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| | The Post-Studio Era: Moving Image Section--Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division |
 | | Movies that could be classified as women's pictures—such as Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974, FGC 8517-8522), Norma Rae (1979) [catalog record], Terms of Endearment (1983) [catalog record], Places in the Heart (1984) [catalog record], Sleepless in Seattle (1993) [catalog record], and The First Wives Club (1996) [catalog record]—are well represented in the division's holdings. |
 | | Harkening back to the days of silent serials, women appropriated the role of action heroes in many contemporary films, among them Alien (1979) [catalog record], The Terminator (1984) [catalog record], and Thelma and Louise (1991) [catalog record], but more often they appeared as appendages to male stars. |
 | | As recently as Pretty Woman (1990) [catalog record], Mighty Aphrodite (1995, DAA 3270), and Leaving Las Vegas (1995) [catalog record], the cliché of the “hooker with a heart of gold” has been a central characterization. |
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