Silent Serial Sensations : : The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema / / Barbara Tepa Lupack.
The first book-length study of pioneering and prolific filmmakers Ted and Leo Wharton, Silent Serial Sensations offers a fascinating account of the dynamic early film industry. As Barbara Tepa Lupack demonstrates, the Wharton brothers were behind some of the most profitable and influential productio...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Art and Architecture eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (408 p.) :; 59 b&w halftones, 1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Spelling
- Introduction: The Sensation of the Serial
- 1. Seeking “Old Opportunity”
- 2. Taking a Parallel Path
- 3. Bringing Essanay’s “Special Eastern” to Ithaca
- 4. Taming and Reframing Buffalo Bill
- 5. Going Independent
- 6. Exploiting Elaine
- 7. Extending Elaine
- 8. Establishing Roots in Renwick Park
- 9. Unraveling Myra ’s Mysteries
- 10. Asking Beatrice
- 11. Preparing for War
- 12. Moving into Feature Filmmaking
- 13. Staring into The Eagle’s Eye
- 14. Leaving Ithaca
- 15. Heading West
- Appendix 1: Script, The Mysteries of Myra, “The Dagger of Dreams” (Episode One)
- Appendix 2: Script, Beatrice Fairfax, “The Opal Ring” (Suppressed Episode)
- Appendix 3: Script, The Eagle’s Eye, “The Hidden Death” (Episode One)
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index