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Informationen zum Autor Hugh Fordin has been a producer in both theater and film. As head of casting for David Merrick, he was involved in the making of M*A*S*H, Hello Dolly!, and Play It Again, Sam. The author of The Movies' Greatest Musicals: The Freed Unit at MGM , he lives in New York City, where he is the president of DRG Records. Klappentext M-G-M's Greatest Musicals (originally published as The World of Entertainment! Hollywood's Greatest Musicals) is not a biography of Arthur Freed (1894-1973), producer of the most outstanding series of musicals in motion picture history, but a turbulent, behind-the-scenes, film-by-film account of the making of his movies (which, to the exclusion of all else, were his life). From 1940 to 1970, under the auspices of M-G-M's celebrated Freed Unit, Hollywood's master actors, writers, directors, choreographers, composers, and set designers created The Wizard of Oz, Babes in Arms, Girl Crazy, Meet Me in St. Louis, Annie Get Your Gun, An American in Paris, Show Boat, Singin' in the Rain, Brigadoon, Kismet, Gigi, and nearly forty others. The author reproduces interoffice memos, production notes, art-department blueprints, and tales of studio politics, to bring to vivid life the unexpected crises and everyday magic of the Freed Unit. Richly detailed, profusely illustrated with hundreds of rare photos, this book describes the lives and careers Freed touched and often shaped - Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, and others like Saroyan, Berlin, Kern, Gershwin - and in the process reveals how a romantic, sentimental man became the uncontested master of the movie musical. Zusammenfassung M-G-M's Greatest Musicals (originally published as The World of Entertainment! Hollywood's Greatest Musicals ) is not a biography of Arthur Freed (1894?1973), producer of the most outstanding series of musicals in motion picture history, but a turbulent, behind-the-scenes, film-by-film account of the making of his movies (which, to the exclusion of all else, were his life). From 1940 to 1970, under the auspices of M-G-M's celebrated Freed Unit, Hollywood's master actors, writers, directors, choreographers, composers, and set designers created The Wizard of Oz, Girl Crazy, Meet Me in St. Louis, Annie Get Your Gun, An American in Paris, Show Boat, Singin' in the Rain, Gigi, and nearly forty others. The author brings to vivid life the unexpected crises and everyday magic of the Freed Unit. Richly detailed, profusely illustrated with hundreds of rare photos, this book describes the lives and careers Freed touched and often shaped?Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, and others like Saroyan, Berlin, Kern, Gershwin?and in the process reveals how a romantic, sentimental man became the uncontested master of the movie musical. Inhaltsverzeichnis * The Wizard of Oz / Babes In Arms * Strike Up the Band / Little Nellie Kelly / Lady Be Good / Babes on Broadway / Panama Hattie * For Me and My Gal / Cabin in the Sky / Du Barry Was a Lady / Best Foot Forward / Girl Crazy * Meet Me in St. Louis * Ziegfield Follies / The Clock / The Harvey Girls / Yolanda and the Thief * Till the Clouds Roll By / Summer Holiday / St. Louis Woman / The Pirate / Good News * Easter Parade / Words and Music / Take Me Out to the Ball Game / The Barkleys of Broadway / Any Number Can Play * Annie Get Your Gun / Crisis / Pagan Love Song / Royal Wedding * An American in Paris / Show Boat * Singin in the Rain / The Belle of New York * Invitation to the Dance * The Band Wagon * Brigadoon / Its Always Fair Weather / Kismet / Silk Stockings * Gigi * The Subterraneans / Bells Are Ringing / Light in the Piazza / The Fall of the Empire ...
