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Astaire and Rogers
Edward Gallafent
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Description for Astaire and Rogers
Paperback. This is the first book to pay tribute to the genuine cinematic contribution of these magnificent performers. Gallafent traces the development of Astaire and Rogers' star personas both together and apart and how the narratives of their films were designed around those personas. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 156 photos. BIC Classification: APB; APF; ASD; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers endure in the American imagination. The charm and grace of their dancing in the ten films they made together, including Top Hat and Swing Time, elicit nostalgia today. Most books about the Astaire-Rogers films focus exclusively on the music and dance scenes, but this book shows that the films are much more than the sum of those scenes, which after all only account for approximately one-third of their films' running times. Gallafent argues that, contrary to received opinion, the musical numbers are not discrete, generic moments dropped in to enliven the films. Instead, the music ... Read more
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers endure in the American imagination. The charm and grace of their dancing in the ten films they made together, including Top Hat and Swing Time, elicit nostalgia today. Most books about the Astaire-Rogers films focus exclusively on the music and dance scenes, but this book shows that the films are much more than the sum of those scenes, which after all only account for approximately one-third of their films' running times. Gallafent argues that, contrary to received opinion, the musical numbers are not discrete, generic moments dropped in to enliven the films. Instead, the music ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Film and Culture Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231126274
SKU
V9780231126274
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About Edward Gallafent
Edward Gallafent lectures on film studies at the University of Warwick. He is a member of the editorial board of Movie magazine and has written numerous articles, as well as the book Clint Eastwood: Actor and Director.
Reviews for Astaire and Rogers
A comprehensive account. Variety An appropriately elegant new book.
Linda Rosenkrantz Copley News Service A thoroughly researched consideration of the famous film couple's various works... The book is full of judiciously constructed analyses and imaginative juxtapositions of this idea and that image. Washington Post Book World Gallafent's book deserves a special place in the body of scholarship on Astaire ... Read more
Linda Rosenkrantz Copley News Service A thoroughly researched consideration of the famous film couple's various works... The book is full of judiciously constructed analyses and imaginative juxtapositions of this idea and that image. Washington Post Book World Gallafent's book deserves a special place in the body of scholarship on Astaire ... Read more