The Movie Musical!
$93.23
- Hardcover
656 pages
- Release Date
5 November 2019
Summary
Irresistible and authoritative, The Movie Musical! is an in-depth look at the singing, dancing, happy-making world of Hollywood musicals, beautifully illustrated in color and black-and-white–an essential text for anyone who’s ever laughed, cried, or sung along at the movies.Irresistible and authoritative, The Movie Musical! is an in-depth look at the singing, dancing, happy-making world of Hollywood musicals, beautifully illustrated in color and black-and-white–an essential text for anyone wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781101874066 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1101874066 |
| Author: | Jeanine Basinger |
| Publisher: | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Imprint: | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.64kg |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 184mm |
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Critics Review
“An in-depth look at the Hollywood musical … lively and informative … the author is the perfect guide … movie buffs and film students alike will applaud this delightful and insightful work.”–Library Journal (starred review)
“A lively history … an essential addition to any film lover’s library.”–Kirkus
“Exhilarating … informative and insightful … monumental.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review)
About The Author
Jeanine Basinger
JEANINE BASINGER is the founder of the department of film studies at Wesleyan University and the curator of the cinema archives there. She has written eleven other books on film, includingI Do and I Don’t; The Star Machine; A Woman’s View; Silent Stars, winner of the William K. Everson Film History Award;Anthony Mann; The World War II Combat Film;andAmerican Cinema- One Hundred Years of Filmmaking, the companion book for a ten-part PBS series. She lives in Middletown, CT, Madison, WI, and Brookings, SD.
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