"The golden age of musical comedy
Cinema has been inextricably linked with music since almost its very beginnings. After a historical
the birth of sound and music in cinema, Françoise Fruchard will share with you her love of the
her love of the American musical from 1927 to 1964, its golden age.
She'll show you how the music of the musical can be born from the noises of everyday life.
the use of tap dance, and how musical comedy offered the American public of the
the American public of the Great Depression the dreams and escapism they needed, with films by
Busby Berkeley, Mark Sandrich, Vicente Minnelli, singers and dancers such as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly
Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, composers Irving Berlin, George Gershwin or Leonard
the birth of sound and music in cinema, Françoise Fruchard will share with you her love of the
her love of the American musical from 1927 to 1964, its golden age.
She'll show you how the music of the musical can be born from the noises of everyday life.
the use of tap dance, and how musical comedy offered the American public of the
the American public of the Great Depression the dreams and escapism they needed, with films by
Busby Berkeley, Mark Sandrich, Vicente Minnelli, singers and dancers such as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly
Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, composers Irving Berlin, George Gershwin or Leonard
