Imitations of Life

A Reader on Film & Television Melodrama

Edited by Marcia Landy

Paper - 9780814320655
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Published 1991
Pages: 620

Subjects: Film and Television: Theory

Series: Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Studies


Description

Essays focus on the family melodrama of the1950s, the role of Hollywood directors and the stars in the development of the genre, and melodrama in the silent films and on television.

Published by Wayne State University Press

Author(s)

Other Books by Marcia Landy: Monty Python's Flying Circus,

Reviews

"Significant texts on film and television melodrama from a variety of perspectives—chronological, theoretical, international, and feminist—and their sociological significance."

— Back Stage/Shoot