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Informationen zum Autor Edward Baron Turk is Professor of French and Film Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of the prize-winning Child of Paradise: Marcel Carné and the Golden Age of French Cinema (1989). Klappentext "Anyone who cares about the Hollywood musical-or about diva iconography-will welcome this scrupulous biography."-Wayne Koestenbaum! author of The Queen's Throat Zusammenfassung Jeanette MacDonald, the movie musical's first superstar, was an American original whose onscreen radiance mirrored a beguiling real-life personality. This biography takes us to a time when lavish musical films were major cultural events and a worldwide public eagerly awaited each new chance to fall under the singer's spell. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments PART ONE. BORN TO SING 1. "Now everybody's got to clap!" 2. Scandals 3· Twinkling Stars and Four-Leaf Clovers 4· A Fair Princess on Broadway PART TWO. LINGERIE QUEEN OF THE TALKIES 5· Lubitsch and Chevalier 6. Only a Nose 7· Vive la France! 8. Mr. Mayer and the Widow PART THREE. HOLLYWOOD DIVA 9· An All-American Team IO. The Iron Butterfly II. Hollywood Diva 12. Middlebrow Muse 13. The Soprano Militant PART FOUR. ECHOES OF SWEET SONG 14. Battles Operatic I5. A Graceful Exit I6. Distress Signals I7. "Carve your name in human hearts" 18. "Just the echo of a sigh" Afterword Stage Credits Film Credits Principal Recording Sessions Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Photo Credits Index
