Singing a new tune : the rebirth of the modern film musical, from Evita to De-lovely and beyond / by John Kenneth Muir.

A survey of film musicals incorporates interviews with directors and screenwriters, an overview of the genre from the 1920s to the 1990s, and discusses fourteen film musicals from 1996 to 2004, along with musicals on TV.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author: Muir, John Kenneth, 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books ; Sales & distribution, North America, Hal Leonard Corp., ©2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Not Your Father's Razzle-Dazzle
  • Part I: Music in the Air
  • 1. The Old Razzle-Dazzle: A History of the Movie Musical through the 1980s
  • 2. The Razzle-Dazzle Fizzles? The Early Nineties
  • Part II: Get Back to Where You Once Belonged
  • 3. From Evita to Moulin Rouge: 1996/2001
  • 4. From Hedwig and the Angry Inch to De-Lovely and Beyond: 2001/2004
  • 5. Cathode Razzle-Dazzle: The Musical on Television
  • Phantom of the Genre.