Barrios, Richard - A Song in the Dark

Film aficionados and musical aficionados. Students and scholars in film studies and in music theater studies. People wanting an enjoyable read about a strange group of movies and the people who made them.

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 VITAPHONE PRELUDE
2 THE SOUND BARRIER
3 YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME
4 ON WITH THE SHOW!
5 FINDING A VOICE
6 DUELING MAMMIES
7 HOLLYWOOD, REVUED
8 BROADWAY BABIES
9 WITH ALL ITS ORIGINAL STAGE ENCHANTMENT
10 JUST IMAGINE
11 THE CUCKOOS
12 OF VIENNESE NIGHTS AND GOLDEN DAWNS
13 IS IT A MUSICAL?
14 THE MARCH OF TIME
15 VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS
16 WE'RE IN THE MONEY
17 THE PAST AS PROLOGUE
FINALE
Appendix One:
NOTES ON LOST FILMS
Appendix Two:
A SELECTIVE DISCOGRAPHY: EARLY MUSICALS ON RECORD
SOURCE NOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX