The Musical Movie! - Hardcover

The Musical Movie! - HardcoverIrresistible and authoritative, The Movie Musical! is an in depth look at the singing, dancing, happy making world of Hollywood musicals, beautifully illustrated in color and black and white an essential text for anyone who's ever laughed, cried, or sung along at the movies. Leading film historian Jeanine Basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and zest, the whole story of the Hollywood musical in the most telling, most incisive, most detailed, most

• Irresistible and authoritative, The Movie Musical! is an in-depth look at the singing, dancing, happy-making world of Hollywood musicals, beautifully illustrated in color and black-and-white -an essential text for anyone who's ever laughed, cried, or sung along at the movies.

• Leading film historian Jeanine Basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and zest, the whole story of the Hollywood musical--in the most telling, most incisive, most detailed, most gorgeously illustrated book of her long and remarkable career. 

• From Fred Astaire, whom she adores, to La La Land, which she deplores, Basinger examines a dazzling array of stars, strategies, talents, and innovations in the history of musical cinema. Whether analyzing a classic Gene Kelly routine, relishing a Nelson-Jeanette operetta, or touting a dynamic hip hop number (in the underrated Idlewild), she is a canny and charismatic guide to the many ways that song and dance have been seen-and heard-on film.

Pages: 656

Published: Nov 2019

Size (cm): 23.9 x 19.6 x 4.2

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