In their newest "Great. Pictures" volume, the authors take a lively look at some 340 motion pictures from Hollywood's most distinctive genre, providing extensive cast, credits, character names, plot synopses, contemporary review quotes, and in-depth critical observations for each movie covered, including telefilms. Features discussed in detail range from The Hollywood Review of 1929 to such lavish Busby Berkeley musicals as Footlight Parade , the Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy operettas ( Rose Marie ), the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers teamings ( Carefree ), the Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland entertainments ( Strike Up the Band ), Doris Day's excursions ( My Dream Is Yours), and finally such contemporary genre examples as Body Rock and School Daze .