh, challenging perspectives on French film history, on women in French cinema, and on the relationship between film of the 1930s and the city of Paris." - Judith Mayne, author of Cinema and Spectatorship"

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