{"id":328,"date":"2019-01-23T19:55:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T19:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/?page_id=328"},"modified":"2022-07-03T16:53:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T16:53:06","slug":"the-musical","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/?page_id=328","title":{"rendered":"The Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4>Readings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/11-SingingInTheRain.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Singin&#8217; in the Rain<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrigins\n\n\n\n<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The\nJazz Singer<\/strong>\n(1927) Directed by Alan Crosland, starring Al Jolson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al\nJolson\u2019s next movie, <strong>The\nSinging Fool<\/strong>\n(1928), persuaded producers that all-talking, all-singing, all-dancing pictures\nwere guarantied box-office successes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently,\nBroadway hits were imported and transplanted into the film industry, together\nwith the bigger stars of musical stage, and song-writers of the caliber of\nJerome Kern, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nfirst of the Broadway hits converted in film musical were\n\n\u2013\u201cRio\nRita\u201d, \u201cThe Dessert Song\u201d (both 1929) and \u201cSunny\u201d (1930)\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nfirst musicals were still very theatrical \u2013 actors and dancers acted and\nperformed their shows in front of a static camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Busby Berkeley<\/strong> (1895-1975) <ul><li>He transformed production numbers into surreal, stage-defying extravaganzas. <\/li><li>He created mobile geometric or abstract patterns with \u201cChorines\u201d (Chorus Girls) <\/li><li>Experimented with zoom and kaleidoscopic lenses. <\/li><li>Dynamic use of the camera. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Some of his movies: <ul><li>42nd Street (1933) <\/li><li>Footlight Parade (1933) <\/li><li>The Gold Diggers of 1933 (1934) <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_65868\"  width=\"480\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iM_Xjw4m0ro?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>42nd Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Irving Berlin (1893 \u2013 1989)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>He was born as Israel Baline in Mohilev, Russia, in 1888 (in a Jewish family)<\/li><li>In 1893, his family emigrated to the USA.<\/li><li>He was not a sophisticated Musician<\/li><li>Strange case in the history of music. He wrote thousands of songs, who form part of the American cultural heritage, but he was never able to play a conventional piano or to read music.<\/li><li>He worked with a \u201ctransposing Piano\u201d. He created his melodies and his assistants wrote the necessary musical notations.<\/li><li>A extremely prolific author: Berlin wrote more that 900 songs, 19 musicals and the scores for 18 movies.<\/li><li> Classic songs:<ul><li> Cheek to Cheek<\/li><li> Alexander\u2019s Ragtime Band<\/li><li> White Christmas <\/li><li> God Bless America<\/li><li> Puttin\u2019 On The Ritz<\/li><li> There Is No Business Like Show Business<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li> Broadway Musicals:<ul><li> Annie Get Your Gun (1946)<\/li><li> Call me Madam (1952)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li> Movie Scores:<ul><li> Top Hat (1935)<\/li><li> Follow the Fleet (1936)<\/li><li> Carefree (1938)<\/li><li> Holyday Inn (1942)<\/li><li> This Is The Army (1943)<\/li><li> Easter Parade (1948) <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>George Gershwin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Born as Jacob Gershovitz on September 26, 1898<\/li><li>One of the things that he had in common with Irving Berlin is that he was the son of a family of immigrant Russian Jews. \u2013 The other thing is his ability to create simple songs that emotionally connected with the American people.<\/li><li>Beside these two similarities, they were totally different.<\/li><li>George Gershwin had a much deeper musical education \u2013 and a broader repertoire.<\/li><li>He created delicious songs, but also composed classic and jazz concerts, symphonies and even one opera.<\/li><li>He was also extremely prolific, but he died prematurely, aged 38, of the consequences of a brain tumor.<\/li><li>Songs<ul><li>Swanee<\/li><li>Someone To Watch Over Me<\/li><li>Love Is Here To Stay<\/li><li>They Can\u2019t Take It Away From Me<\/li><li>Oh, Lady Be Good<\/li><li>I\u2019ve Got Rhythm<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Film scores:<ul><li>Girl Crazy (1930)<\/li><li>Delicious (1930)<\/li><li>Shall We Dance (1937)<\/li><li>A Damsel in Distress (1937)<\/li><li>An American in Paris (1951)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Classic Music<ul><li>Rhapsody in Blue (1924)<\/li><li>Piano Concerto in F (1925)<\/li><li>An American in Paris (1928)<\/li><li>Porgy and Bess (1935) <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Fred Astaire (1899 \u2013 1987)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska.