Author: BERGAN, RONALD
Title: Glamorous Musicals - Fifty Years of Hollywood's Ultimate Fantasy
Description: London, Octopus. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0706420373). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Silver title with silver motif to front on blue boards which have a small indentation to front top edge and just a touch of wear to spine head and tail. Internally there is a small name and address label to title page else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has been strengthened all round with yellow coloured adhesive film and edged in metallic red tape. A large format volume of 160 pages. Illustrated throughout. Foreword by Ginger Rogers. The book examines the many aspects of the glamour and glitter of musicals, covering a vast range of subjects. Beginning with the early sophisticated boudoir operettas and progresses to the technicoloured MGM musical masterpieces of the 1950's, from the elan of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers tripping the light fantastic against black and white Art Deco sets, to the multimillion dollar Broadway transfers such as 'My Fair Lady', from the dazzling Ziegfeld inspired shows that reached their apotheosis in the kaleidoscopic erotic fantasies of Busby Berkeley to a parade of Hollywood's most stunning blondes such as Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe. A1F. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Hollywood Musicals, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Busby Berkeley, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Cyd Charisse, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland 0706420373


See more books from our catalog: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays