Interesting Article About 'Sunrise'
...and I'm not just saying that because I wrote it.
http://bobtaylorrocks.blogspot.com/2010/12/sunrise-song-of-two-humans.html
Speaking of Douglas Sirk and melodrama, have you read this interview with Sirk in the Bright Lights Film Journal?
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/48/sirkinterview.php
"The night was sultry."