The Hollywood Musical
Item Number
PN1995.9.M86F48
Author/Artist/Editor
Jane Feuer
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
1982
Press/Publisher
Indiana University Press
Language
English
Description
What this volume discovers is that musicals not only show singing and dancing; they are actually about signing and dancing, about entertainment. This apparently simple insight produces new understanding, both of the actual music used in the films and of such key stylistic devices as the "show within the show," the use of on-screen audiences, dream sequences and "rehearsal