Hollywood cycles

In the classic era of the cinema of the United States (1930 – 1945) genres matured. Short time periods with a large amount of films consisting of a specific genre are known as "cycles". While most would recognize many of the genres as Westerns, gangsters, musicals, etc., often the cycles were significantly more specific. Instead of "romantic comedy", a cycle might be described as the "Boy-meets-girl-boy-loses-girl-boy-gets-girl" cycle.

See also

• Film theory
• Film genre
• Formula fiction In literary works, generic storylines are referred to as formula fiction.

Further reading

• American Film Cycles: Reframing Genres, Screening Social Problems and Defining Subcultures
• Cycles, Sequels, Spin-offs, Remakes, and Reboots,
• "Film Cycles, Industry and Audience: Hammer Films' 'Monster' Cycle and American International Pictures Poe Adaptations",
• "Reel Revolutionaries: An Examination of Hollywood's Cycle of 1960s Youth Rebellion Films"
• Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema