The Sound of Movie Musicals with Neil Brand

Neil Brand argues that the movie musical was the most important form of cinema from the advent of the age of sound. Beginning with the very first film musical 1929's `Broadway Melody', Brand looks at the huge and lasting impact of the musical and, in his trademark analysis of songs at the piano, takes us through some of the most important numbers in this first Golden Age.

Category

Documentary / Musical / Miniseries

Original air date

14/12/2018