WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
Nature The World Movies USA Top Art Fine & Rare History Ivy & Inquiry
Douglas Sirk
Videos
Douglas Sirk was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. Sirk started his career in Germany as
Sirk in 1955
Sirk in 1955
Poster for the film Written on the Wind
Poster for the film Written on the Wind
Sirk and actors on the set of All That Heaven Allows (1955). Left to right: Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman, Sirk, and Agnes Moorehead
Sirk and actors on the set of All That Heaven Allows (1955). Left to right: Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman, Sirk, and Agnes Moorehead
Melodrama (film genre)
Videos
In film studies and criticism, melodrama may variously refer to a genre, mode, style or sensibility characterized by its emphasis on intense and exaggerated emotions and heightened dramatic situations
Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman in All That Heaven Allows (1955) by Douglas Sirk, a paradigmatic melodrama film.
Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman in All That Heaven Allows (1955) by Douglas Sirk, a paradigmatic melodrama film.
Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce (1945), one of the few films called a "melodrama" in its pre-1970s and post-1970s conception.
Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce (1945), one of the few films called a "melodrama" in its pre-1970s and post-1970s conception.
Karin Dicker, Juanita Moore, Terry Burnham and Lana Turner in Sirk's Imitation of Life (1959), an archetypal melodrama in which the female protagonist
Karin Dicker, Juanita Moore, Terry Burnham and Lana Turner in Sirk's Imitation of Life (1959), an archetypal melodrama in which the female protagonist suffers recurring crises stemming from repressive societal expectations.