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Silent serial sensations : the Wharton brothers and the magic of early cinema
- Title
- Silent serial sensations : the Wharton brothers and the magic of early cinema / Barbara Tepa Lupack.
- Author
- Lupack, Barbara Tepa
- Publication
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 384 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Filmmakers Ted and Leo Wharton, whose serials became popular in the 1910s, established a model for incremental storytelling and holdover suspense still employed by filmmakers and television producers more than a century later"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-368) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : the sensation of the serial -- Seeking "old opportunity" -- Taking a parallel path -- Bringing Essanay's "Special Eastern" to Ithaca -- Taming and reframing Buffalo Bill -- Going independent -- Exploiting Elaine -- Extending Elaine -- Establishing roots in Renwick Park -- Unraveling Myra's mysteries -- Asking Beatrice -- Preparing for war -- Moving into feature filmmaking -- Staring into The eagle's eye -- Leaving Ithaca -- Heading west.
- Call Number
- MFL 21-3812
- ISBN
- 9781501748189
- 1501748181
- LCCN
- 2019031429
- OCLC
- 1104071941
- Author
- Lupack, Barbara Tepa, author.
- Title
- Silent serial sensations : the Wharton brothers and the magic of early cinema / Barbara Tepa Lupack.
- Publisher
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-368) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Lupack, Barbara Tepa. Silent serial sensations Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020. 9781501748202 (DLC) 2019031430
- Research Call Number
- MFL 21-3812