Hollywood Musicals Nominated for Best Picture
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About the Book
Only one year after the presentation of the first Academy Awards on May 16, 1929, two musicals joined the select group of five films nominated for Best Picture. One, The Broadway Melody, won the award, and since then, 37 additional musicals have received Best Picture nominations. Of those, nine have won the award.
This book covers all 39 Hollywood musicals nominated for Best Picture. It explains why each film was nominated and why the winners won, points out the influences that guided the productions, and discusses these films’ influences on succeeding films. Plot descriptions are provided, along with facts about the acting, direction, choreography, and orchestration; complete cast and production credits; and comments from critics.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Frederick G. Vogel
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 384
Bibliographic Info: photos, appendix, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2009 [2003]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4342-0
eISBN: 978-1-4766-1157-0
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Preface 1
THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS
Introduction 3
The Broadway Melody (1929) 12
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) 22
The Love Parade (1930) 30
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) 35
One Hour with You (1932) 39
42nd Street (1933) 44
She Done Him Wrong (1933) 54
Flirtation Walk (1934) 62
The Gay Divorcee (1934) 72
One Night of Love (1934) 81
The Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) 91
Naughty Marietta (1935) 97
Top Hat (1935) 107
The Great Ziegfeld (1936) 115
Three Smart Girls (1936) 123
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) 133
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) 139
The Wizard of Oz (1939) 147
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 158
Going My Way (1944) 168
Anchors Aweigh (1945) 177
An American in Paris (1951) 185
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) 192
The King and I (1956) 199
Gigi (1958) 209
West Side Story (1961) 218
The Music Man (1962) 227
Mary Poppins (1964) 234
My Fair Lady (1964) 240
The Sound of Music (1965) 249
Doctor Doolittle (1967) 258
Funny Girl (1968) 265
Oliver! (1968) 273
Hello, Dolly! (1969) 280
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) 289
Cabaret (1972) 302
All That Jazz (1979) 313
Beauty and the Beast (1991) 318
APPENDIX: ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS
Best Director 327
Best Picture 327
Best Song 330
Music Scoring 338
Best Actors/Actress Winners in a Musical Film 347
Best Actor/Actress Nominees in a Musical Film 347
Best Actors/Actress Winners (Musical Performers in a Non-Musical Film) 347
Best Actor/Actress Nominees (Musical Performers in a Non-Musical Film) 348
Best Supporting Actor/Actress Winners in a Musical Film 348
Best Supporting Actors/Actress Winners (Musical Performers
in a Non-Musical Film) 348
Best Supporting Actor/Actress Nominees
(Musical Performers in a Non-Musical Film) 348
Bibliography 349
Index 351
Book Reviews & Awards
“recommended”—Booklist; “meticulously researched book…highly recommended”—ARSC Journal.
