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Silent serial sensations : the Wharton brothers and the magic of early cinema / Barbara Tepa Lupack.
LIBRA PN1993.5.U772 L87 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lupack, Barbara Tepa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wharton, Theodore.
- Wharton, Leopold, 1870-1927.
- Wharton, Leopold.
- Wharton Studio (Ithaca, N.Y.).
- Motion pictures--New York (State)--Ithaca--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Silent films--New York (State)--Ithaca--History.
- Silent films.
- Film serials--New York (State)--Ithaca--History.
- Film serials.
- History.
- New York (State)--Ithaca.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 384 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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 the exploits
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-368) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lupack, Barbara Tepa. Silent serial sensations
- ISBN:
- 9781501748189
- 1501748181
- OCLC:
- 1104071941
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