Emanuel Levy
Cinema 24/7
UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Digital Media
Course: Film Genres–Musical Movie
Professor Emanuel Levy
Schedule of Screenings:
M Jan 12: First Class–Lecture
W Jan 14: The Jazz Singer, Gold Diggers of 1933
M Jan 19: Martin Luther King Holiday
W Jan 21: Top Hat, Swing Time
M Jan 26: Forty Second Street
W Jan 28: Wizard of Oz, Stormy Weather
M Feb 2: Lecture
W Feb 4: Meet Me in S. Louis, An American in Paris
M Feb 9: Lecture
W Feb 11: Singin’ in the Rain, The Band Wagon
M Feb 16: Lecture
W Feb 18: A Star Is Born, Gigi
M Feb 23: Lecture
W Feb 25: King Creole, West Side Story
M Mar 2: Hard Day’s Night
W Mar 4: Saturday Night Fever, All That Jazz
M Mar 9: Lecture
W Mar 11: Gimme Shelter, The Last waltz, Stop Making Sense
M Mar 16: Pennies From Heaven, The Doors
W Mar 18: Last Class–Lecture
Books on Reserve
Altman, Rick. The American Film Musical. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1987.
Barrios, Richard. A Song in the Dark. The Birth of the Musical Film. NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995.
Feuer, Jane. The Hollywood Musical. London: Macmillan Press, 1993 (Second Edition).
Kobal, John. Gotta Sing Gotta Dance. A Pictorial History of Film Musicals. N.Y: Hamlyn, 1971.
Mast, Gerald. Can’t Help Singin‘: The American Musical on Stage and Screen. N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1987.
Rubin, Martin. Showstoppers: Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacles. NY: Columbia University Press, 1993.
Schatz, Thomas. Film Genres.
Films to be Watched on Video:
Footlight Parade, 1933
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953
Help, 1965
Monterey Pop, 1968
The Producers, 1968
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
Nashville, 1975
Grease, 1978
One From the Heart, 1982
This Is Spinal Tap, 1984
School Daze, 1988
Evita, 1996
The Jazz Singer, 1927
Gold Diggers of 1933, 1933
Top Hat, 1933
Forty Second Street, 1933
Swing Time, 1936
The Wizard of Oz, 1939
Stormy Weather, 1943
Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944
An American in Paris, 1951
Singin’ in the Rain, 1952
The Band Wagon, 1953
A Star Is Born, 1954
Gigi, 1958
King Creole, 1958
West Side Story, 1961
Hard Day’s Night, 1964
Gimme Shelter, 1970
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 197
The Last Waltz, 1978
Saturday Night Fever, 1977
All That Jazz, 1979
Pennies from Heaven, 1981
One from the Heart, 1982
Stop Making Sense, 1984
The Doors, 1991
Documentaries about the music world
Gimme Shelter
The Last Waltz
Stop Making Sense
Movie Genres: Musical Movie–Theory and Practice
UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Digital Media
Course: Film Genres–Musical Movie
Professor Emanuel Levy
Schedule of Screenings:
M Jan 12: First Class–Lecture
W Jan 14: The Jazz Singer, Gold Diggers of 1933
M Jan 19: Martin Luther King Holiday
W Jan 21: Top Hat, Swing Time
M Jan 26: Forty Second Street
W Jan 28: Wizard of Oz, Stormy Weather
M Feb 2: Lecture
W Feb 4: Meet Me in S. Louis, An American in Paris
M Feb 9: Lecture
W Feb 11: Singin’ in the Rain, The Band Wagon
M Feb 16: Lecture
W Feb 18: A Star Is Born, Gigi
M Feb 23: Lecture
W Feb 25: King Creole, West Side Story
M Mar 2: Hard Day’s Night
W Mar 4: Saturday Night Fever, All That Jazz
M Mar 9: Lecture
W Mar 11: Gimme Shelter, The Last waltz, Stop Making Sense
M Mar 16: Pennies From Heaven, The Doors
W Mar 18: Last Class–Lecture
Books on Reserve
Altman, Rick. The American Film Musical. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1987.
Barrios, Richard. A Song in the Dark. The Birth of the Musical Film. NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995.
Feuer, Jane. The Hollywood Musical. London: Macmillan Press, 1993 (Second Edition).
Kobal, John. Gotta Sing Gotta Dance. A Pictorial History of Film Musicals. N.Y: Hamlyn, 1971.
Mast, Gerald. Can’t Help Singin‘: The American Musical on Stage and Screen. N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1987.
Rubin, Martin. Showstoppers: Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacles. NY: Columbia University Press, 1993.
Schatz, Thomas. Film Genres.
Films to be Watched on Video:
Footlight Parade, 1933
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953
Help, 1965
Monterey Pop, 1968
The Producers, 1968
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
Nashville, 1975
Grease, 1978
One From the Heart, 1982
This Is Spinal Tap, 1984
School Daze, 1988
Evita, 1996
Films to be Screened (in chronological order)
The Jazz Singer, 1927
Gold Diggers of 1933, 1933
Footlight Parade, 1933
Top Hat, 1933
Forty Second Street, 1933
Swing Time, 1936
The Wizard of Oz, 1939
Stormy Weather, 1943
Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944
An American in Paris, 1951
Singin’ in the Rain, 1952
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953
The Band Wagon, 1953
A Star Is Born, 1954
Gigi, 1958
King Creole, 1958
West Side Story, 1961
Hard Day’s Night, 1964
Help, 1965
Monterey Pop, 1968
The Producers, 1968
Gimme Shelter, 1970
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 197
Nashville, 1975
The Last Waltz, 1978
Saturday Night Fever, 1977
Grease, 1978
All That Jazz, 1979
Pennies from Heaven, 1981
One from the Heart, 1982
This Is Spinal Tap, 1984
Stop Making Sense, 1984
School Daze, 1988
The Doors, 1991
Evita, 1996
Documentaries about the music world
Gimme Shelter
The Last Waltz
Stop Making Sense