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by William C. Cline

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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 serials from 1930 through 1956, showing titles, releasing companies, chapter titles, directors and several cast members. Superb photographs.

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Having had its beginning in 1912 with the Edison Company's release of a series of films titled What Happened to Mary? (which was just that - a series rather than a serial - but with a continuing main character and general story line), the serial as a form of motion picture entertainment began to take shape as it would eventually be during the period from 1913 to 1915.

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  • Title In the Nick of Time: Motion Picture Sound Serials
  • Author William C. Cline
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition; F
  • Pages 293
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company, Jefferson, NC
  • Publication date 1997-12-15
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780786404711 / 078640471X
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.99 x 5.91 x 0.74 in (22.83 x 15.01 x 1.88 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 83022231
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.437

About the author

The late William C. Cline was a widely known movie serials specialist who wrote a popular column for Big Reel. He lived in Concord, North Carolina.
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