The Rough Guide to Film Musicals (Rough Guide Reference Series)
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The perfect companion to cinema''s most spectacular genre, The Rough Guide to Film Musicals reveals how an escapist entertainment became Hollywood''s most ingenious art form. From such enduring classics as Singin'' In The Rain and West Side Story to recent successes like Evita and Chicago, this book reviews 50 essential musicals, including several forgotten gems. There are profiles of musical icons such as Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and George Gershwin and details of musicals from around the world. Complete with a list of the best soundtracks, websites and books for further reading, this Rough Guide takes a behind the scenes look at this magical movie genre.
Introduction viSetting The Stage: the origins 1No Business Like Show Business: the history 19The Canon: 50 essential film musicals 75An American In Paris 77Annie Get Your Gun 79The Band Wagon 81Cabaret 83Carousel 86Chicago 88Easter Parade 90Evita 9242nd Street 94Footlight Parade 96Funny Face 97Gigi 100Gold Diggers Of 1933 102Grease 103Guys And Dolls 105Hallelujah! 107High Society 109High, Wide And Handsome 111The Jazz Singer 113The King And I 115Kiss Me Kate 117The Lion King 120Love Me Tonight 122The Love Parade 124Mary Poppins 126Meet Me In St Louis 128The Merry Widow 130My Fair Lady 132Nashville 135Oklahoma! 137On The Town 140The Pajama Game 142The Pirate 144The Rocky Horror Picture Show 145Seven Brides For Seven Brothers 148Shall We Dance 150Show Boat 152Silk Stockings 155Singin' In The Rain 157Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs 160The Sound Of Music 162South Pacific 165A Star Is Born 167Summer Holiday 169Swing Time 171Top Hat 173West Side Story 175The Wizard Of Oz 178Yankee Doodle Dandy 180Yolanda And The Thief 183The Icons: singing stars & unsung talent 185Puttin' On The Ritz: how musicals work 247A World Of Entertainment: the international musical 267Over The Rainbow: the wider picture 293Picture credits 308Index 309
