LC control no. | gf2011026543 |
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Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
Genre/Form term | Romance films |
Variant(s) | Chick flicks Love films Hollywood romance films Romance movies Romance pictures (Motion pictures) Romance (Motion pictures) Romantic films Romantic movies |
See also | Motion pictures |
Scope note | Films that feature the development of love between the main characters. |
Found in | Film genre 2000, c2000: p. 227 (romance, that film in which development of love between the two main characters is the main story line; romance films often seem to be hybrids) p. 229 (referred to in popular reference sources as: Hollywood romance films, romance films) Wikipedia, April12, 2007 (Romance films; loosely defined as any film in which the central plot revolves around the romantic involvement of the story's protagonists. Another prerequisite is that the film has a happy ending although this second prerequisite is admittedly disputable; Chick flicks; weepy films) Google search, April 12, 2007 (results include: Romantic films; romantic movies) Moving image genre-form guide online, April 27, 2007: (romance: Fictional work focusing on an affectionate relationship between two people, whether in courtship or marriage, and set in modern or historical times; romances concentrate on the love story as the main conflict; used for: Love) |
Invalid LCCN | sh2007025261 |