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Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman in a publicity still for All That Heaven Allows (1955), directed by Douglas Sirk and produced Universal-International. This photograph was used as a source for the film's theatrical release poster.

Melodrama (film genre): History and Key Facts

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 situa