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The Hollywood Film Musical examines the cross-fertilization between the genre and the popular music industry, tracing the function of this relationship in aesthetic, ideological and industrial terms, and outlining the influence of minstrel shows, vaudeville, the Broadway stage, the recording industry, and stardom.

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“Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.” (Choice, 1 November 2012)



Table of Contents
List of Plates ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1

1 Historical Overview 7

2 Critical Overview 38

3 Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) 55

4 Top Hat (1935) 70

5 The Pirate (1948) 85

6 West Side Story (1961) and Saturday Night Fever (1977) 99

7 Woodstock (1970) 116

8 Phantom of the Paradise (1974) 131

9 Pennies from Heaven (1981) and Across the Universe (2007) 146

References 165

Index 171

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 30/03/2012
      ISBN13: 9781405182522, 978-1405182522
      ISBN10: 1405182520
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      Communication studies Film: styles and genres Music

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Hollywood Film Musical examines the cross-fertilization between the genre and the popular music industry, tracing the function of this relationship in aesthetic, ideological and industrial terms, and outlining the influence of minstrel shows, vaudeville, the Broadway stage, the recording industry, and stardom.

      Trade Review

      “Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.” (Choice, 1 November 2012)



      Table of Contents
      List of Plates ix

      Acknowledgments xiii

      Introduction 1

      1 Historical Overview 7

      2 Critical Overview 38

      3 Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) 55

      4 Top Hat (1935) 70

      5 The Pirate (1948) 85

      6 West Side Story (1961) and Saturday Night Fever (1977) 99

      7 Woodstock (1970) 116

      8 Phantom of the Paradise (1974) 131

      9 Pennies from Heaven (1981) and Across the Universe (2007) 146

      References 165

      Index 171

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