| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wharton, Theodore.
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Wharton, Leopold, 1870-1927.
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Wharton Studio (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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Wharton Studio (Ithaca, N.Y.) |
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Wharton, Leopold, 1870-1927. |
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Wharton, Theodore. |
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Motion pictures -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- History.
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Motion pictures. |
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New York (State) -- Ithaca. |
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History. |
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Silent films -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- History.
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Silent films. |
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Film serials -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- History.
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Film serials. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Wharton brothers and the magic of early cinema |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lupack, Barbara Tepa. Silent serial sensations. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501748189 (DLC) 2019031429 |
| ISBN |
9781501748202 (electronic book) |
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1501748203 (electronic book) |
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9781501748196 (electronic book) |
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150174819X |
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9781501748189 (paperback) |
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