The Hollywood Musical
Musical films
Moving-pictures
Musicals, history and criticism
Movies
Motion picture plays
Motion pictures, history
Films
Motion pictures
History and criticism
History
The Hollywood musical stands with jazz as the most authentically American of all the popular arts. Its history is the story of our popular imagination—it boosted morale during the Depression and through the war, and helped shape American culture by defining classless elegance (Fred Astaire), proleta…
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