A song in the dark
the birth of the musical film
2nd ed.
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Author
Publication
2009 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
124,000 words, Guess
Page Count
496 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780195377354
- ISBN-139780195377347
- ISBN-100195377354
- ISBN-100195377346
- Goodreads6750846
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2008054945
- OCLC Control Number291908070
- Better World Books9780195377347
- Better World Books9780195377354
- Open LibraryOL22849740M
Classifications
- DDC791.43/6
- LCCPN1995.9.M86 B37 2009
- LCCPN1995.9.M86B37 2009
and 1 more
- LCCPN1995.9.M86 B37 2010
Description
Chronicling the early musical film years from 1926 to 1934, A Song in the Dark offers a fascinating look at these innovative films, the product of much of the major experimentation that went on during the development of sound technology. Illuminating the entire evolution of this new sound medium, Richard Barrios shows how Hollywood, seeking to outdo Broadway and vaudeville, recruited both the famous and the unknown, the newest stars and the has-beens, the geniuses and the hustlers. The results were unlike anything the world had seen or heard. Here are the films - The Jazz Singer, The Broadway Melody, Love Me Tonight, 42nd Street - and their stars. Barrios highlights the careers of such legendary figures as Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Busby Berkeley, and Maurice Chevalier, and film newcomers like Jeanette MacDonald, Bing Crosby, and Ruby Keeler.
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