Serial film stars
Subtitle: a biographical dictionary, 1912-1956
By: Buck Rainey.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 851
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries; Motion picture serials -- United States
Genres: Biography; Dictionaries.
Description: "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, details of life before and after the movies, their serial credits and their major films."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 809-825) and index.