They Made Us Happy

They Made Us Happy is the first book to tell the full story of the extraordinary careers and lives of two of Broadway's and Hollywood's most gifted writing teams: Betty Comden and Adolph Green, encompassing triumphant musical successes (On the Town, Wonderful Town) and much-loved movies (Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon).

Andy Propst is an arts journalist and the author of You Fascinate Me So: The Life & Times of Cy Coleman (2014). His career has encompassed work with New York Shakespeare Festival founder Joseph Papp and Tony Award-winning director George C. Wolfe, as well as five years as on-air talent at XM Satellite Radio's XM 28 On Broadway channel. His writing has appeared in The Village Voice, Time Out/NY, Back Stage, and The Sondheim Review, and online at the site he founded, AmericanTheaterWeb.com, as well as TheaterMania.com.

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 - Childhood Dreams
Chapter 2 - The Revuers Emerge, Soar, and Coast
Chapter 3 - Taking the Town
Chapter 4 - Turning to the 1920s
Chapter 5 - Theatrical Disaster... Cinematic Success
Chapter 6 - Broadway to Hollywood and Back Again
Chapter 7 - Turning Back the Clock
Chapter 8 - Theatrical Adventures On Screen and On and Off Stage
Chapter 9 - Serious Screen Fare, but Flying High on Stage
Chapter 10 - Hollywood Passes, Broadway Says 'Yes'
Chapter 11 - Throwing a Stage Party and a Cinematic Revel
Chapter 12 - A Movie, Some TV ... and Jukeboxes
Chapter 13 - Writing a Darker Musical Fairy Tale
Chapter 14 - Stage and Screen Confections ... and Something a Little Deeper
Chapter 15 - Part of the Times, Personally and Professionally
Chapter 16 - Going Backstage, Then Getting Nostalgic [
Chapter 17 - Returning (Artistically) to the 1930s
Chapter 18 - Ten Years of Performing and Writing
Chapter 19 - A Follies Finish and Farewell
Bibliography
Index