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Zusatztext This title will also be of interest for researchers of popular music, since it gives a broad introduction of how one kind of pop song (the film theme song) was established, promoted by radio, sheet music and naturally in the movies and influenced/lured audiences. Informationen zum Autor Katherine Spring is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario. Her articles on film music have appeared in Cinema Journal, Film History, and Music and the Moving Image. The recipient of a development grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, she is presently undertaking a study of film music in contemporary Hong Kong and Hollywood cinemas. Klappentext Saying It With Songs is a groundbreaking study of the ways in which Hollywood's conversion to synchronized-sound filmmaking in the late 1920s gave rise not only to enduring partnerships between the film and popular music industries, but also to a rich and exciting period of song use in American cinema. "Combining archival research with impressive scholarship, Spring offers a stimulating, provocative, and often paradigm-shifting study of how popular music shaped the very definition of cinema in its transformation from a silent to a sound medium. Lucid and lively, a must-read for anyone interested in the convergence of film and popular song in Hollywood." --Kathryn Kalinak, author of Settling the Score: Music and the Classical Hollywood and Film Music: A Very Short Introduction "Finally, a book that creatively covers popular song's contribution to the coming of sound. Katherine Spring's SAYING IT WITH SONGS is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the connections between Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley." --Rick Altman, University of Iowa "An engaging and thought-provoking exploration of heretofore largely uncharted territory- that transition between the coming of synchronized sound and the emergence of classical Hollywood practice. Combining archival research into the corporate and legal maneuverings of the studios as they move to take over music publishing with nicely articulated readings of films from the late 1920s and early 1930s, Saying It With Songs maps out the boom-and-bust cycle of early musicals and the reaction against them before musical and narrative conventions 'settle' around 1933." --Robynn Stilwell, Georgetown University Zusammenfassung Saying It With Songs is a groundbreaking study of the ways in which Hollywood's conversion to synchronized-sound filmmaking in the late 1920s gave rise not only to enduring partnerships between the film and popular music industries, but also to a rich and exciting period of song use in American cinema. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 1. SINGING A SONG: THE CULTURE AND CONVENTIONS OF POPULAR MUSIC IN THE 1920S ; CHAPTER 2. OWNING A SONG: THE RESTRUCTURING OF HOLLYWOOD AND TIN PAN ALLEY ; CHAPTER 3. PLUGGING A SONG: THE DISCRETE CHARM OF THE POPULAR SONG, FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD ; CHAPTER 4. INTEGRATING A SONG: THE THREAT TO NARRATIVE PLAUSIBILITY ; CHAPTER 5. CURTAILING A SONG: TOWARD THE CLASSICAL BACKGROUND SCORE ; CONCLUSION: THE FATE OF THE MOTION PICTURE SONG ; APPENDIX 1: CONFIRMATORY LICENSE ISSUED BY MUSIC PUBLISHERS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION (1929) ; APPENDIX 2: "TIEUPS OF FILM AND MUSIC" AS REPORTED BY VARIETY ; APPENDIX 3: TIMELINE OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FILM AND MUSIC COMPANIES ; APPENDIX 4: AGREEMENT BETWEEN AL DUBIN, THE VITAPHONE CORP., AND MUSIC PUBLISHERS HOLDING CORPORATION ; APPENDIX 5: SUMMARY OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN VITAPHONE CORPORATION, M. WITMARK & SONS, AND RAY PERKINS ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; CREDITS ; INDEX ...
