Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Illustrations viii
5. Contributors x
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE: MUSIC, FILM, CULTURE
8. 2. Jazz, Ideology and the Animated Cartoon 17
9. 3. A Short History of the Big Band Musical 28
10. 4. Television, the Pop Industry and the Hollywood Musical 42
11. 5. The Operatic in New German Cinema 56
12. PART TWO: STARS, PERFORMANCE AND RECEPTION
13. 6. Jack Buchanan and British Musical Comedy of the 1930s 71
14. 7. Star Personae and Authenticity in the Country Music Biopic 84
15. 8. Stardom, Reception and the ABBA ‘Musical’ 99
16. PART THREE: THE POST-CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL
17. 9. Musical Performance and the Cult Film Experience 115
18. 10. The Soundtrack Movie, Nostalgia and Consumption 132
19. 11. Youth, Excess and the Musical Moment 146
20. 12. Music, Film and Post-Stonewall Gay Identity 158
21. PART FOUR: BEYOND HOLLYWOOD
22. 13. Early Danish Musical Comedies, 1931–9 171
23. 14. Film Musicals in the GDR 183
24. 15. Music in the Bollywood Film 195
25. Bibliography 209
26. Index 218