The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations

Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. The opportunity to synchronize moving pictures with a soundtrack suited the musical in particular, since the heightened experience of song and dance drew attention to the novelty of the technological development. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s, the film musical enjoyed around thirty years of development,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190469994
• ISBN13: 9780190469993
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 696 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"