The Movie Musical!

The Movie Musical!By: Jeanine Basinger Irresistible and authoritative, The Movie Musical! is an in depth look at the singing, dancing, happy making world of Hollywood musicals, beautifully illustrated in color and black and white an essential text for anyone who's ever laughed, cried, or sung along at the movies. Leading film historian Jeanine Basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and zest, the whole story of the Hollywood musical in the most telling, most incisive,

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