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Romantic Comedy offers an introduction to the analysis of a popular but overlooked film genre. The book provides an overview of Hollywood's romantic comedy conventions, examining iconography, narrative patterns, and ideology. Chapters discuss important subgroupings within the genre: screwball sex comedy and the radical romantic comedy of the 1970s. A final chapter traces the lasting influence of these earlier forms within current romantic comedies. Films include: Pillow Talk (1959), Annie Hall (1977), and You've Got Mail (1998).

Film --- United States --- Romantic comedy films --- Comédies romantiques (cinéma) --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Comédies romantiques (cinéma) --- United States of America --- History and criticism.

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"In Virgin Territory contributors consider virginity as it is produced and marketed in film. With chapters that span a range of periods, genres, and performances, this collection proves that although it seems like an obvious quality at first glance, virginity in film is anything but simple. The essays in Virgin Territory destabilize assumptions about virginity and connect moments of virginity in film to their larger social significance."--Jacket.

Sex in motion pictures. --- Virginity in motion pictures. --- Sex in moving-pictures --- Motion pictures --- Erotic films --- Pornographic films --- Virginity in motion pictures --- Sex in motion pictures --- 798.15 --- 798.79 --- seksualiteit --- seksuele moraal --- film- en videokunst, film en maatschappij --- film, overige onderwerpen

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'Romantic Comedy' offers an introduction to the analysis of one of the most popular but generally overlooked film genres. The book provides an overview of Hollywood's romantic comedy conventions, examining the iconography, narrative patterns and ideology which inform such films.

Romantic comedy films --- History and criticism

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"Gothic Heroines on Screen explores the translation of the literary Gothic heroine on screen, the potential consequences of these adaptations and contemporary interpretations of the form. Each chapter illuminates the significance of this moving image mediation, relating its screen topics to their various historical, social, and geographical moments of production, while maintaining a focus on the key figure of the investigating woman. Many chapters - perhaps inescapably - delve into the point of adaptation: the Bluebeard story and du Maurier's Rebecca as two key examples. Moving beyond the Old Dark House that frequently forms both the Gothic heroine's backdrop and her area of investigation, some chapters examine alternative locations and their impact on the Gothic heroine; some leave behind the marital thriller to explore what happens when the Gothic meets other genres, such as comedy; while others travel away from the usual Anglo-American contexts to European ones. Throughout the collection the Gothic heroine's representation is explored within the medium which brings together image, movement and sound, and this technological fact takes on varied significance. What does remain constant, however, is the emphasis on the longevity, significance and distinctiveness of the Gothic heroine in screen culture"--

Heroines in motion pictures. --- Women in motion pictures. --- Gothic fiction (Literary genre) --- Horror films --- Women motion picture producers and directors. --- History and criticism.

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Thirteen original chapters on movie magazines analysing their visual aspectsContents include sections on individual issues, regular features, and adjunct publicationsAs well as visuals, topics covered include stardom, gender, censorship, nationality, performance, languageIncludes detailed studies of magazines from the US, UK, France, Chile, and PolandStars, Fan Magazines and Audiences focuses on movie magazines, publications first produced in 1911 for movie fans in the United States, but soon reaching movie fans on a global scale. Bringing together scholars from different disciplinary and international contexts, this collection considers fan magazines as objects of material and visual history. The designer’s toolkit aided movie magazines in seducing their readers, with visual elements, such as fonts, photographs, and illustrations, plied across both editorial content and advertisements. In this way, each issue was subtly designed to stir desire in readers and moviegoers alike. By focusing on the visual aspects of fan magazines, a key pleasure for readers, this collection provides detailed examples of how visual elements engendered aspiration and longing, thus putting the visual contents of the fan magazines at the heart of every chapter.

Motion pictures --- History --- Motion picture industry --- Periodicals --- History. --- Periodicals.