Hollywood Musicals Year by Year - Softcover

Green, Stanley; Schmidt, Elaine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0634007653 ISBN 13: 9780634007651

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, 1990

Synopsis

Whose singing voice was substituted for Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn? What movie was the first to combine live action with animated cartoon characters? What movie did Marlon Brando first sing in? These and thousands of other interesting facts about Hollywood's favorite musicals are answered in Hollywood Musicals Year By Year. Following the success of Broadway Musicals Show By Show, this book provides a world of information, facts and trivia about cinema's favorite musicals. Beginning with The Jazz Singer and moving through the 80's, this book documents more than 300 movies. Each entry includes the screenplay writer, producer, director, choreographer, cast list, song list, release date, plot summary and interesting notes surrounding the production, cast and spin-offs that the movie inspired. The book also contains many photographs of memorable moments in celluloid history. Written in Stanley Green's down-to-earth, one-to-one style, this book is a pleasure to read and a virtual encyclopedia that no movie buff should be without.

About this title

Synopsis:

Over 300 of the screen's major musical productions from The Jazz Singer in 1927 to Tarzan in 1999. Presented chronologically, each entry details: * composer and lyricist * screenwriter, director, and producer * choreographer, and director of photography * cast, and studio * Plus, thousands of facts, fascinating anecdotes, and hundreds of original photos

About this edition

• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0634007653
• ISBN 13: 9780634007651
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Schmidt Elaine