The Songs of Hollywood
de Philip Furia et Laurie Patterson
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Description de l'ouvrage:
• Extremely well-illustrated with 200 film stills
• Fascinating look at songs in both musical and dramatic films, the first book to cover both in one treatment
• Argues for original film musicals over film adaptations of Broadway musicals, and takes the latter to task for being "stagey"
• Concluding chapter celebrates Hollywood's innovations in recent years, past the "golden age"
From "Over the Rainbow" to "Moon River" and from Al Jolson to Barbra Streisand, The Songs of Hollywood traces the fascinating history of song in film, both in musicals and in dramatic movies such as High Noon. Extremely well-illustrated with 200 film stills, this delightful book sheds much light on some of Hollywood's best known and loved repertoire, explaining how the film industry made certain songs memorable, and highlighting important moments of film history along the way. The book focuses on how the songs were presented in the movies, from early talkies where actors portrayed singers "performing" the songs, to the Golden Age in which characters burst into expressive, integral song—not as a "performance" but as a spontaneous outpouring of feeling. The book looks at song presentation in 1930s classics with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and in 1940s gems with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. The authors also look at the decline of the genre since 1960, when most original musicals were replaced by film versions of Broadway hits such as My Fair Lady.
À propos des auteurs :
Philip Furia, Professor, Department of Creative Writing, University of North Carolina Wilmington, and Laurie Patterson, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Sciene, University of North Carolina Wilmington Philip Furia is a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Laurie Patterson is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Revue de Presse:
"Good reading—and great history...a fresh examination of the way songs were integrated into Hollywood movies from the silent era through the glory years of musicals. Furia and Patterson write with equal parts knowledge and enthusiasm. I thought I knew this territory pretty well, but they linger over details to create a rich context for their raw material." - Leonard Maltin, film critic
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