Charles Walters - The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance

Informationen zum Autor Brent Phillips is a former Joffrey Ballet soloist. He currently serves as the Audiovisual Archivist at the Rockefeller Archive Center in Tarrytown, New York. Klappentext From the trolley scene in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers's last dance on the silver screen (The Barkleys of Broadway, 1949) to Judy Garland's timeless, tuxedo-clad performance of "Get Happy" (Summer Stock, 1950), Charles Walters staged the iconic musical sequences of Hollywood's golden age. During his career, this Academy Award-nominated director and choreographer showcased the talents of stars such as Gene Kelly, Doris Day, Debbie Reynolds, and Frank Sinatra. Howe

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• Authors: Brent McCullough-Phillips, Brent Phillips
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2014
• EAN: 9780813147215
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-4721-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Screen Classics; Screen Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; einzelne Künstler, Künstlermonografien, Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und Filmkritik, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, Biography / Autobiography, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director (see also BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts)