The American Film Musical

" . . . a model of genre criticism and probably the best overall analysis of the film musical to date." Journal of Popular Films and Television"The American Film Musical is a truly admirable book which is well worth making a song and dance about. It will immediately assume biblical authority for all who are seriously interested in the dream-factory's most lavish fantasies, and it may even come to stand as a landmark in our understanding of Hollywood as a whole. . . . Altman's book is thorou...