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Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (228 min.) : sound, some color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One of the most comprehensive films about the Hollywood musical ever produced. Screen and television icon Shirley Jones hosts this entertaining and historical document illustrated by extraordinary clips and fabulous interviews.
Author
Publisher
Huron Street Press, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xiv, 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Musicals adapted to the big screen -- from West Side Story to The Phantom of the Opera -- have enjoyed a staggering amount of success since the 1940s, and this guide is especially tailored to library patrons looking for help selecting the right flick to watch. The book is organised by decade, allowing readers to learn about the nuances of each era of musical movie production, and a description is paired with each film along with an explanation of...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Published to coincide with the film's 50th anniversary, an ultimate fan book shares behind-the-scenes facts about The Sound of Music's filming in Austria and Hollywood and incorporates new interviews with production insiders, including Johannes von Trapp.
10) E. Y. Harburg
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (71 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
12) The Elvis movies
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xiv, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Series
Animals rock volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (43 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kids will laugh and groove with the 'Singing Zoologist'. Miller keeps curious minds riveted with his legendary blend of science, artistry, and humor.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"To produce the song sequences that are central to Indian popular cinema, singers' voices are first recorded in the studio and then played back on the set to be lip-synced and danced to by actors and actresses as the visuals are filmed. Since the 1950s, playback singers have become revered celebrities in their own right. Brought to Life by the Voice explores the distinctive aesthetics and affective power generated by this division of labor between...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
130 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This study explores one of the most popular and successful of genres, yet one that has not fully enjoyed critical recognition to match. Combining a detailed analysis of individual musicals with an in-depth consideration of racial and gender issues, Susan Smith examines the rich interactions that occur between music, performance and narrative, as well as the use of the female voice and the female singer in certain 'Pygmalion'/'Svengali'-style narratives....
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (420 min.) : sound and silent, black and white, tinted and color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (15 pages ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
"A unique and wonderful collection of 54 rare and restored short films from the inflammable years of cinema. Movies were once made on nitrate film stock, which has a chemical composition similar to gunpowder and is highly vulnerable to fire and decay.This remarkable seven-hour anthology, organized in eight thematic groups over three DVDs, presents amazing treasures from the vaults of Lobster Films in Paris and from the Blackhawk Films Collection,...
19) Mamma mia!
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
20 year old Sophie is preparing to marry at her mother's hotel on a Greek island. She has a carefree life, a loving fiancee, and great friends. She is only missing one thing: a father. By reading her mother's diary she discovers that she has three possible fathers. Sophie secretly invites all three men to the wedding in a desperate bid to discover which of them is her father. But not all goes according to plan. Now, old loves are re-kindled, new loves...
20) Gene Autry
Series
Language
English
Description
Four western films featuring Gene Autry. The man from music mountain: When Gene Autry is swindled into buying worthless plots of land he attempts to trick the land developer into buying them back; Oh, Susanna!: A western musical in which Gene Autry is robbed and thrown from a train; The old barn dance: Autry outsmarts the land connoisseur who seems to possess every major company in town; The old corral: Sheriff Autry protects a witness to a murder...
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