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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Published to coincide with the film's 50th anniversary, an ultimate fan book shares behind-the-scenes facts about The Sound of Music's filming in Austria and Hollywood and incorporates new interviews with production insiders, including Johannes von Trapp.
Series
Publisher
Front Row Entertainment Canada, Inc
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Based on the stage presentation of Irving Berlin's all-soldier musical. In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a new all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiance until the war is over.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2006.
Language
English
Description
Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now he only seems to be able to produce flops. Things turn around for Max when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. With this in mind, they decide to produce a musical called 'Springtime...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In 1975, the Broadway musical Chicago brought together a host of memes and myths-- the gleefully subversive character of American musical comedy, the reckless glamour of the big-city newspaper, the mad decade of the 1920s, the work of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon (two of the greatest talents in the musical's history), and the Wild West gangsterville that was the city of Chicago itself. The tale of a young woman who murders her departing lover and then...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
From Show Boat and The Wizard of Oz to Les Misérables and Hamilton, discover the story of musical theatre and film and see the world's best-loved musicals brought to life. This beautifully illustrated book is the perfect gift for musical fans everywhere, covering the complete history of the genre, from its earliest origins in dance halls and vaudeville, to the record-breaking West End musicals and spectacular Broadway shows of today. Discover the...
Publisher
EMI Classics
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Video adaptation of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera stage production directed by Trevor Nunn. The Gershwins' classic musical drama portrays the lives of the occupants of Catfish Row. Includes synopsis in English, French, German and Italian.
12) Saturday church
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this New York Times Critics' Pick, A 14 year old boy, struggling with gender identity and religion, begins to use fantasy to escape his life in the inner city and find his passion in the process.
13) Bitter sweet
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
On the eve of her wedding to a priggish Londoner, a Victorian girl and her dashing music teacher elope to Vienna, where he hopes to sell his music.
14) Best summer ever
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
Sage and Anthony have had the "Best Summer Ever" after falling in love at a dance camp in Vermont. Not expecting to see each other again until the following summer, Sage, by a twist of fate, arrives unexpectedly at the same high school as Anthony. Now faced with the drama of high school cliques, an evil cheerleader, and the illegal secret that keeps Sage's family on the move, they are forced to reevaluate their relationship as Tony struggles to be...
15) New moon
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Based on the inspiring operetta about a beautiful young French heiress and a dashing revolutionary nobleman irresistibly drawn together in 19th century New Orleans"--container.
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The 1930s was a magical age in Hollywood, with Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis and Clark Gable lighting up the silver screen. But Deanna Durbin's fame surpassed them all. Born in Canada, Deanna was 'discovered' by starmaker Eddie Cantor, producer Joe Pasternak and director Henry Koster, and she quickly became the world's most celebrated star. She saved Universal Studios from ruin, she was a favourite of Winston Churchill and Anne Frank,...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
They are the voices behind the greatest rock, pop and R&B hits of all time, but no one knows their names. Now, in this award-winning documentary, director Morgan Neville shines the spotlight on the untold stories of such legendary background singers as Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, and more.
19) Rocketman
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
The incredible human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
20) The lure
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Polish
Appears on list
Description
Follow a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half-glam, half-decrepit world of Smoczynska's imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid", in which the girls' bond is tested and...
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