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  1. Ernst Lubitsch's Eyes of the Mummy (1918) sounds like a horror film but it's a romantic melodrama although there's an ancient Egyptian tomb and a curse, and strange and inexplicable events. Pola Negri stars. Early Lubitsch is so wild and crazy.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #ErnstLubitsch #silentcinema #silentmovie #silentmovies #silentfilm #silentfilms #germancinema #germanmovie #germanmovies #PolaNegri #melodrama

  2. The Painted Veil, a 1934 Greta Garbo romantic melodrama. Based on a Somerset Maugham story. The introduction of the Production Code earlier in 1934 results in characters whose behaviours make no sense but it looks good and Garbo is terrific.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #GretaGarbo #romance #romancemovie #romancemovies #melodrama #wSomersetMaugham

  3. The Temptress (1926), one of Greta Garbo's first major hits. She plays a vamp who may or may not be entirely wicked. Beautifully crafted unabashed melodrama with Garbo's subtlety and star quality already very evident. She is stunning and sexy.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #20smovie #20smovies #1920smovie #1920smovies #silentfilm #silentfilms #silentmovie #silentmovies #silentcinema #romancemovie #romancemovies #melodrama #GretaGarbo

  4. Flesh and the Devil is a 1926 MGM silent melodrama starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert. A huge hit which made Garbo a star. Gloriously lurid, steamy, melodramatic and romantic and absolutely dripping with sex. Garbo sizzles. Great movie.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #20smovie #20smovies #1920smovie #1920smovies #classicmovie #classicmovies #silentfilm #silentfilms #silentmovie #silentmovies #silentcinema #romancemovie #romancemovies #JohnGilbert #GretaGarbo #melodrama #melodramas

  5. Mandalay (1934) belongs to a sub-genre I dearly love, the pre-code tropical melodrama. With Kay Francis as a high-class hooker and sexual adventuress. She wears fabulous slinky 30s dresses. She’s at the top of her game here. Great movie.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #classicmovie #classicmovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #melodrama #melodramas #KayFrancis #MichaelCurtiz

  6. Madonna of the Seven Moons is a 1945 British Gainsborough melodrama but melodrama is hardly an adequate word to describe this truly bizarre film. It's beyond mere melodrama. Over-the-top, outrageously excessive, a delight from start to finish.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #classicmovies #classicmovie #1940smovie #Britishcinema #britishmovie #britishmovies #melodrama #melodramas #GainsboroughPictures #PhyllisCalvert #StewartGranger #romance #romancemovie #romancemovies

  7. All That Heaven Allows (1955), a glorious melodrama directed by Douglas Sirk and produced by Ross Hunter. Middle-aged widow Jane Wyman falls in love with her gardener (Rock Hudson).

    Melodrama has always been despised by critics but I enjoy it, and this one has class.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #melodrama #classicmovies #classicmovie #1950smovie #goldenagehollywood #DouglasSirk #JaneWyman #RockHudson #RossHunter

  8. Futures Vedettes AKA School for Love AKA Sweet Sixteen (1955) is an early Brigitte Bardot romantic melodrama co-written by Roger Vadim. There are a few comic touches but it’s always romance that takes centre stage. It can also be seen as a coming-of-age movie.

    The main reason for seeing this movie today is of course Bardot. but it's a pretty good movie.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #BrigitteBardot #RomanceMovies #Romance #classicmovies #classicmovie #FrenchCinema #melodrama #RogerVadim

  9. The Female Animal was Hedy Lamarr’s last movie. Not at all a bad way for her career to end. She has a really juicy part and she makes the most of it.

    Hedy plays a fading movie stars who acquires a new toy boy (played by George Nader). This causes problems with her (Jane Powell).

    A very entertaining noirish grown-up sex melodrama and Lamarr is terrific.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #HedyLamarr #melodrama #RomanceMovies #classicmovies #GeorgeNader #JanePowell #FilmMastodon #filmnoir