Higgins, Scott, 1968-

Matinee melodrama playing with formula in the sound serial / [electronic resource] : Scott Higgins. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Serials, melodrama, and play: why study serials? -- Storytelling on a schedule: narrative form in the sound serial -- The serial world -- Cliffhanging -- narrative and the art of formula -- Film style and the art of formula -- Cliffhanger legacies -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Some sources for sound serials.

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Motion picture plays, American--History and criticism.
Film serials--History and criticism.--United States


Electronic books.

PN1995.9.S3 / H54 2016

791.43/616