The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals

By Roy Hemming

Book Overview

Back in print in a handsome, elegant paperback with 166 evocative photos and movie stills, many of them rare, this is the only illustrated book on the golden age of movie musicals from the composers' point of view. This unique book, a perfect gift and an asset to every film and music library, includes: separate chapters on the careers and complete movie work of Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Cole Porter, Ralph Rainger, Richard Rodgers, Harry Warren, and Richard Whiting; shorter studies of Nacio Herb Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser, Arthur Schwartz, Jule Styne, and James Van Heusen; and a detailed filmography for each songwriter, listing more than 800 movies and 2,000 songs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557043809
• ISBN13: 9781557043801
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Newmarket Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 10.6"

Customer Reviews

For anyone who loves movie musicals.

Roy Hemming has long demonstrated his knowledge of movies and music, and obviously loves the subject. He includes the Broadway shows that some of the movie musicals came from, often with no recognizable link, like "Fifty Million Frenchmen" by Cole Porter. Whether you've seen any of these films when they first came out, or if you're just learning of their charm and craft, this is a book to enjoy. -Elizabeth Ahlfors, CityCabaret