Format:
1 online resource (412 pages)
ISBN:
9781315855851
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9781317928928
,
9781317928935
Series Statement:
Routledge library editions. Cinema 9
Content:
chapter Contents -- Introduction by Bernard A. Drew.....................7 Motion Picture Series & Sequels.....................13 References........................................................366 Title Index........................................................ 371 Addenda........................................................... 407 -- chapter 1 might attribute this creative laziness to a generally moribund decade artistically; to a generation of viewers raised on television and accustomed to repeat, episodic entertainment (as Vincent Canby does in a recent essay in The New York Times ); to the demise of the studio system and the assumption of power by accountants and deal makers; to a relatively thriving economy and conservative political era; or whatever. Except that motion picture \ -- chapter estimates has inspired some 150 pictures) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (with more than 100 entries). What was the longest running film series with one actor in the same character role? Here's a hint: It was a Western. Buster Crabbe as Billy the Kid? No, only forty-two pictures. Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid? Nope, only sixty-five films. How about William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy? Again no, only sixty-six entries. The longest series is also one of the earliest series: Bronco Billy. Actor G.M. Anderson had a minor role in director Edwin S. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery (1903), widely considered to be the first true narrative film. Anderson directed a few pictures on his own, then formed a production partnership with George K. Spoor, called Essanay (standing for S and A). He set up shop in Colorado in 190 / and played his Bronco Billy cowboy role (and a few others) in one-reelers, turning out one a week — for 376 consecutive weeks. That’s a lot of popcorn and movie tickets! This reference guide lists some 906 English-language (or sub-titled or dubbed) motion pictures beginning in the silent picture era which had one or more sequels. The earliest-filmed entry in the book is Willie's First Smoke (Edison, 1899); the latest are announced sequels to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Major League (likely to appear in 1990-91). Given for each series is a brief plot description including book, play or other source; individual titles, studio distributor, year, director (d) and major performers (s). Alternate titles (aka) are given where known. Other works listed in the bibliography may be consulted for full casts or plot details and critical evaluations and historical perspectives. Remakes are not included unless the original source also had filmed sequels. For example, several versions of the same Sherlock Holmes and Dracula tales are listed as there were also sequels. Ruggles of Red Gap, thrice filmed, is not listed as all were based on a single book and did not deviate appreciably from the plot. For information on remakes see particularly Nowlan and Nowlan. -- chapter dilemma for the compiler. They are generally included here (with italicized headings) if there is any sense of continuity to the storylines or characterizations. The Three Stooges essentially played the same roles in each of their pictures, even if their character names or situations changed. Likewise Whip Wilson and Fuzzy Knight essayed virtually the same parts in each of their oat-operas. Variant films based on the same historical incidents or characters — such as Abraham Lincoln or Napoleon, the Civil War or baseball — are included only if a studio did make an attempt at a series based on those particular historical characters or situations. The text was prepared utilizing a Macintosh-based desktop publishing system. Because of timing requirements in order to facilitate compilation of the index, a number of entries (indicated by an A, B or C number suffix) were included (and indexed) at the last minute. These entries come at both ends of the spectrum: they are largely announcements of pending 1990 productions and listings of tum-of-the-century silent films. TTieir inclusion (plus another very-last-minute thirty in the Addenda) brings the total number of entries in the volume to 936 even though the proper numbering ends at 845. — Bernard A. Drew Great Barrington, Massachusetts 1 February 1990 -- chapter MOTION PICTURE SERIES & SEQUELS -- chapter 793 20,000 LEAGURES UNDER THE SEA -- chapter TITLE INDEX -- chapter ADDENDA (Not indexed).
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [366]-370) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415726658
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138976504
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415726658
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315855851
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