<p>Only one year after the presentation of the first Academy Awards on May 16, 1929, two musicals—The Broadway Melody and The Hollywood Revue—joined the select group of five films nominated for Best Picture of the 1929–1930 season. The Broadway Melody won the award for Best Picture, and since then, 37 additional musicals have received Best Picture nominations. Of those, nine have won the award. </p>
<p>This book covers all 39 Hollywood musicals nominated for Best Picture, including song-and-dance fests like 42nd Street and Top Hat; original film musicals like The Wizard of Oz; film versions of stage musicals like The Music Man and Fiddler on the Roof; and the all-animated Beauty and the Beast. It explains why each film was nominated and why the winners won, points out the influences (mostly from the stage) that guided the productions, and discusses these films’ influences on succeeding films. Detailed plot descriptions are provided, along with interesting facts about the acting, direction, choreography, and orchestration; complete cast and production credits; and comments from critics.</p>

Hollywood Musicals Nominated for Best Picture

Humor & Entertainment

Vogel, Frederick G.

Movies

McFarland Publishing

Reference

McFarland

Through interviews with many of the leading lyricists, aided by years of research, the authors provide a survey of the leading popular and theme songs written exclusively for Hollywood.

Lullabies of Hollywood: Movie Music and the Movie Musical, 1915-1992

Fehr, Richard

With the exception of World War II, no event in U.S. history stimulated the nations songwriters into action more than World War I. Al Bryan, Gus Edwards, Lew Brown, Harry Ruby and James McHugh were just a few of the composers and lyricists to pen songs during the war years. Over 35,000 war related marches, patriotic anthems and ballads were registered for copyright. Part One of this unique reference work examines how the music of World War I reflected the mood of the country, from isolationist songs such as Darl MacBoyle and W. Roughsedges (Whether Friend or Foe, Theyre Brothers) When Theyre Dreaming of Home Sweet Home to such fiery tunes as Sidney Mitchell and Harry Rubys You Keep Sending Em Over and Well Keep Knocking Em Down. The second part is a listing of all World War I songs verified as published in the United States. Each entry includes title, lyricist, composer and year of publication. Part Three provides the complete lyrics to over 300 songs of the era; their key words appear in the index, which otherwise includes persons, song titles and subjects.

World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, With over 300 Complete Lyrics

History

Military

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