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Silent serial sensations : the Wharton brothers and the magic of early cinema /
"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"--
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.