Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237), filmography (pages 219-227), and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Imagining Sound Film: Debates in the Press -- Surrealist Sounds: Film Music and the Avant-Garde -- "An achievement that reflects its native soil": Songs, Stages, Cameras, and the Opérette Filmée -- Théâtre filmé, Opera, and Cinematic Poetry: The Clair/Pagnol Debate -- Source Music and Cinematic Realism: Jean Renoir and the Early Poetic Realists -- "The Music Has Something to Say": The Musical Revisions of L'Atalante (1934) -- Conclusion: Alternative Paths for Sound Film.
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