(Read free ebook) In the Nick of Time: Motion Picture Sound Serials (McFarland Classics)
• William C. Cline •
| #1878428 in Books | McFarland | 1997-12-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.99 x.74 x5.91l,1.00 | File Name: 078640471X | 293 pages |
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Detailed and Dry|By Randy B.|Cline makes it clear that he has a fond nostalgia for the cliffhanger serial chapters he saw at the "kiddie matinees" when he was young. He starts enthusiastically by describing his excitement and sense of wonder when he saw his first serials.
But then he attempts to capsulize the entire history of serials, and gets bogged down with lis||Not only gives the background, but also imparts the excitement of the chapterplay...lists them all --Classic Images
Entertaining --Big Reel
Interesting and nostalgic...a mass of detail...such information can make a summer afternoon" --
By the famous Big Reel columnist: the story of serials from Universal's 1930 The Indians Are Coming to Columbia's 1956 Blazing the Overland Trail. Fifteen fascinating chapters explain the importance of "cliffhangers" to the industry as audience builders and "product leaders." The serials provided training for actors and served as a "technical university" for people who later made the television industry work.
An appendix lists in order of release all of the sound se...
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