The Songs of Hollywood
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From “Over the Rainbow” to “Moon River” and from Al Jolson to Barbra Streisand, The Songs of Hollywood traces the fascinating history of song in film, both in musicals and in dramatic movies such as High Noon. Extremely well-illustrated with 200 film stills, this delightful book sheds much light on some of Hollywood’s best known and loved repertoire, explaining how the film industry made certain songs memorable, and highlighting important moments of film history along the way. The book focuses on how the songs were presented in the movies, from early talkies where actors portrayed singers “performing” the songs, to the Golden Age in which characters burst into expressive, integral song–not as a “performance” but as a spontaneous outpouring of feeling. The book looks at song presentation in 1930s classics with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and in 1940s gems with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. The authors also look at the decline of the genre since 1960, when most original musicals were replaced by film versions of Broadway hits such as My Fair Lady.
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Gerard Hanlon –
Very interesting book and it arrived ahead of the estimated time.
J. Cheung –
Great!
TR Johnson –
This turned out to be a very well-researched and written book that traces the evolution of how Hollywood incorporated songs and music into its films. It begins with the Silent Movie era and does a fine job of recounting the perceptual and technical issues associated with music in the transition to talkies. The movie musical’s heyday was based on a confluence of events and people that were unique and remarkable and when just a few components of that magical mix were compromised, they almost virtually disappeared from the large screen.Other reviewers have noted that the books thumb-sized photos that refuse to scale-up on Kindle and are thus un-viewable for anyone with normal eyes as the reason this book doesn’t merit 5 stars.My 12-year-old musically-inclined daughter read the book, too, and she really enjoyed it as we have many of the classic movie musical DVDs in our home.
J. Newton –
I’ve just received this book, and have only begun to read it, so will reserve judgment and comment on the written portion until a later time. With haste, however, I felt it necessary to warn prospective buyers about a severe shortcoming in this book. The inner leaf of the dust jacket states that this book is “Extremely well illustrated with 200 film stills…”, and many film collectors and fans enjoy seeing photos from the various productions (film, after all, was a visual experience!), but the illustrations in this book are sized in a ridiculous manner.The stills are all reproduced at about the size of a postage stamp, literally! In the majority of these tiny reproductions it is barely possible to determine who is appearing in the still. In leafing through, a stark example is a still of what appears to be a long shot of the Berkeley production number “Lullaby Of Broadway” from GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935. The only reason I know what it is is that I’m thoroughly familiar with the film… otherwise the people in the still appear to be tiny specks. Again, to note that this book is extremely well illustrated must be a joke. It would have been better to leave them out alltogether. I reserve judgment on the written portions, which might be very well done, but I was so taken aback by the ridiculous size of the photos that I couldn’t help but warn others about this significant negative.