Chanteuse in the City

Chanteuse in the City

Author: Kelley Conway

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2004-09-06

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0520244079

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A study of French film in the inter-war years focusing on women, particularly women singers, and the role they played in shaping a national, populist, Paris-oriented French cinema.


Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination

Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination

Author: Tim Bergfelder

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9053569804

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Summary: "Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination presents for the first time a comparative study of European film set design in the late 1920s and 1930s; based on a wealth of designers ʼ drawings, film stills and archival documents, the book offers a new insight into the development and significance of trans-national artistic collaboration during this period. European cinema from the late 1920s to the late 1930s is famous for its attention to detail in terms of set design and visual effect. Focusing on developments in Britain, France, and Germany, Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination: Set Design in 1930s European Cinema provides a comprehensive analysis of the practices, styles, and function of cinematic production design during this period, and its influence on subsequent filmmaking patterns."--Publisher description.


The French Cinema Book

The French Cinema Book

Author: Michael Temple

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-01-18

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1349929093

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This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of a key textbook offers an innovative and accessible account of the richness and diversity of French film history and culture from the 1890s to the present day. The contributors, who include leading historians and film scholars, provide an indispensable introduction to key topics and debates in French film history. Each chronological section addresses seven key themes – people, business, technology, forms, representations, spectators and debates, providing an essential overview of the cinema industry, the people who worked in it, including technicians and actors as well as directors, and the culture of cinema going in France from the beginnings of cinema to the contemporary period.


Music and Cosmopolitanism

Music and Cosmopolitanism

Author: Cristina Magaldi

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 0199744777

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In Music and Cosmopolitanism, Cristina Magaldi examines music making in a past globalized world. This volume focuses on one city, Rio de Janeiro, and how it became part of a larger world through music and performance. Magaldi describes a process of creating connections beyond national borders, one that is familiar to contemporary city residents, but which was already dominant at the turn of the 20th century, as new technological developments led to alternative ways of making and experiencing music.


Transnational Trailblazers of Early Cinema

Transnational Trailblazers of Early Cinema

Author: Victoria Duckett

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-05-30

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0520382110

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At the forefront of the entertainment industries of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were singular actors: Sarah Bernhardt, Gabrielle Réjane, and Mistinguett. Talented women with global ambitions, these performers pioneered the use of film and theatrics to gain international renown. Transnational Trailblazers of Early Cinema traces how these women emerged from the Parisian periphery to become world-famous stars. Through intrepid business prowess and the cultivation of celebrity images, these three artists strengthened ties among countries, continents, and cultures during pivotal years of change.


International Noir

International Noir

Author: Homer B. Pettey

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2014-11-11

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0748691111

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Ranging from Japanese silent films and women's films to French, Hong Kong, and Nordic New Waves, this book explores the influence of noir on international cinematic traditions and challenges prevailing film scholarship. It includes extensive bibliography and filmographies for recommended reading and viewing.


The Josephine Baker Critical Reader

The Josephine Baker Critical Reader

Author: Mae G. Henderson

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-06-21

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1476665818

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Star of stage and screen, cultural ambassador, civil rights and political activist--Josephine Baker was defined by the various public roles that made her 50-year career an exemplar of postmodern identity. Her legacy continues to influence modern culture more than 40 years after her death. This new collection of essays interprets Baker's life in the context of modernism, feminism, race, gender and sexuality. The contributors focus on various aspects of her life and career, including her performances and public reception, civil rights efforts, the architecture of her unbuilt house, and her modern-day "afterlife."


The Routledge Companion to Global Film Music in the Early Sound Era

The Routledge Companion to Global Film Music in the Early Sound Era

Author: Jeremy Barham

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-12-22

Total Pages: 842

ISBN-13: 0429997019

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In a major expansion of the conversation on music and film history, The Routledge Companion to Global Film Music in the Early Sound Era draws together a wide-ranging collection of scholarship on music in global cinema during the transition from silent to sound films (the late 1920s to the 1940s). Moving beyond the traditional focus on Hollywood, this Companion considers the vast range of cinema and music created in often-overlooked regions throughout the rest of the world, providing crucial global context to film music history. An extensive editorial Introduction and 50 chapters from an array of international experts connect the music and sound of these films to regional and transnational issues—culturally, historically, and aesthetically—across five parts: Western Europe and Scandinavia Central and Eastern Europe North Africa, The Middle East, Asia, and Australasia Latin America Soviet Russia Filling a major gap in the literature, The Routledge Companion to Global Film Music in the Early Sound Era offers an essential reference for scholars of music, film studies, and cultural history.


Chanteuse in the City

Chanteuse in the City

Author: Conway

Publisher:

Published: 2004-03-05

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781437970364

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Long before Edith Piaf sang "La vie en rose," her predecessors took to the stage of the Belle Epoque music hall, singing of female desire, the treachery of men, the harshness of working-class life, and the rough neighborhoods of Paris. The realist singer signaled the emergence of new cultural roles for women as well as shifts in the nature of popular entertainment. This book provides a genealogy of realist performance through analysis of the music hall careers and film roles of Mistinguett, Josephine Baker, Frehel, and Damia. Above all, it offers a fresh interpretation of 1930s French cinema, emphasizing its love affair with popular song and its close connections to the music hall and the cafe-concert. Illustrations.