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Musicals on the silver screen : a guide to the must-see movie musicals / Leonard Kniffel.

by Kniffel, Leonard.

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Huron Street Press, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2013.

Musical films -- United States -- History and criticism.

Motion pictures -- Appreciation.

Motion pictures -- Reviews.

9781937589301 (pbk.)

1937589307 (pbk.)

xiv, 176 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-159) and index.

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.

"Musicals adapted to the big screen -- from West Side Story to The Phantom of the Opera -- have enjoyed a staggering amount of success since the 1940s, and this guide is tailored to help select the right flick to watch. Organized by decade, showing the nuances of each era of musical movie production, and a description is paired with each film along with an explanation of why it is worth viewing. Watching musicals and learning their history by way of libraries and archives where such films are preserved and made available is heavily emphasized"--Provided by publisher.

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