Perhaps the artistic apotheosis of silent movies, just before sound came in and swept them away.
Tag Archives: Melodrama
A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
A somewhat dated melodrama about people who are deeply unhappy despite being extremely pretty. One of them falls out of a rowboat.
ÉL (1953)
At one time one of the lesser-known films of the great director Luis Buñuel, this melodrama about abuse and privilege now seems decades ahead of its time.
Movie Valhalla 