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Can't Help Singin'
by Gerald Mast

Can't Help Singin'
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Author: Gerald Mast
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-12-01
ISBN: 0879513624
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Overlook TP
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  • ISBN13: 9780879513627
  • Condition: New
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Book Review: A Terrific look at both stage and screen musicals
Summary: 5 Stars

Gerald Mast was a fine writer about movies ("Howard Hawks Storyteller" is another gem and "The Comic Mind" is very good too). Here he writes not only about movie musicals but Broadway musicals. He maintains a high level of quality on both fronts.

Given the two large subjects he has to cover, Mast wisely focuses on the key figures instead of trying to exhaustively cover everything. (I think he gives about 5 pages to early movie musicals, something that Barrios' "A Song in the Dark" devotes its entire length to.) However, this approach pays off tremendously thanks to Mast's wise insights. He shows how the movie musical in its heyday (42nd St. to Gigi)differed from the Broadway musical. (He is very interesting on why Rogers and Hammerstein musical films don't work, except for Sound of Music.)

Also good is that Mast explores the movie musical beyond Gigi. His discussion of "Pennies from Heaven" and "Victor/Victoria" are very perceptive.

With musicals supposedly "coming back," this would be a good book to make one acquainted with their historical tradition.

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