Through the Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway Musical When it Went to Hollywood

This book is about the transition that musicals went through when they traveled from the stage to the screen. While the approach is critical, the style is readable and yields fascinating knowledge on the many things that did and didn't happen as theatre and film have merged throughout the past century.Hischak'sanalysis covers productions from The Desert Song (1927), to Chicago (2002). more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-03-2006; A pretty good resource; This book is unique in that it examines the film musical with relation to that of Broadway, its direct ancestor. It focuses on the specific movies that were based on earlier Broadway shows, and describes the common changes that happened...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-02-2006; A pretty good resource; This book is unique in that it examines the film musical with relation to that of Broadway, its direct ancestor. It focuses on the specific movies that were based on earlier Broadway shows, and describes the common changes that happened...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-03-2006; A pretty good resource; This book is unique in that it examines the film musical with relation to that of Broadway, its direct ancestor. It focuses on the specific movies that were based on earlier Broadway shows, and describes the common changes that happened...; read full review | report as inappropriate