Singing a song : the culture and conventions of popular music in the 1920s -- Owning a song : the restructuring of Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley -- Plugging a song : the discrete charm of the popular song, from Broadway to Hollywood -- Integrating a song : the threat to narrative plausibility -- Curtailing a song : toward the classical background score.
Summary
'Saying It With Songs' considers how the increasing interdependence of Hollywood studios and Tin Pan Alley music publishing firms influenced the commercial and narrative functions of popular songs in a variety of film genres.
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