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Frank Sinatra: Movie Icons
Alain Silver. Paul Duncan, ed.
Publisher: Taschen.   Format: flexi-binding.
ISBN: 9783822823200.  Daedalus Item Code: 20103
 
Already one of the most popular singers of all time, Frank Sinatra forged a successful film career with such musicals as On the Town and Guys and Dolls. Sinatra enjoyed even greater ... (Read More)
 
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Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times
Susan Quinn.
Publisher: Walker.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780802716989.  Daedalus Item Code: 30049
 
In a desperate economic era, FDR and his advisers had to furiously improvise to get millions of unemployed people back to work. For writers, actors, and artists, they created the Federal Theater ... (Read More)
 
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Geniuses of the American Musical Theatre: The Composers and Lyricists
Herbert Keyser.
Publisher: Applause.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781423462750.  Daedalus Item Code: 21795
 
This book presents 28 illustrated biographies of the greatest songwriters, lyricists, and writing teams of Broadway musicals, from Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and Cole Porter to ... (Read More)
 
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Hail, Hail, Euphoria!: Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, the Greatest War Movie Ever Made
Roy Blount Jr.
Publisher: It Books.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780061808166.  Daedalus Item Code: 30511
 
Nearly 80 years after its release, the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup remains one of the most influential pieces of political satire in film history. A slim, agile, quick-witted, self-assured ... (Read More)
 
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Hollywood Musicals: The 101 Greatest Song-and-Dance Movies of All Time
Ken Bloom. Jane Powell, foreword.
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781579128487.  Daedalus Item Code: 23641
 
This oversized album is a visual feast celebrating America's most beloved musical films, from My Fair Lady and Singing in the Rain to Moulin Rouge and High School Musical. ... (Read More)
 
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The Hornes: An American Family
Gail Lumet Buckley.
Publisher: Applause.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9781557835642.  Daedalus Item Code: 21791
 
More than a compassionate biography of musical legend Lena Horne, this is a history of a leading African-American family, written by Horne's daughter. Gail Lumet Buckley traces her own as well as her ... (Read More)
 
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How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood
William J. Mann.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780547134642.  Daedalus Item Code: 11183
 
The biographer of Katharine Hepburn here turns to another Hollywood icon and the last great star of the old studio system; indeed, as William Mann portrays her, Elizabeth Taylor married her first ... (Read More)
 
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Isadora Duncan: American Dancer
Susan Keating. Isabelle Forestier, illus.
Publisher: Mason Crest.   Format: laminated cover.
ISBN: 9781590841440.  Daedalus Item Code: 30990
 
Inspired by Greek culture, athleticism, and her own irresistible impulses for movement and freedom, Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) is portrayed here as a woman who was born to dance. Realistic yet ... (Read More)
 
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Jon Vickers: A Hero's Life
Jeannie Williams. Birgit Nilsson, foreword.
Publisher: Northeastern University Press.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9781555536749.  Daedalus Item Code: 30155
 
"Unquestionably one of this century's foremost vocal artists, [Jon] Vickers (b. 1926) is renowned for the emotional intensity and distinctive interpretations he has brought to his performances. He is ... (Read More)
 
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Just Kids
Patti Smith.
Publisher: Ecco.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780060936228.  Daedalus Item Code: 29183
 
(National Book Award winner) This incandescent memoir by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame poet Patti Smith well earned the 2010 National Book Award for nonfiction. It is a swift, moving portrait of ... (Read More)
 
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Life in Opera: Truth, Tempo, and Soul: Encounters with Stars, Innovators, and Leaders of Today's Opera World
Maria-Cristina Necula.
Publisher: Amadeus Press.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781574671797.  Daedalus Item Code: 21788
 
Romanian-born writer, poet, and singer Maria-Cristina Necula takes readers behind the glamour of grand opera with this candid look at life in the opera world, interviewing such performers and ... (Read More)
 
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Living Opera
Joshua Jampol.
Publisher: Oxford.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780195381382.  Daedalus Item Code: 30711
 
Named one of the Best Music Books of 2010 by London's Independent, this is a fascinating collection of 20 wide-ranging interviews with the preeminent opera professionals working on and behind ... (Read More)
 
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