Roadshow!: The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s

by Matthew Kennedy and Matthew Kennedy

Book Overview

Full-page newspaper ads announced the date. Reserved seats went on sale at premium prices. Audience members dressed up and arrived early to peruse the program during the overture that preceded the curtain's rise. And when the show began, it was--a rather disappointing film musical.

In Roadshow , film historian Matthew Kennedy tells the fascinating story of the downfall of the big-screen musical in the late 1960s. It is a tale of revolutionary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199925674
• ISBN13: 9780199925674
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"