A Fine Romance: Adapting Broadway to Hollywood in the Studio System Era

ISBN-13: 9780197501733 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 360 str.

Geoffrey (Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music History

Recenzje

Geoffrey Block's A Fine Romance makes meticulous, detailed comparisons between the stage and screen versions of 12 musicals that shaped American popular culture. The film versions of these musicals brought their stories, songs, and dances to more audiences than the theater versions ever could. Rather than assuming the inferiority of the film versions because of their commercialism or broad appeal, Block gives them an open-minded treatment. He notes that the medium of film is different from the stage and reveals the many ways that artists took advantage of this to create film adaptations that merit serious treatment and admiration. In reading the book I gained a deeper appreciation of the versatility of the musical as a genre.

O autorze

Geoffrey Block is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music History and Humanities at the University of Puget Sound. He is the series editor for Oxford's Broadway Legacies and has published widely on American musical theater and film. His previous titles include Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from <"Show Boat>" to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber and The Richard Rodgers Reader.