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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Furia, Philip, 1943- Ira Gershwin. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996 (OCoLC)639420162 |
| Named Person: | Ira Gershwin; Ira Gershwin |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Philip Furia |
| ISBN: | 0195082990 9780195082999 |
| OCLC Number: | 31737625 |
| Description: | vii, 278 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Philip Furia. |
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Abstract:
After describing the Gershwin brothers' brief but brilliant work in Hollywood before George's sudden death - work that produced such classics as "They Can't Take That Away From Me" and "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" - Furia follows Ira's career through such triumphs as Lady in the Dark with Kurt Weill, Cover Girl with Jerome Kern, and A Star Is Born, with Harold Arlen. Along the way, Furia provides much insight into the art of the lyricist, and he captures the magic of a golden era when not only the Gershwins, but Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Gertrude Lawrence, Fred Astaire, and other luminaries made the lights of Broadway and the Hollywood screen shine brighter than ever before.
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