HOLLYWOOD MOVIE MUSICALS
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ISBN: 978-1-4116-9762-1
Publisher: Lulu.com
Rights Owner: John Reid
Copyright:
© 2006 by John Reid and other contributors Standard Copyright License
Language: English
Country: United States
Edition: First
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Printed: 270 pages, 8.5" x 11", perfect binding, black and white interior ink Description:When most people think of movie musicals, films like “Singin’ in the Rain”, “Sound of Music”, “The Red Shoes”, “On the Town”, “White Christmas”, “Ziegfeld Follies”, “Top Hat”, “Funny Face” and “Funny Girl” immediately come to mind. Such films are included in this book, as are many of the works of major stars, including Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Betty Grable, Shirley Temple, Julie Andrews, Elvis Presley, Lucille Ball, Alice Faye, Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, Nelson Eddy, Doris Day, Dick Powell, Betty Hutton, Eleanor Powell, and Al Jolson. But attention is also drawn to less lavishly produced but very pleasant musical offerings from both major and minor studios (including perhaps the finest “B” musical ever made). In all, 125 pictures are reviewed and detailed with full cast and technical credits, plus songs and musical numbers, awards, release dates and other essential background information. Keywords:Listed in: |
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Around the university circuit, undergraduates demanded constant repeats of "One Hour With You", "Top Hat", "I'm No Angel", "Love Me Tonight", "Flying Down to Rio", "Singin' in the Rain" and "On the Town". True, there were also musicals that overjoyed the critics but left John Q. Public unmoved, like "Kiss Me Kate" (I was alone in the theater with the usherettes when I saw this wonderful show at its first release showcase), "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim", "Where Do We Go from Here?" and "Invitation to the Dance" (another movie where I sat alone in a palatial city cinema).
Then there were the pictures that played huge city seasons but failed to raise a spark in the neighborhoods: "Funny Girl", "Moulin Rouge", "The Sound of Music", "Thoroughly Modern Millie".
And finally the movies that everyone hated: "The Vagabond King", "People Are Funny", and surprisingly "Ziegfeld Girl", a very expensive offering with a star-studded cast that did well in its big city engagements but failed dismally everywhere else.
So what about Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers? A couple of their movies were still circulating on 16mm in my youth, and all their films including "Follow the Fleet" and "Shall We Dance" were super-popular on TV. In fact, RKO was among the first of the Hollywood studios to sell its library to television.
All the above movies represent just a few of the titles detailed in this book. There wasn't room for all my favorites, so I brought out another book, entitled (you guessed it!) "More Movie Musicals".
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