Claudia Levy
From 'Moulin Rouge!' to 'West Side Story,' the 100 best movie musicals of all time represent the height and incredible range of the genre.
The 1930s was a difficult time for everybody. The Great Depression was certainly depressing and movies offered a brief respite from reality. Musical movies were the headiest form of escapism into a giddy world where all the girls were not only pretty, but they could sing and dance, too. T...
Arthur Freed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the 1940s and 1950s.Two of the films - the peerlessly charming "St. Louis" (1944) and "Band Wagon," which has remained the wittiest of backstage movie musicals since its appearance in summer 1953 - reflect the prime of director Vincente Minnelli...
The essay makes a case for the multifaceted trans/national cultural economy of the tango, samba, and ranchera film musical productions during their main phase, in the 1930s and 40s.Peter W. Schulze外国语言与文化(英文)