| By evoking scenes from old Hollywood melodramas and thrillers, the images conveyed vague feelings of tension and threat. |
| Fans of Douglas Sirk melodramas and other '50s potboilers are the best candidates for this kind of slick, earnestly soapy entertainment. |
| Adding drama to the downtown scene are the melodramas and vaudeville revues presented at the Gaslighter Theater. |
| He was a melodramatist, infusing all those silly melodramas with style, with signs and meanings. |
| Hepworth produced on average three films a week, ranging from melodramas and slapstick comedies to scenics and travel films. |
| Tragedies, dramas and melodramas tend to engage the audience on a more emotional level. |
