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The French film musical
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Title
The French film musical / Phil Powrie and Marie Cadalanu.
ISBN
9781501329807
1501329804
9781501329777
9781501329784
Publication
London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2020.
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
x, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"A history of the French film musical from 1929 to the present"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 14, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [262]-279), filmography (pages [247]-261), and index.
Contents
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The French operetta film
Pills and Tabet and the Marseille operetta
Fréhel and Édith Piaf
Josephine Baker and Charles Trenet
The classical music film
The big band film
The musical sketch film
Tino Rossi
George Guétary and Luis Mariano
The transition to the modern musical
Jacques Demy
Around Demy
The opera film and the modern classical music film
The modern auteur musical
The fairy-tale musical and the documentary musical
Conclusion : the musical and nostalgia.
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