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Control # 1 2019031429
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20200930143628.0
Fixed Data 8 190722s2020 nyuab b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2019031429
ISBN 20    $a9781501748189$q(softcover)
ISBN 20    $z9781501748202$q(adobe pdf)
ISBN 20    $z9781501748196$q(epub)
Obsolete 39    $a324936$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aNIC/DLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
Geog. Area 43    $an-us-ny
LC Call 50 00 $aPN1993.5.U772$bL87 2020
Dewey Class 82 00 $a791.43/75$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aLupack, Barbara Tepa,$eauthor.
Title 245 10 $aSilent serial sensations :$bthe Wharton brothers and the magic of early cinema /$cBarbara Tepa Lupack.
Tag 264 264  1 $aIthaca :$bCornell University Press,$c2020.
Phys Descrpt 300    $axv, 384 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c23 cm
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 363-368) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aIntroduction : 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 the exploits -- 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.
Abstract 520    $a"Filmmakers Ted and Leo Wharton, whose serials became popular in the 1910s, established a model for incremental storytelling and holdover suspense still employed by filmmakers and television producers more than a century later."--$cProvided by publisher.
Subj:Pers 600 10 $aWharton, Theodore.
Subj:Pers 600 10 $aWharton, Leopold,$d1870-1927.
Subj:Corp 610 20 $aWharton Studio (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aMotion pictures$zNew York (State)$zIthaca$xHistory.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aSilent films$zNew York (State)$zIthaca$xHistory.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aFilm serials$zNew York (State)$zIthaca$xHistory.