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Star Turns in Hollywood
Musicals
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Edited by Marguerite Chabrol & Pierre-Olivier Toulza
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Introduction
Marguerite Chabrol & Pierre-Olivier Toulza
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First pages
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Operation
Technological bodies
Fred Astaire, Captain America, and the Cyborg: The Technological Body of a Musical Star
Todd Decker
“Experimentations by Our Sound Department”: Playback Stars in 1930s Hollywood
Allison Robbins
The Goddess in Mono: The Dubbing of Rita Hayworth
Marguerite Chabrol
Operation
Minority Performers
Featuring the Nicholas Brothers: Spectacle, Structure and Race in the Hollywood Musical
Karen McNally
Adorning and Whitening: Carmen Miranda’s Technicolor
Pierre-Olivier Toulza
Imitation, Embodiment, and Homage in Eleanor Powell’s Tribute to Bill Robinson
Robynn J. Stilwell
Operation
Musical Comedians
The Musical Comedian: Bob Hope in the
Road to
Series and
Son of Paleface
Steven Cohan
Eddie Cantor, Singing Comedian: Celebrity and Character Across Media
Noah Teichner
Fanny Brice/Barbra Streisand: "The Original Funny Girl"
Jacqueline Nacache
Operation
“Star-making” and Media Stereotypes
Cyd Charisse: America’s Movie Ballerina
Adrienne L. McLean
Doris Day’s Early Warner Bros. Musicals: The Transition of a Star from the Recording Industry
Fanny Beuré
Bodies on Display: Musical Stars and Advertising Photography
Laurent Guido