Gainsborough melodramas
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Gainsborough melodramas are a cycle of popular British costume films from the 1940s known for their emotionally charged plots, romantic intrigue, and often scandalous themes.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film genre
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film cycle ⓘ |
| audience | mass wartime audiences ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically mixed but commercially successful ⓘ |
| distribution | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1949 ⓘ |
| era |
World War II cinema
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post-war British cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
costume drama
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melodrama ⓘ |
| hasPart |
crime and betrayal plots
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disguises and mistaken identities ⓘ duels and violence ⓘ historical romance elements ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Victorian sensation fiction
NERFINISHED
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stage melodrama ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfProduction |
Islington Studios
NERFINISHED
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Pinewood Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
emotional conflict
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romantic intrigue ⓘ scandal ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
class conflict
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female protagonists ⓘ illicit love affairs ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
emotionally charged plots
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escapist entertainment ⓘ heightened acting style ⓘ lavish period costumes ⓘ moral polarities between virtue and vice ⓘ popular appeal ⓘ |
| notableFor | creating star images for British actresses ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Caravan
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Fanny by Gaslight NERFINISHED ⓘ Jassy NERFINISHED ⓘ Madonna of the Seven Moons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Magic Bow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man in Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wicked Lady NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Gainsborough Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1943 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| typicalSetting |
19th-century Britain
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Regency period NERFINISHED ⓘ Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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