““To Sustain Illusion is All That is Necessary””: The Authenticity of Song Performance in Early American Sound Cinema

2011/01/01 by Spring · 1 citation
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paper · doi:10.2979/filmhistory.23.3.285

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Abstract

Katherine Spring, ““To Sustain Illusion is All That is Necessary””: The Authenticity of Song Performance in Early American Sound Cinema, Film History, Vol. 23, No. 3, Beyond Vitaphone: The Early Sound Short (2011), pp. 285-299

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• Ruth Etting [wikipedia]

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