Dangerous rhythm : why movie musicals matter /
Barrios, Richard,
Dangerous rhythm : why movie musicals matter / Richard Barrios. - 384 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
A title ordered as part of the LoveBooks campaign 2014-2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Insightful, exuberant, and witty, 'Dangerous Rhythm' offers a fresh, sometimes revolutionary take on a uniquely American institution: the movie musical. Combining chronicle with critique and analysis, historian Richard Barrios lays out the whole of the musical's glorious and rocky existence, from Al Jolson to Les Miserables.
Specialized.
9780199973842 (hbk.) : £22.99
Musical films--History and criticism.--United States
Performing Arts.
Performing Arts.
791.4'36
Dangerous rhythm : why movie musicals matter / Richard Barrios. - 384 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
A title ordered as part of the LoveBooks campaign 2014-2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Insightful, exuberant, and witty, 'Dangerous Rhythm' offers a fresh, sometimes revolutionary take on a uniquely American institution: the movie musical. Combining chronicle with critique and analysis, historian Richard Barrios lays out the whole of the musical's glorious and rocky existence, from Al Jolson to Les Miserables.
Specialized.
9780199973842 (hbk.) : £22.99
Musical films--History and criticism.--United States
Performing Arts.
Performing Arts.
791.4'36