Serial Film Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1912-1956

By Buck Rainey

Book Overview

Pearl White, William Duncan, William Desmond, Ben Wilson, Walter Miller, Francis Ford, Charles Hutchinson, Jack Dougherty, and Eddie Polo are just a few of the stars to start up a whirlwind of enthusiasm among serial devotees. They offered a thrill-a-minute world of ridiculous plots, weird disguises, hair-raising escapes, hidden treasures, diabolic scientific devices, wild animals, depraved men, runaway trains, and an endless procession of knock-down, drag-out fights. Who could resist?

This reference work highlights 446 serial performers who thrilled generations. Each entry includes the performer's birth and death dates, serial credits, major films and details of life before and after the movies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786475293
• ISBN13: 9780786475292
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 863 Pages
• Weight: 3.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher