Melodrama is a dramatic style that exaggerates plot and characters to appeal strongly to emotions. It often uses stereotyped characters and music or songs to accompany the dramatic action. Melodrama has been used in theater, films, television, and radio from the 18th century to present day.

1. Melodrama
Victorian Melodrama

2. Melodrama
A melodrama is a dramatic work that
exaggerates plot and characters in
order to appeal to the emotions, often
with strongly stereotyped characters

3. Melodrama
Language, behaviour, or events which
resemble melodramas are also called
melodramatic. In scholarly and
historical musical contexts
melodramas are dramas of the 18th
and 19th centuries in which orchestral
music or song was used to
accompany the action.

4. Melodrama
Melodrama is a style of drama that has
been applied on the stage, in movies
and television, and radio formats, from
the 18th century to the present.
Because of the long timeframe in
which the style has existed.

5. Melodrama
Poster for The
Perils of Pauline
(1914) a classic
melodramatic
film series
Directed by
Louis J.
Gasnier
Donald
MacKenzie
Written by
Charles W.
Goddard
George B.
Seitz
Cinematogra
phy
Arthur C.
Miller
Distributed by
General Film
Company &
Eclectic Film
Company
Release
dates
•March 31, 1
914 (1914-
03-31)
Running time
20 chapters
(total of 410
minutes)
Country United States
Language Silent