Silent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema

The first book-length study of pioneering and prolific filmmakers Ted and Leo Wharton, Silent Serial Sensations offers...
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Author: Barbara Tepa Lupack
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Silent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema by Lupack, Barbara Tepa

Silent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema

BD$34.39

Silent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema

BD$34.39
Author: Barbara Tepa Lupack
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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 productions of the era, including The Exploits of Elaine and The Mysteries of Myra, which starred such popular performers as Pearl White, Irene Castle, Francis X. Bushman, and Lionel Barrymore. Working from the independent film studio they established in Ithaca, New York, Ted and Leo turned their adopted town into "Hollywood on Cayuga." By interweaving contemporary events and incorporating technological and scientific innovations, the Whartons expanded the possibilities of the popular serial motion picture and defined many of its conventions. A number of the sensational techniques and character types they introduced are still being employed by directors and producers a century later.



Author: Barbara Tepa Lupack
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 04/15/2020
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781501748189
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2020

About the Author

New York State Public Scholar (2015-2018) and Senior Fellow at the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies (2014 & 2018), Barbara Tepa Lupack is former Professor of English at St. John's University and Wayne State College and academic dean at SUNY. She has written extensively on American film, literature, and culture. Her most recent books on silent film include Early Race Filmmaking in America and the award-winning Richard E. Norman and Race Filmmaking.


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