WEEK IIntroductionLecture 1: An Overview on Marriage and the Movies (12:23)Lecture 2: Hollywood and Marriage (18:04)Lecture 3: The Silent Era (20:09)Lecture 4: The Silent Era, continued (16:04)Film 1: WILD ORCHIDS (Franklin, 1929) (Warner Archive/Amazon)

Lecture 5: Defining the Marriage Movie (19:49)Film 2: MADE FOR EACH OTHER (Cromwell, 1939) (Amazon)

WEEK 2Lecture 6: The "I Do" and "I Don't" versions (21:15)Film 3: THE MARRYING KIND (Cukor, 1952) (Amazon)Lecture 7: Variations and Vignettes (19:17)

Lecture 8: The Couple (15:42)Lecture 9: The Couple, continued (11:27)Film 4: ADAM'S RIB (Cukor, 1949) (Amazon)

WEEK 3Lecture 10: The Seven Recurring Problems (11:49)Lecture 11: Money and Infidelity (15:13)Film 5: BRIEF ENCOUNTER (Lean, 1945) (Amazon)Lecture 12: The Infidelity Story Over Time (8:43)

Lecture 13: In-laws/Kids, Class, and Incompatibility (20:12)Lecture 14: Incompatibility continued (12:39)Film 6: VIVACIOUS LADY (Stevens, 1938) (Warner Archive/Amazon)

WEEK 4Lecture 15:Addiction and Murder (18:41)Film 7: SUSPICION (Hitchcock, 1941) (Amazon)

Lecture 16: The Situation (11:45)Lecture 17: WWII Marriage Movies (19:43)Film 8: SINCE YOU WENT AWAY (Cromwell, 1944) (Amazon)

WEEK 5Lecture 18: Post-WWII, TV (9:57)Lecture 19: Postwar, continued (12:19)Lecture 20: The Modern Era (12:40)Film 9: HEARTBURN (Nichols, 1986) (Amazon)

Lecture 21: "Nuclear" Marriages, Social Change (15:59)Film 10: THE WAR OF THE ROSES (DeVito, 1989) (Amazon)Lecture 22: The New Millennium (15:10)Lecture 23: Conclusions (6:17)

Assignments:Multiple-choice quizzes during/after each lecture (ungraded)Longer cumulative multiple-choice quiz at the end (graded)Online discussion opportunities