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Musical films, as the name suggests, are films with a storyline composed of music and dancing. Musical films are derived from operas and stage plays, so the early musical actors were mostly performed by singers or dancers. Portray characters and unfold the plot through music and dance. Until now, there have been excellent musicals, such as "City of Philharmonic", "If Love", etc., and even a large number of songs and dances have been added to the recently popular "Love Apartment 5".
After the emergence of the film as a medium, traditional song and dance performances were affected to a certain extent. Since early movies were silent films and could not be expressed in the form of sound, song and dance films appeared later than other types of films. It wasn't until 1927 that the first sound film "The King of Jazz Singer" came out, which was adapted from a musical. Although the film had very few dialogues and limited voice passages, it had already taken the form of a musical. After the sound is fully incorporated into the movie, it has greatly enriched the film's expression and impact on the audience, so a large number of songs and dance movies appeared in the early days.
"Broadway Melody" was born under this background. Broadway originally referred to a large road in New York City. It stretched from Battery Park in the south to Manhattan Island in the north. There are many theaters on both sides of the road, which are important places for American drama and musicals to develop. So later "Broadway" has become synonymous with musicals. The movie "Broadway Melody" tells the story that happened on this avenue.
Han Ke and Quini are a pair of sisters. They came to New York from their hometown and became show girls with the help of Han Ke's boyfriend Eddie. But Eddie fell in love with sister Queenie while getting along with the two sisters. On the other hand, rich man Jacques with bad character also launched a powerful offensive against Queenie. Inadvertently, Han Ke discovers that her boyfriend loves his sister, decides to quit, and uses the aggressive method to stimulate Eddie to return to Queenie. In the end, Eddie snatched Queenie from Jake's ball, and the two finally got married, and Han Ke decided to quit the song and dance troupe and start his own new business.
It is true that by modern standards, the drama of the two women fighting for husband is indeed a bit vulgar. The character arrangement of the characters in the movie may even make people feel that the three views are not correct, and the singing and dancing performances still have a strong stage style. But don't forget, this is a film ninety years ago, and it was created out of a pioneering position in terms of technological change.
In fact, this is not just this movie. Almost all the musicals have to give up a lot of space to music and dance, and the space for the story itself is quite limited. Therefore, many musicals have the shortcomings of simple plot and sudden changes. . Of course, in order to make up for the shortcomings of insufficient plot, musicals often choose relaxed and warm love stories.
This is the first musical to win the Oscar for Best Picture. The significance of being awarded the Best Picture is more about the flexible use of sound, dance and other forms in the film and technological innovation. The musical has officially come to the stage. So we can’t ignore its place in film history. After that, many excellent musical films continued to emerge, and musical films gradually moved towards their heyday.
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