Star Turns in Hollywood Musicals
More than any other film genre, the musical of Hollywood’s Golden Age depended on the presence of performers on the bill: these personalities met the expectations of the star system and, in addition, their dancing and/or singing skills gave them a special place in a context where star images were fo...
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| description | More than any other film genre, the musical of Hollywood’s Golden Age depended on the presence of performers on the bill: these personalities met the expectations of the star system and, in addition, their dancing and/or singing skills gave them a special place in a context where star images were foregrounded. This book studies what makes musical stars so specific from the 1930s on: their performances, especially solo, which also reveal how film musicals tackle highbrow and popular culture. Acts by Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Barbra Streisand, Carmen Miranda, Eleanor Powell, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Doris Day and the Nicholas Brothers are analyzed according to four main issues: the role of technology in cinema-made performances (editing, dubbing…); ethnicity issues and the distinctive place that the musical genre granted - or not - to “non-white” artists; the importance of stars specialized in comedy who developed a carnivalesque dimension in films; and the process of star construction itself within the Hollywood system, in relation to other forms of performance or cultural industries. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1136572024-03-23T21:37:05Z Star Turns in Hollywood Musicals Marguerite, Chabrol Pierre-Olivier, Toulza Cognard, Nicolas Murphy, Tresi musical dance cinema thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATQ Dance More than any other film genre, the musical of Hollywood’s Golden Age depended on the presence of performers on the bill: these personalities met the expectations of the star system and, in addition, their dancing and/or singing skills gave them a special place in a context where star images were foregrounded. This book studies what makes musical stars so specific from the 1930s on: their performances, especially solo, which also reveal how film musicals tackle highbrow and popular culture. Acts by Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Barbra Streisand, Carmen Miranda, Eleanor Powell, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Doris Day and the Nicholas Brothers are analyzed according to four main issues: the role of technology in cinema-made performances (editing, dubbing…); ethnicity issues and the distinctive place that the musical genre granted - or not - to “non-white” artists; the importance of stars specialized in comedy who developed a carnivalesque dimension in films; and the process of star construction itself within the Hollywood system, in relation to other forms of performance or cultural industries. 2023-09-11T07:39:04Z 2023-09-11T07:39:04Z 2017 book ONIX_20230911_9782840165323_152 9782840165323 9782840669715 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/113657 eng La Grande Collection ArTeC image/jpeg n/a https://www.7switch.com/fr/ebook/9782840165323/from/openedition https://books.openedition.org/pupo/30640 Presses universitaires de Paris Nanterre 10.4000/books.pupo.30640 10.4000/books.pupo.30640 aad75d00-be29-4b7d-a68e-ff7f8155bcd6 9782840165323 9782840669715 272 Nanterre open access |
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| title | Star Turns in Hollywood Musicals |
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| topic | musical dance cinema thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATQ Dance |
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