Film Choreographers and Dance Directors: An Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia, With a History and Filmographies, 1893 Through 1995

Film Choreographers and Dance Directors: An Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia, With a History and Filmographies, 1893 Through 1995 by Billman, Larry. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780899508689.

For cinema producers, dance and music maestros, as well as aficionados who would feel bereft if musical interludes were cut from films, such as the torrid tango between a "blind" Al Pacino and hired lady friend in The Scent of a Woman (1992), this photo- rich compendium offers filmographies by decade and biographies of major cinematic dance-related figures from choreographer Merriel Abbott ( Swing Fever , 1944) to Lachen Zinoune ( The Last Temptation of Christ , 1988). Also details awards, industry unions, what defines a musical, and "trends for the 1990s and beyond." Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.