Through the Screen Door What Happened to the

This book is about the transition that musicals went through when they traveled from the stage to the screen. While the approach is critical, the style is readable and yields fascinating knowledge on the many things that did and didn't happen as theatre and film have merged throughout the past century.Hischak'sanalysis covers productions from The Desert Song (1927), to Chicago (2002).

Thomas S. Hischak is a professor of theater at the State University of New York at Cortland.

The Swinging Door: An Introduction

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Chapter 1 Sometimes the Melody Doesn't Linger On

1

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Chapter 2 How Boy Met Girl

19

(18)

Chapter 3 Close Copies

37

(16)

Chapter 4 Star Light, Star Bright

53

(22)

Chapter 5 Ah, Sweet Operetta!

75

(18)

Chapter 6 Waiting for the Revues to Come Out

93

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Chapter 7 Too Hot to Handle

105

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Chapter 8 Why Can't the English?

123

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Chapter 9 What Were They Thinking?

135

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Chapter 10 In for the Long Run

147

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Chapter 11 Reverse Order

179

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Musicals Directory

197

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Stage to Screen

197

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Screen to Stage

263

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Appendixes

A. Nonmusical Films That Were Turned into Broadway and Off-Broadway Musicals

271

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B. Nonmusical Plays That Were Turned into Movie Musicals

273

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C. Academy Award-Winning Musicals

275

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D. Tony Award-Winning Musicals

277

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Bibliography

279

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Index

285

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About the Author

311

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Through the Screen Door What Happened to the Broadway Musical When it Went to Hollywood

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