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Author
Publication Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xiii, 634 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
From Fred Astaire to La La Land, Basinger examines a dazzling array of stars, strategies, talents, and innovations in the history of musical cinema. Whether analyzing a classic Gene Kelly routine, relishing a Nelson-Jeanette operetta, or touting a dynamic hip hop number she provides a guide to the many ways that song and dance have been seen-- and heard-- on film. She includes extensive portraits of the singers and dancers, and focuses on many beloved,...
Publication Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Rodney was a teenager his mother just dropped him off at the home of Connie Stevens and left him. Eventually he landed his first show-business job as a double for Davey Jones on "The Monkeys". Rodney ended up using his skills as a consummate hanger-on and his genuine enthusiasm for rock & roll to become a central figure in the L.A. music scene and is lauded for his good taste and good nature. Rodney is perhaps the least-known celebrity in Hollywood,...
7) Bugsy Malone
Publication Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this unique mobster, all the gangsters are children. Bugsy Malone determines to rule over New York City and battle with "Fat Sam" and "Dandy Dan". Instead of using bullets, they shoot cream to bury the enemies. The film is a musical.
Publication Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the early days of the Beatles with rare interviews, newsreels, press conferences, and television appearances. Highlights included the Beatles' first trip to America, behind-the-scenes of A hard day's night.
Formats
Description
In 1976, producer Graham Leader and director James Szalapski documented the outlaw songwriter scene that extended from Austin and Nashville. Included were then relative unknowns Steve Earle (ten years before he released his first album), Rodney Crowell and John Hiatt, plus their musical mentors Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt, who delivers a memorable scene in his trailer-home, drunk with a BB gun. Born was Heartworn Highways, a cult classic documentary...
15) 42nd Street
Publication Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Peggy Sawyer is from small-town America and just a face in the chorus line of 'Pretty Lady', the new show from legendary director Julian Marsh. But when leading lady, Dorothy Brock is injured, Peggy's dreams of stardom just may come true.
16) Doo wop 50
Publication Date
2000, c1999
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (ca. 140 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join host Jerry Butler and some of history's greatest doo wop performers from the '50s and '60s as they celebrate five decades of vocal music.
17) Silk stockings
Publication Date
©2003, ©1957
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. A stern lady communist comes to Paris to retrieve three wayward comrades and a Russian composer, but instead warms up to capitalist attractions.
Publication Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Heartworn Highways was a film that captured the nascent roots of the Outlaw Country movement in the mid-70s. Today, this new exploration celebrates the authenticity and spirit of that legendary film via a community of contemporary musicians creating music in Nashville, Tennessee.
20) Chicago
Publication Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Description
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
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