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Film Genres - Dewey 791

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Adventure Genre:
ADVENTURE FILMS *
Adventure Genre:
WESTERNS *



Adventure Genre:
GANGSTER FILMS *
Adventure Genre:
FILM NOIR *
Adventure Genre:
WORLD WAR II COMBAT FILMS *
Adventure Genres:
MYSTERY *
Comedy Genres:
SCREWBALL COMEDY *
Comedy Genres:
FAMILIES AND RELATIONSHIPS*
Comedy Genre:
POPULIST COMEDY *
Comedy Genre:
PARODY *
Comedy Genre:
BLACK HUMOR *
Comedy Genre:
CLOWN COMEDY *
The Fantastic:
HORROR FILMS *
The Fantastic:
SCIENCE FICTION *
The Fantastic:
FANTASY *
Songs and Soaps:
MUSICALS *
Songs and Soaps:
MELODRAMAS *
Non-Traditional Genres:
SOCIAL PROBLEM
FILMS


in the * U. S. A.
in South * Africa
Non-traditional Genres:
BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS *
Non-traditional Genres:
THE ART FILM *


* * * See: Film Settings By Continents * * * *


Film Genres - Dewey 791.4


Adventure Genre: ADVENTURE FILMS



Adventure Genre: THE WESTERN




Adventure Genre: THE GANGSTER FILM




Adventure Genre: FILM NOIR

Film noir - - "Term used to describe those Hollywood films of the 40s and 50s which portrayed the dark and gloomy underworld of crime and corruption, films whose heroes as well as villains are cynical, disillusioned, and often insecure loners, inextricably bound to the past and unsure of apathetic about the future. In style and technique, there are night scenes and lighting that emphasizes deep shadows emphasizing fatalism. Dark tones, tense nervousness, doom-laden compositions and camera angles." Film Encyclopedia, Third Edition - page 456.


Adventure Genre: WORLD WAR II COMBAT FILMS



Adventure Genre: MYSTERY



Comedy Genres: SCREWBALL COMEDY



Comedy Genres: FAMILIES AND RELATIONSHIPS



Comedy Genres: POPULIST COMEDY



Comedy Genres: PARODY



Comedy Genre: BLACK HUMOR



Comedy Genre: CLOWN COMEDY



The Fantastic: HORROR FILMS



The Fantastic: SCIENCE FICTION



The Fantastic: FANTASY



Songs and Soaps: MUSICALS



Songs and Soaps: MELODRAMAS



Non-Traditional Genres: SOCIAL PROBLEM FILMS



Non-traditional Genres: BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS



Non-traditional Genres: THE ART FILM


Resources:
Handbook of American Film Genres edited by Wes D. Gehring, printed by Greenwood Press, 1988.
American Film Genres: Approaches to a Critical Theory of Popular Film by Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pflaum Publishing, 1974.
Genre and Hollywood by Steve Neale, Routledge, 2000.
Hollywood Genres: Formulas, Filmmaking, & the Studio System edited by Thomas Schatz, Temple University Press, 1981.



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