| Description |
1 online resource (284 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Film Seriality and Its Serial Uses: Transition and Beyond; Introduction to Part I; 1 Seriality Unbound; 2 Monopolizing Episodic Adventures; Part II: Localizing Serials, Translating Spectacle and Daily Life; Introduction to Part II; 3 American Mysteries in France; 4 German Spectacle From Within; 5 Adjusting Seriality in the Netherlands; Part III: Confronting Seriality in Europe and America; Introduction to Part III; 6 Consuming New World Views: American Serials in Germany |
| Summary |
Tracing the international consumption, distribution, and cultural importance of silent film serials in the 1910s and 1920s, Canjels provides an exciting new understanding of the cultural dimension and the cultural transformation and circulation of media forms. Specifically, he demonstrates that the serial film form goes far beyond the well-known American two-reel serial--the cliffhanger. Throughout the book, Canjels focuses on the biggest producers of serials, America, France, and Germany, while imported serials, such as those in the Netherlands, are also examined. This research offers new |
| Notes |
Based on print version record |
| Subject |
Film serials -- Europe -- History and criticism
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Film serials -- United States -- History and criticism
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Silent films -- Europe -- History and criticism
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Silent films -- United States -- History and criticism
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Motion pictures -- Distribution.
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Film serials
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Motion pictures -- Distribution
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Silent films
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Europe
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203832585 |
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0203832582 |
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