Hollywood Musicals offers an insightful account of a genre that was
once a mainstay of twentieth-century film production and continues
to draw audiences today. What is a film musical? How do musicals
work, formally and culturally? Why have they endured since the
introduction of sound in the late 1920s? What makes them more than
glittery surfaces or escapist fare? In answering such questions,
this guidebook by Steven Cohan takes new and familiar viewers on a
tour of Hollywood musicals. Chapters discuss definitions of the
genre, its long history, different modes of analyzing it, the great
stars of the classic era, and auteur directors. Highlights include
extended discussions of such celebrated musicals from the studio
era as The Love Parade, Top Hat, Holiday Inn, Stormy Weather, The
Gang's All Here, Meet Me in St. Louis, Cover Girl, Mother Wore
Tights, Singin' in the Rain, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Band
Wagon, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Jailhouse Rock as well
as later films such as Cabaret, All that Jazz, Beauty and the
Beast, and La La Land. Cohan brings in numerous other examples that
amplify and extend to the present day his claims about the musical,
its generic coherence and flexibility, its long and distinguished
history, its special appeal, and its cultural significance. Clear
and accessible, this guide provides students of film and culture
with a succinct but substantial overview that provides both
analysis and intersectional context to one of Hollywood's most
beloved genres.
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