Science Fiction Serials: A Critical Filmography of the 31 Hard SF Cliffhangers; With an Appendix of the 37 Serials with Slight SF Content

by Roy Kinnard

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786437456
• ISBN13: 9780786437450
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher