TY - JOUR
AB - 910 The Journal of American History December 2015 In his opening chapter White details the There is still time, however, to build on White’s transformation of the American theater busi - considerable achievement by harvesting the ness from a multinodal phenomenon with cen - memories of the men and women who expe - ters of production dotted across the countr rienced its decline. y into a highly centralized industry purveying Sean P. Holmes products that were built on Broadway—and Brunel University London marketed as such—to audiences nationwide. London, England He next examines how the rise of regional - the doi: 10.1093/jahist/jav621 aters starting in the 1960s broke Broadway’s grip on the market for theatrical enter - tain ment and theater-related services. He - con After the Silents: Hollywood Film Music in the cludes with an analysis of the impact of glo - Early Sound Era, 1926–1934. By Michael balization on the theater industry, noting how Slowik. (New York: Columbia University the blockbuster musicals that have become the Press, 2014. xii, 384 pp. Cloth, $90.00. Paper, defining feature of Broadway in the contem - $30.00.) porary era are built from components sourced not from local businesses but from multiple In 
TI - After the Silents: Hollywood Film Music in the Early Sound Era, 1926–1934
JO - The Journal of American History
DO - 10.1093/jahist/jav549
DA - 2015-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/after-the-silents-hollywood-film-music-in-the-early-sound-era-1926-Lvqc0QA8OC
SP - 910
EP - 911
VL - 102
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
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