Books by Edward Baron Turk

Provides a seamless mix of critical analysis with lively description, theoretical considerations with reflexive remarks by the theatremakers, and matters of current French and American cultural politics.

Jeanette MacDonald, the movie musical's first superstar, was an American original whose onscreen radiance mirrored a beguiling real-life personality. This biography takes us to a time when lavish musical films were major cultural events and a worldwide public eagerly awaited each new chance to fall under the singer's spell.