A Hard Day's Night as a Musical Biopic of the Post-Studio Era

"A Hard Day's Night" is the most successful work of the 1950's era to capitalize doubly on music and a movie. Before "A Hard Day's Night", soundtracks never matched the profits of the feature film and typically "consisted of an expanded theme song and instrume...

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Published inQuarterly review of film and video Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 567 - 579
Main Author Schlotterbeck, Jesse
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Routledge 17.08.2016
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Film & stage music
Motion pictures
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Summary:"A Hard Day's Night" is the most successful work of the 1950's era to capitalize doubly on music and a movie. Before "A Hard Day's Night", soundtracks never matched the profits of the feature film and typically "consisted of an expanded theme song and instrumental fillers." In this article, Schlotterbeck focuses on "A Hard Day's Night's" engagement with the musical biopic genre.
ISSN:1050-9208
1543-5326
DOI:10.1080/10509208.2016.1157056