A musical genre called "Huángméidiào" (黃梅調) was derived from Chinese opera; the Shaws' record-breaking hit "The Love Eterne" (1963) remains the classic of the genre. Historical costume epics often overlapped with the "Huángméidiào", such as in "The Kingdom and the Beauty" (1959). (Both of the above examples were directed by Shaw's star director, Li Han Hsiang). Romantic melodramas such as "Red Bloom in the Snow" (1956), "Love Without End" (1961), "The Blue and the Black" (1964) and adaptations of novels by Chiung Yao were popular. So were Hollywood-style musicals, which were a particular speciality of MP&GI/Cathay in entries such as "Mambo Girl" (1957) and "The Wild, Wild Rose" (1960).