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 | | The first type considered is the »virgin«, linked with Mary Pickford, Lillian and Dorothy Gish, developing towards Shirley Temple and Doris Day, but also progressing in the direction of the unselfish and »pure« heroines of socialist cinema, which perpetuated this type, in their specific manner. |
 | | Following is the analysis of the »femme fatale« type, its line of development starting from the seductress from theatre melodramas of the 19th century literature, through Asta Nielsen and Theda Bare, to some of the roles played by Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner and Veronica Lake. |
 | | In the analysis of the »independent woman« type, the author again stresses the generic conditioning of different types: while »vamp«, or the »fatal woman«, lives exclusively in melodramas, »independent woman« destabilizes the border between melodrama and sophisticated comedy, and from 1940s becomes a prominent type in thrillers. |
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