Thomas S. Hischak

Through the Screen Door

What Happened to the Broadway Musical When it Went to Hollywood

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is about the transition that musicals went through when they traveled from the stage to the screen. While the approach is critical, the style is readable and yields fascinating knowledge on the many things that did and didn't happen as theatre and film have merged throughout the past century.Hischak'sanalysis covers productions from The Desert Song (1927), to Chicago (2002).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780810850187
• ISBN-10: 0810850184
• Artikelnr.: 13898672

Autorenporträt

By Thomas S. Hischak

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The Swinging Door: An Introduction Part 2 Chapter 1: Sometimes the
Melody Doesn't Linger On Part 3 Chapter 2: How Boy Met Girl Part 4 Chapter
3: Close Copies Part 5 Chapter 4: Star Light, Star Bright Part 6 Chapter 5:
Ah, Sweet Operetta! Part 7 Chapter 6: Waiting for the Revues to Come Out
Part 8 Chapter 7: Too Hot to Handle Part 9 Chapter 8: Why Can't the
English? Part 10 Chapter 9: What Were They Thinking? Part 11 Chapter 10: In
for the Long Run Part 12 Chapter 11: Reverse Order Part 13 Musicals
Directory Part 14 Appendixes Chapter 15 A. Nonmusical Films That Were
Turned into Broadway and Off-Broadway Musicals Chapter 16 B. Nonmusical
Plays That Were Turned into Movie Musicals Chapter 17 C. Academy-Award
Winning Musicals Chapter 18 D. Tony Award-Winning Musicals Part 19
Bibliography Part 20 Index Part 21 About the Author