A Fine Romance: Adapting Broadway to Hollywood in the Studio System Era explores the symbiotic relationship between a dozen Broadway musicals and their Hollywood film adaptations, including some of the best loved, most admired, and most enduring works in their respective genres. Beginning with the stage version of Show Boat and ending with Bob Fosse's cinematic re-envisioning of Cabaret, Geoffrey Block explores twelve stage shows and their film adaptations spanning nearly a half century (1927-1972). A Fine Romance engages with aesthetic and critical concerns while also considering social…mehr
A Fine Romance: Adapting Broadway to Hollywood in the Studio System Era explores the symbiotic relationship between a dozen Broadway musicals and their Hollywood film adaptations, including some of the best loved, most admired, and most enduring works in their respective genres. Beginning with the stage version of Show Boat and ending with Bob Fosse's cinematic re-envisioning of Cabaret, Geoffrey Block explores twelve stage shows and their film adaptations spanning nearly a half century (1927-1972). A Fine Romance engages with aesthetic and critical concerns while also considering social issues, including race and ethnicity, class, gender, and sexual identity.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Geoffrey Block is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music History and Humanities at the University of Puget Sound. He is the series editor for Oxford's Broadway Legacies and has published widely on American musical theater and film. His previous titles include Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from "Show Boat" to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber and The Richard Rodgers Reader.
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* Preface * 1. The Hollywood Studio System and a Brief Survey of Film Adaptations from Show Boat to Cabaret * 2. Surviving in the 1930s Movie Studio Jungle: Jerome Kern and Show Boat, The Cat and the Fiddle, and Roberta * 3. Challenging the Hollywood Studio Model: On the Town vs. Call Me Madam * 4. 1940s Stage Musicals and Their Screen Adaptations: Cabin in the Sky, Brigadoon, and Oklahoma! * 5. More Than a "Chemical Reaction": The Romance between Ninotchka and Silk Stockings on Stage and Screen * 6. Something to Dance About: West Side Story on Stage and Screen * 7. A (Mostly) All-Asian American Musical: Flower Drum Song on Stage and Screen * 8. Stretching Boundaries in the Wake of the Studio System Era: Cabaret on Stage and Screen * Appendix 1: a) Stage Musicals Discussed in A Fine Romance; b) Screen Musicals Discussed in A Fine Romance * Appendix 2: Stage and Screen Sources Discussed in A Fine Romance * Appendix 3: Selected Stage Musicals and Their Screen Adaptations (1920-2021) * Appendix 4: Selected Screen Adaptations of Stage Musicals (1930-2023) * Notes * Bibliography
* Preface * 1. The Hollywood Studio System and a Brief Survey of Film Adaptations from Show Boat to Cabaret * 2. Surviving in the 1930s Movie Studio Jungle: Jerome Kern and Show Boat, The Cat and the Fiddle, and Roberta * 3. Challenging the Hollywood Studio Model: On the Town vs. Call Me Madam * 4. 1940s Stage Musicals and Their Screen Adaptations: Cabin in the Sky, Brigadoon, and Oklahoma! * 5. More Than a "Chemical Reaction": The Romance between Ninotchka and Silk Stockings on Stage and Screen * 6. Something to Dance About: West Side Story on Stage and Screen * 7. A (Mostly) All-Asian American Musical: Flower Drum Song on Stage and Screen * 8. Stretching Boundaries in the Wake of the Studio System Era: Cabaret on Stage and Screen * Appendix 1: a) Stage Musicals Discussed in A Fine Romance; b) Screen Musicals Discussed in A Fine Romance * Appendix 2: Stage and Screen Sources Discussed in A Fine Romance * Appendix 3: Selected Stage Musicals and Their Screen Adaptations (1920-2021) * Appendix 4: Selected Screen Adaptations of Stage Musicals (1930-2023) * Notes * Bibliography
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