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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas Hischak (Flagler College, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.556kg ISBN: 9781538195826ISBN 10: 1538195828 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 16 October 2025 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Available To Order ![]() Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: All Singing, No Talking Alan Crosland and The Jazz Singer Chapter 2: The Pioneers Harry Beaumont; Lloyd Bacon; King Vidor Chapter 3: Outside the Box Thornton Freeland; W. S. Van Dyke; James Whale Chapter 4: Something with Style Rouben Mamoulian; Ernst Lubitsch; Vincente Minnelli Chapter 5: Prolific Professionals Norman Taurog; Roy Del Ruth; David Butler; Michael Curtiz; Walter Lang Chapter 6: Star Handlers Irving Cummings; Mark Sandrich; Richard Thorpe; Charles Vidor Chapter 7: Not Who You'd Expect Raoul Walsh; George Stevens; George Cukor; Victor Fleming Chapter 8: Choreographer to Director Busby Berkeley; Charles Walters; Stanley Donen; Gene Kelly Appendix: Directors and Their Film Musical Credits Bibliography Index About the AuthorReviews""Bringing Song and Dance to the Screen is a must have for any lover of film and theater. Hischak brilliantly traces the trajectory of the movie musical and weaves a wonderful story of American artistry in the process."" --Robert W. Schneider, Behind the Curtain podcast ""With his latest book, Bringing Song and Dance to the Screen: Directors of Golden Age Hollywood Musicals, Hischak takes us on an insightful and entertaining journey behind the camera of many of the greatest movie musicals to shine the spotlight on the directors who guided them to the screens for eager moviegoers. All the legendary directors are here, of course, but Hischak does a wonderful job of also including many great professionals the reader may have never heard of and show how their skills and innovations helped shape this amazing art form. It's a terrific, fascinating addition to any movie fan's collection!"" --Donald Feltham, host, The Broadway Radio Show Bringing Song and Dance to the Screen is a must have for any lover of film and theater. Hischak brilliantly traces the trajectory of the movie musical and weaves a wonderful story of American artistry in the process. -- Robert W. Schneider, Behind the Curtain podcast With his latest book, Bringing Song and Dance to the Screen: Directors of Golden Age Hollywood Musicals, Hischak takes us on an insightful and entertaining journey behind the camera of many of the greatest movie musicals to shine the spotlight on the directors who guided them to the screens for eager moviegoers. All the legendary directors are here, of course, but Hischak does a wonderful job of also including many great professionals the reader may have never heard of and show how their skills and innovations helped shape this amazing art form. It's a terrific, fascinating addition to any movie fan's collection! -- Donald Feltham, host, The Broadway Radio Show Author InformationThomas S. Hischak is an internationally recognized writer and teacher in the performing arts. He is the author of twenty-six nonfiction books about theatre, film, and popular music, including Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts, The Oxford Companion to the American Musical, The Encyclopedia of Film Composers, The 100 Greatest American Plays, 1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year, 100 Greatest American and British Animated Films, and The Disney Song Encyclopedia (with Mark A. Robinson). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |