About this title: "Destination Moon; George Pal's 1950 Technicolor" epic, is generally cited as the first noteworthy science fiction film. Usually ignored or casually dismissed in genre histories are the serials, the low-budget chapterplays exhibited as Saturday matinee fare and targeted almost exclusively at children. Lacking stars and top-notch writers or directors, the serials went largely unnoticed and unacknowledged by either critics or by the film industry. Yet, serials were financially important to the Hollywood studios, and were often free to exploit risky or outlandish subjects that producers of ...
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Your search:Books»Science Fiction Serials: A Critical Filmography of the 31 Hard SF Cliffhangers: With an Appendix of the 37 Serials with Slight SF Content(13 available copies)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780786405459ISBN:0786405457
Description: Fine. No Jacket. Like new copy. Not a former library book. No dust jacket as issued by the publisher. Some real classics in this one. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McFarland and Co. Inc., Jefferson, N.C.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780786405459ISBN:0786405457
Description: Fine. No Jacket. This book has a dark blue hard cover with white lettering on the front and spine. Very clean, bright, unmarked, tight copy. This book is a catalogue of the science-fiction serial films of the early 20th century, illustrated throughout wtih black-and-white photos. 217 pages; approx. 6"x8". read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc Pub, Jefferson, North Carolina, U.S. A
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780786405459ISBN:0786405457
Description: Cloth, 217 pps. with index, bibliography, appendix of 37 serials with incidental science fiction elements. Illustrated with photos. A tight copy, some yellow highlighting in a few places in the text. Perfectly acceptable working copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: MCFARLAND & CO INC
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780786437450ISBN:0786437456
Description: New. Destination Moon; George Pals 1950 Technicolor epic, is generally cited as the first noteworthy science fiction film. Usually ignored or casually dismissed in genre histories are the serials, the low-budget chapterplays exhibited as Saturday matinee... read more
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