British Musical Film »

John Mundy is Principal Lecturer and Subject Leader for Film and Media in the Department of Humanities at the University of Central Lancashire.

The British Musical Film is the first book to examine this neglected area of British cinema as it developed from the early so-called 'silent' period to the present. Offering a comprehensive survey of musical films across the decades, it also includes detailed critical analysis of individual films, The Red Shoes and Oliver! among them, and the creative personnel who worked on them.

Illustrations     vii
Acknowledgements     ix
Introduction     1
Reclaiming the silence     11
The 1930s: a most musical of decades     33
The 1940s: constructing communities     84
The 1950s: from tradition to innovation     145
The 1960s: youth, home-grown talent and American money     181
The 1970s and beyond: signs of success     221
Postscript     255
Bibliography     258
Index     269