| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| 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 Elaine -- 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 |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
Whartons, Serials, Silents, Ithaca, Buffalo Bills, Eugenics, Wallingford, Myra |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2020) |
| Subject |
Wharton, Theodore.
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Wharton, Leopold, 1870-1927.
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| SUBJECT |
Wharton, Leopold, 1870-1927
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Wharton, Theodore
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| Subject |
Wharton Studio (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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| SUBJECT |
Wharton Studio (Ithaca, N.Y.) fast |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- History
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Silent films -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- History
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Film serials -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- History
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Film serials
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Motion pictures
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Silent films
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New York (State) -- Ithaca
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019031430 |
| ISBN |
9781501748202 |
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1501748203 |
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9781501748196 |
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150174819X |
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