Hollywood Musicals by Ted Sennett
Hollywood Musicals (Illustrated Hollywood Musicals in Dust Jacket)
A Lavishly Illustrated History of the American Film Musical, Told Through Its Studios, Stars and Dance Numbers
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Hollywood Musicals
- Author: Ted Sennett
- Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York
- Publication Date: 1985
- ISBN-10: 0810980703
- Edition Details: 1985 edition (originally published 1981).
- Binding: Publisher's dark navy cloth hardcover with photographically illustrated dust jacket, protected in a clear archival-type plastic cover.
- Physical Format: Large, heavy coffee-table format. Richly illustrated with black-and-white and colour stills and film posters.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: The dark navy cloth boards are clean, with only a few light specks or fibres. The spine cloth is intact. The lower fore-edge corner of one board is slightly bumped or rubbed.
- Interior: The cream-coloured text pages are clean, with no foxing, markings or tears. The binding is tight.
- The Dust Jacket: Present, in a durable archival-type plastic cover. The black jacket carries a photograph of dancers on the front panel, which shows light scuffing and a visible crease. The back panel has light surface scratches. The spine is glossy and intact.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Hollywood Musicals by Ted Sennett is a large, profusely illustrated history of the American film musical. It traces the genre from the arrival of sound in 1927 through the decades that followed, and looks at the studios, stars, dance numbers and films that shaped it.
The book is built around its pictures. Black-and-white and colour stills and reproduced film posters fill generous layouts, and the jacket carries press praise for the quality of the photographic reproduction. It works equally as a reference to the genre and as a book to browse.
This is the 1985 edition of a title first published by H.N. Abrams in 1981. It is a collectible used copy for those who study or collect the history of cinema, the musical and the performing arts.
Author Profile: Ted Sennett
Ted Sennett was a film historian who wrote many books on film and the performing arts. His titles include Song and Dance: The Musicals of Broadway and Hollywood's Golden Year, 1939: A Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration.
Several of his illustrated film histories were published by Abrams, among them Great Hollywood Movies (1986) and Great Hollywood Westerns (1992).
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