<\/li><li>Son of Austrian parents. He started early working as dancer and entertainer with her sister at the vaudeville. When he was 6 \u2013 and his sister 9 \u2013 they appeared in a small theater in New Jersey as \u201cThe Astaires\u201d <\/li><li>In the 1930ies, after a successful career at stage, Astaire decided to try it with the movies.<\/li><li>\u201cCan\u2019t act, can\u2019t sing, balding. Can dance a little\u201d.<\/li><li>In his first movies, he formed a famous team with Ginger Rogers and together they did very popular movies during the 1930ies.<\/li><li>Movies with Ginger Rogers:<ul><li>Flying Down To Rio (1933)<\/li><li>Top Hat (1935)<\/li><li>Follow The Fleet (1936)<\/li><li>Shall We Dance (1937)<\/li><li>Carefree (1938)<\/li><li>The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>1940ies:<ul><li>Holyday Inn (1942)<\/li><li>The Sky\u2019s The Limit (1943)<\/li><li>Yolanda And The Thief (1945)<\/li><li>Ziegfeld Follies (1946)<\/li><li>Easter Parade (1948)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>1950ies:<ul><li>Royal Wedding (1951)<\/li><li>The Band Wagon (1952)<\/li><li>Daddy Long Legs (1955)<\/li><li>Funny Face (1957) <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_10761\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ILxo-TUkzOQ?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Top Hat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Gene Kelly (1912-1996)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Born as Eugene Curran Kelly on August 23, 1912 in Pittsburgh, PA.<\/li><li>He also started his career with the family. In this case, he started working at the vaudeville with his brother Fred (as the \u201cKelly Brothers\u201d).<\/li><li>Gene Kelly\u2019s first big success was in the Broadway musical: \u201cThe Time Of Your Life\u201d (1940)<\/li><li>His first Hollywood movie was:<ul><li>For Me And My Gal (1942, starring with Judy Garland).<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Highlights of his career before War World II<ul><li>Cover Girl (1944)<\/li><li>Anchors Aweigh (1945).<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>During the World War II, and in spite of the protests of some executives of the MGM, he joined the Navy.<\/li><li>Highlights after World War II.<ul><li>Living In a Big Way (1947)<\/li><li>The Pirate (1948)<\/li><li>Take Me Out To The Ball Game (1949)<\/li><li>On the Town (1949<\/li><li>An American In Paris (1951)<\/li><li>Singin\u2019 in the Rain (1952)<\/li><li>It Is Always Fair Weather (1955)<\/li><li>Invitation To The Dance (1956)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Stanley Donen (1924 &#8211; )<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>He started his career on Broadway at the age of 17 as a \u201cchorus boy\u201d in the play: Pal Joey, starred by Gene Kelly<\/li><li>Gene Kelly took him to Hollywood as choreographer in his movies, but very soon he got his first opportunity as a director working with Gene Kelly<ul><li>On The Town (1949)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Other Film Musicals he co-directed with Gene Kelly:<ul><li>Singin\u2019 In The Rain (1952)<\/li><li>It Is Always Fair Weather (1955)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Film Musicals he directed alone<ul><li>Royal Wedding (1951)<\/li><li>Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)<\/li><li>Funny Face (1957)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Other Movies<ul><li>Indiscreet (1958)<\/li><li>Charade (1963)<\/li><li>Arabesque (1966)<\/li><li> wo For The Road (1969)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_96136\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D1ZYhVpdXbQ?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Singin&#8217; in the Rain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1>Literature<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Altman, Rick:<ul><li>\u201cThe American Film Musical\u201d. Indiana University Press, 1977.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Bergreen, Laurence:<ul><li>\u201cAs Thousands Cheer. The Life Of Irving Berlin\u201d. Viking Penguin, 1990.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Parkinson, David:<ul><li>\u201cHistory of Film\u201d. Thames and Hudson, 1995<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readings Singin&#8217; in the Rain Origins The Jazz Singer (1927) Directed by Alan Crosland, starring Al Jolson. Al Jolson\u2019s next movie, The Singing Fool (1928), persuaded producers that all-talking, all-singing, all-dancing pictures were guarantied box-office successes. 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