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- Title
MOVIE STARS AND SERIALITY IN THE 1910S.
- Authors
Abel, Richard
- Abstract
The article examines the importance of the recurring figure of the hero or heroine to the success of seriality in mass culture during the 1910s. It looks at American dime novels, pulp fiction, and early film series and serials. The author argues that seriality in the movies differed from print fiction due to the appeal of personalities and famous actors for film audiences compared to characters in print.
- Subjects
FILM serials; HISTORY of the motion picture industry; PULP literature; MOTION picture actors &; actresses; AMERICAN dime novels; HEROES in literature; HEROES in motion pictures; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television, 2017, Issue 79, p81
- ISSN
0149-1830
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7560/VLT7907