Yes, my guess is that media of all kinds, but especially theatre and adventure novels,  contributed to the outbreak of the American Civil ...

Long time readers of this blog know how much I like melodrama. The time travel story I just posted was heavily influenced by it. For me i...

Yes, it's another post on the 40s version of "Mildred Pierce!" I admit it, I just can't get enough of that film. I'...

I'm always amazed when someone tells me that melodrama died in the late 1890s. Actually it's alive and well, even today. I don'...

"It's a Wonderful Life": the film is falling out of favor lately, largely because it's been on the vintage favorites list...

Readers who hated the last post I did about Delsarte will probably hate this one too. It's a hard sell to convince people that Delsarte...