"The progress of a love-story is tedious to all those who are not
concerned, and I leave such themes to the hack novel-writers, and the
young boarding-school misses for whom they write."--William Makepeace
Thackeray, _Barry Lyndon_.
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From: Adam Fish <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 7:33 am
Subject: [SCREEN-L] 1950s Optimism
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> Dear Screen-listers,
>
> I am looking for Fifties film examples of heroes, heroines, or whole
> groups of people that go through many travails but come out better in
> the end. Examples that come from epics and musicals would be
> excellent.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Adam Fish
> UCLA
>
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