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Lädt ... M-G-M’s Greatest Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit (1975)von Hugh Fordin
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This is a reprint of a book that originally came out in the mid-1970s. It focuses on the operations of the Arthur Freed unit at MGM, which for a period of roughly 20 years cranked out a number of the most memorable musicals produced in Hollywood, let alone MGM. There's a lot of interesting material in the book, though the presentation can be patchy -- a number of the handwritten notes from the Freed archive are either illegible or poorly printed. Lumping a number of films together in the same chapter may make some chronological sense, but it does tend to make following individual films slightly confusing. The general tone of the book is pro-Freed; even with some critiques in the book, the bias in favour of the producer is notable. Not an outstanding book, but a good book to have if you're interested in musicals history, or Judy Garland (who is one of the running features of the book, as you can imagine). Recommended, barely. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
M-G-M's Greatest Musicals (originally published as The World of Entertainment! Hollywood's Greatest Musicals) is not a biography of Arthur Freed (1894-1973), producer of the most outstanding series of musicals in motion picture history, but a turbulent, behind-the-scenes, film-by-film account of the making of his movies (which, to the exclusion of all else, were his life). From 1940 to 1970, under the auspices of M-G-M's celebrated Freed Unit, Hollywood's master actors, writers, directors, choreographers, composers, and set designers created The Wizard of Oz, Girl Crazy, Meet Me in St. Louis, Annie Get Your Gun, An American in Paris, Show Boat, Singin' in the Rain, Gigi, and nearly forty others. The author brings to vivid life the unexpected crises and everyday magic of the Freed Unit. Richly detailed, profusely illustrated with hundreds of rare photos, this book describes the lives and careers Freed touched and often shaped--Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, and others like Saroyan, Berlin, Kern, Gershwin--and in the process reveals how a romantic, sentimental man became the uncontested master of the movie musical. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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