The Oxford handbook of musical theatre screen adaptations:

Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s, the film musical enjoyed around 30 years of development, with The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St Louis, Singi...

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Weitere Verfasser: McHugh, Dominic ca. 20./21. Jh (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2019
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Zusammenfassung:Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s, the film musical enjoyed around 30 years of development, with The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St Louis, Singin' in the Rain, and Gigi showing the exciting possibilities of putting musicals on the silver screen. This handbook traces how the genre has evolved, starting with screen adaptations of operettas such as The Desert Song and Rio Rita, and looks at how the studios in the 1930s exploited the publication of sheet music as part of their income. Numerous chapters examine specific screen adaptations in depth, including not only favorites such as Annie and Kiss Me, Kate but also some of the lesser-known titles like Li'l Abner and Roberta and problematic adaptations such as Carousel and Paint Your Wagon
Beschreibung:Also issued in print. - Includes bibliographical references and index
The Shifting Sands of Orientalism: The Desert Song on Stage and Screen - William A. Everett -- - Rescoring Anything Goes in 1930s Hollywood - Allison Robbins -- - "A Humane, Practical and Beautiful Solution": Adaptation and Triangulation in Paint Your Wagon - Megan Woller -- - Adapting Pal Joey: Post-War Anxieties and the Playmate - Julianne Lindberg -- - The Producers and Hairspray: The Hazards and Rewards of Recursive Adaptation - Dean Adams -- - Fidelity vs. Freedom in Miloš Forman's film version of Hair - Andrew Buchman -- - Ian Sapiro -- - Lost in Translation: The Strange Case of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel - Tim Carter -- - The Fascinating Moment of Godspell: Its Cinematic Adaptation in the Shadow of Jesus Christ Superstar and Leonard Bernstein's Mass - Paul R. Laird -- - Little Shop of Horrors: Breaking the Rules all the Way to the Big (Enormous, 12-inch) Screen - Jonas Westover -- - Li'l Abner from Comic Strip to Hollywood
- Jim Lovensheimer -- - The Party's Over: On the Town, Bells are Ringing, and the Problem of Adapting Postwar New York - Martha Shearer -- - Elizabeth Titrington Craft -- - Into the Woods from Stage to Screen - Mark Eden Horowitz -- - Getting Real: Stage Musical vs. Filmic Realism in Film Adaptations from Camelot to Cabaret - Raymond Knapp -- - Loud, Pretty, Strong, White [Repeat]: The Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy Operettas at MGM (1935-1942) - Todd Decker -- - Flamboyance, Exuberance, and Schmaltz: Half a Sixpence and the Broadway Adaptation in 1960s Hollywood - Amanda McQueen -- - Carol Burnett and the Ends of Variety: Parody, Nostalgia, and Analysis of the American Musical - Robynn J. Stilwell -- - Brigadoon and its Transition to MGM Musical: Adapting a Stage Show for Star Dancers - Susan Smith -- - Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Giacomo Meyerbeer Meet Rio Rita, or, What's In a Name? - John Graziano -- - Dominic McHugh --
- From Novel to Stage to Screen: Adapting Roberta - Geoffrey Block -- - "Is this the right material, girl?" How Madonna Makes Us Like Eva but Not Necessarily Evita - Richard J. Allen -- - Cole Porter's List Songs on Stage and Screen - Cliff Eisen -- - Hannah Robbins -- - "An Elegant Legacy": The Aborted Cartoon Adaptation of Finian's Rainbow - Danielle Birkett -- - The Streisand Adaptations - Dominic McHugh
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (624 Seiten)
ISBN:9780190490010
DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190469993.001.0001