Description: Grigorii Aleksandrov's musical comedy films, created with composer Isaak Dunaevskii, were the most popular Russian cinema of the 1930s and '40s. Drawing on studio documents, press materials, and interviews with surviving film crew members, The Musical Comedy Films of Grigorii Aleksandrov presents the untold production history of the films. Salys...
Brief description:
Rimgaila Salys is professor of Russian studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a specialist in twentieth-century Russian literature, film, and culture.
Review Quotes:
"A valuable and extremely well-researched contribution that will prove fruitful for
researchers exploring Soviet culture."--Slavonic and East European Review