Cover of The Hollywood Musical

The Hollywood Musical

by Ethan Mordden

1981 261 pages eng

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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