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The adventure film is a Film Genre which has been a popular one in the history of Cinema . Although the genre is not clearly defined, adventure films are usually set in the past or sometimes in a fantasy world, and often involve , Zorro , Pirates or the novels of Alexandre Dumas . The Genre probably reached the peak of its popularity in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s , when films like '' Captain Blood '', '' The Adventures Of Robin Hood '' and '' The Mark Of Zorro '' were regularly being made and a number of the biggest stars, notably Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power , become closely associated with it. At the same time, lower down the scale, Saturday morning Serials were often using many of the same thematic elements as adventure films. The genre has undergone periodic revivals since the '' (1991), and some less so, as with '' Swashbuckler '' (1976). In the 1980s the success of Steven Spielberg 's Saturday Morning serial-style adventure '' Raiders Of The Lost Ark '' spawned a host of imitators, most of which were unsuccessful. There is often a degree of overlap between the adventure film and other genres. For example, '''' ( 1977 ) contains many adventure film as well as Science Fiction elements, while '' The Mummy '' ( 1999 ) combines the adventure and Horror genres. Popular adventure film concepts include:
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