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Volume 15, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2042-7824
  • E-ISSN: 2042-7832

Abstract

This article recounts the author’s experiences teaching undergraduate courses on the studio-era musical, with a focus on three short films: (1941), (1942) and (1945). Each is exceptionally intriguing from the vantage point of twentieth-century cultural history. offers an unexpected take on gender and sexuality; , featuring Dorothy Dandridge, anticipates the music video; and provides a window onto the visual culture of the Popular Front.

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