Item Detail
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Tyler, Don
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The great movie musicals : a viewer's guide to 168 films that really sing
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Book
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Jefferson, N.C.
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2010
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McFarland & Company
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v, 417 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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9780786443840; 0786443847
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Musical films--Catalogs.
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ML 2075 .T94 G73 2010
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Tyler, Don. The Great Movie Musicals: A Viewer’s Guide to 168 Films That Really Sing. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2010.
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Provides film enthusiasts with historical information and synopses.
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Includes the author’s selection of historically popular movies with at least five songs, including original musical films, revues, film adaptations of stage musicals, and animated feature films. Excludes documentaries, operas, singing cowboy westerns, foreign-language musicals, short-subjects, and cartoons.
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Alphabetical by movie title. Entries provide film studio, release date, length in minutes, principal cast, director, producer, screenwriters, composer, lyricist, choreographer, awards and honors, available formats, history of the film’s conception and creation, plot synopsis, key songs, and a short evaluation. Four appendixes: Greatest Movie Musicals by Decade, Greatest Movie Musicals by Year, AFI’s 25 Greatest Movie Musicals, and Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time. Includes bibliography, filmography, videography, and general index.
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Abraham Myler
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BYU Mus Ref
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8026