Before the advent of television, cinema offered serialized films as a source of weekly entertainment. This book traces the history from the days of silent screen heroines to the sound era's daring adventure serials, unearthing a thriving film culture beyond the self-contained feature. Through extensive archival research, Ilka Brasch details the aesthetic appeals of film serials within their context of marketing and exhibition, looking at how they adapted the pleasures of a flourishing crime fiction culture to both serial visual culture and the affordances of the media-modernity of the early 20th century. The study furthermore traces the relationship of film serials to the broadcast models of radio and television and thereby shows how film serials introduced modes of storytelling that informed popular culture even beyond the serial's demise.
| ISBN: | 9781041179382 |
| Publication date: | 1st December 2025 |
| Author: | Ilka Brasch |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 314 pages |
| Series: | Film Culture in Transition |
| Genres: |
Films, cinema Media studies |
Before the advent of television, cinema offered serialized films as a source of weekly entertainment. This book traces the history from the days of silent screen heroines to the sound era's daring adventure serials, unearthing a thriving film culture beyond the self-contained feature. Through extensive archival research, Ilka Brasch details the aesthetic appeals of film serials within their context of marketing and exhibition, looking at how they adapted the pleasures of a flourishing crime fiction culture to both serial visual culture and the affordances of the media-modernity of the early 20th century. The study furthermore traces the relationship of film serials to the broadcast models of radio and television and thereby shows how film serials introduced modes of storytelling that informed popular culture even beyond the serial's demise.
Film Serials and the American Cinema, 1910-1940 features in the following genres: Films, cinema, Media studies
Film Serials and the American Cinema, 1910-1940 is available in Paperback, Hardback
Film Serials and the American Cinema, 1910-1940 was written by Ilka Brasch and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Film Serials and the American Cinema, 1910-1940 has 314 pages
Yes it is part of Film Culture in Transition series
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