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