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    During the 1940s, MGM Studios produced many successful and acclaimed musical films starring performers like Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, and Frank Sinatra. While musical films remained profitable for MGM through the early 1950s, the genre was declining. Fred Astaire, who starred in over 10 Broadway musicals and 31 Hollywood musical films between the 1930s-1950s, is considered the pioneer of dance in film. Two of his most famous and influential musicals were Top Hat (1935) and The Band Wagon (1953), both featuring iconic dance scenes set to memorable scores that told stories through movement.

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    During the 1940s, MGM Studios produced many successful and acclaimed musical films starring performers like Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, and Frank Sinatra. While musical films remained profitable for MGM through the early 1950s, the genre was declining. Fred Astaire, who starred in over 10 Broadway musicals and 31 Hollywood musical films between the 1930s-1950s, is considered the pioneer of dance in film. Two of his most famous and influential musicals were Top Hat (1935) and The Band Wagon (1953), both featuring iconic dance scenes set to memorable scores that told stories through movement.

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    During the 1940s, MGM Studios produced many successful and acclaimed musical films starring performers like Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, and Frank Sinatra. While musical films remained profitable for MGM through the early 1950s, the genre was declining. Fred Astaire, who starred in over 10 Broadway musicals and 31 Hollywood musical films between the 1930s-1950s, is considered the pioneer of dance in film. Two of his most famous and influential musicals were Top Hat (1935) and The Band Wagon (1953), both featuring iconic dance scenes set to memorable scores that told stories through movement.

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    Musical Expression in Film and Theatre

    Week 2
    Music+Dance in Musical Film
    - During this 1940s, MGM released very successful musicals with players such as Judy Garland,
    Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra.

    - MGM also produced some well-regarded and profitable musicals that would be later
    acknowledged as classics, among them An American in Paris (1951), Singin' in the Rain (1952),
    though in the 1950 MGM musical film was nearing its end.

    Fred Astaire (1899-1987)


    "the history of dance on film begins with Astaire."

    - starred in more than 10 Broadway and London musicals, made 31 musical films, 4 television
    specials
    - early Hollywood legend
    - jazz music, ragtime, tap dance (actor, singer, dancer)

    Top Hat (1935)


    Irving Berlin (songs)
    Max Steiner (score)
    - Scene “Heaven”

    The Band Wagon (1953) directed by Vincente Minnelli


    music by Arthur Schwartz
    Scene “Dancing In the Dark”

    - two people begin being apart, only gradually changing to fluent motion with touch, contact and
    rapture of embrace and exalting lifts. Influence of ballet. Music reflects the gradual growing of
    passion.

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