The French Film Musical by Phil Powrie, Marie Cadalanu - 9781501373879

Name: The French Film Musical by Phil Powrie, Marie Cadalanu - 9781501373879
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The French Film MusicalAuthor(s): Phil Powrie, Marie Cadalanu\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781501373879, 978-1501373879\nSynopsis\nLike many national cinemas, the French cinema has a rich tradition of film musicals beginning with the advent of sound to the present. This is the first book to chart the development of the French film musical.\n\nThe French film musical is remarkable for its breadth and variety since the 1930s; although it flirts with the Hollywood musical in the 1930s and again in the 1950s, it has very distinctive forms rooted in the traditions of French chanson. Defining it broadly as films attracting audiences principally because of musical performances, often by well-known singers, Phil Powrie and Marie Cadalanu show how the genre absorbs two very different traditions with the advent of sound: European operetta and French chanson inflected by American jazz [tel]. As the genre matures.