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    Film Course - Marriage, Motherhood, and Madness: The Hollywood Melodrama

    Film Course - Marriage, Motherhood, and Madness: The Hollywood Melodrama

    Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute

    March 3-March 24, 2010


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    Popularly known as “weepies”, melodramas in the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s were a force in the motion picture industry, directed by some of the most successful directors of the time, and attracting prominent leading ladies like Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. With sweeping scores, hyperbolized emotion, and outlandish plots that included thwarted love, psychoses, and murder, melodramas were considered escapist fantasy for women, devoid of any intellectual depth. Though on closer examination, melodramas craft a unique aesthetic through camera movement, music, and lighting to address conflicts between the individual and society. This four-week course will focus on prime examples of the genre, including "Letter from an Unknown Woman" and "Now, Voyager". Taught at Bryn Mawr Film Institute by Alice Bullitt, M.A., BMFI's Programming Manager.


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        Bryn Mawr Film Institute

        824 W. Lancaster Avenue
        Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

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        Tickets: General Admission: $125 BMFI Members: $100 Register online at www.BrynMawrFilm.org or call 610-527-4008 x105.

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        March 3-March 24, 2010

        Times:
        Meets 4 Wednesdays, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

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