The Great Movie Musicals: A Viewer's Guide to 168 Films That Really Sing

ISBN-13: 9780786443840 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 423 str.

Don Tyler

Opis

Beginning with The Jazz Singer in 1927 and ending with Sweeney Todd in 2007, this comprehensive critical history examines the greatest movie musicals of all time. Organized alphabetically by decade, more than 150 films are analyzed on the basis of importance, entertainment value and musical presentation. Included are Broadway adaptations (West Side Story), screen originals (The Wizard of Oz), all-star revues (The King of Jazz), musical biopics (The Glenn Miller Story), "dance" pictures (Fame) and animated features (Aladdin).