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The American action film serials of the 1910s featured exciting stunts, film tricks, and effects set against the background of modern technology, often starring resourceful female heroines who displayed traditionally male qualities such as endurance, strength, and authority. The most renowned of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dahlquist, Marina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
White, Pearl, > 1889-1938.
White, Pearl, > 1889-1938 > Criticism and interpretation.
Motion pictures, American.
Film serials.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
ART > Film & Video.
Cinema americain > Europe > Histoire.
Films à episodes > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Motion pictures, American > Europe > History.
Film serials > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
Europe.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The American action film serials of the 1910s featured exciting stunts, film tricks, and effects set against the background of modern technology, often starring resourceful female heroines who displayed traditionally male qualities such as endurance, strength, and authority. The most renowned of these "serial queens" was Pearl White, whose career as the adventurous character Pauline developed during a transitional phase in the medium. This collection of essays explores the serial genre and its narrative patterns, marketing, and cultural reception, and historiographic importance.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780252094941

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