They Made Us Happy
Betty Comden & Adolph Green's Musicals & Movies
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 30 May 2019
- ISBN 9780190630935
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages294 pages
- Size 163x236x30 mm
- Weight 544 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 15 photos 0
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Short description:
They Made Us Happy is the first book to tell the full story of the extraordinary careers and lives of two of Broadway's and Hollywood's most gifted writing teams: Betty Comden and Adolph Green, encompassing triumphant musical successes (On the Town, Wonderful Town) and much-loved movies (Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon).
MoreLong description:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green were the writers behind such classic stage musicals as On the Town, Wonderful Town, and Bells Are Ringing, and they provided lyrics for such standards as "New York, New York," "Just in Time," "The Party's Over," and "Make Someone Happy," to name just a few. This remarkable duo, the longest-running partnership in theatrical history, also penned the screenplays for such cinematic gems as Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon. In the process they worked with such artists as Leonard Bernstein, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Judy Holliday, and Jule Styne. They Made Us Happy is the first book to tell the full story of their careers, lives, and work, starting with their acclaimed appearances as part of the sketch troupe the Revuers and moving through their bi-coastal lives as a pair of Broadway's top writers and two of Hollywood's most valued scribes. The book takes readers on a trip through almost the entirety of the twentieth century, and along the way there are appearances by the likes of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Greta Garbo, and Charlie Chaplin. Author Andy Propst brings both their produced work to life as well as many of the projects that that never made it to the stage or the screen, including an aborted musical version of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, a bio-pic about director-choreographer Busby Berkeley, and their version of the book for Cole Porter's musical Out of This World. Comden and Green's wit and deft satire inspired laughs during their lives, and their musicals and movies have endured, amusing generation after generation. It's work that will always be making audiences happy.
Propst has clearly done his research, as evidenced by the lengthy listing of source materials at the end of the book. A particularly nice touch is his tendency to reference the sometimes different recollections of people involved in a specific incident, and then offer a theory of which account actually seems more plausible and why....the book offers very informative and entertaining read for both the serious musical (and musical theater) aficionado and one with only a passing familiarity with some of the duo's more famous works.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 - Childhood Dreams
Chapter 2 - The Revuers Emerge, Soar, and Coast
Chapter 3 - Taking the Town
Chapter 4 - Turning to the 1920s
Chapter 5 - Theatrical Disaster... Cinematic Success
Chapter 6 - Broadway to Hollywood and Back Again
Chapter 7 - Turning Back the Clock
Chapter 8 - Theatrical Adventures On Screen and On and Off Stage
Chapter 9 - Serious Screen Fare, but Flying High on Stage
Chapter 10 - Hollywood Passes, Broadway Says 'Yes'
Chapter 11 - Throwing a Stage Party and a Cinematic Revel
Chapter 12 - A Movie, Some TV --- and Jukeboxes
Chapter 13 - Writing a Darker Musical Fairy Tale
Chapter 14 - Stage and Screen Confections ... and Something a Little Deeper
Chapter 15 - Part of the Times, Personally and Professionally
Chapter 16 - Going Backstage, Then Getting Nostalgic [
Chapter 17 - Returning (Artistically) to the 1930s
Chapter 18 - Ten Years of Performing and Writing
Chapter 19 - A Follies Finish and Farewell
Bibliography
Index
