In the Nick of Time

Motion Picture Sound Serials

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by William C. Cline

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > B-movies

Keywords

serials, 1930s, 1940s, B-movies

Publishing date

1997

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Collection

McFarland Classics

1st publishing

1984

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 293 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-7864-0471-X
978-0-7864-0471-1

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Book Presentation:
By the famous Big Reel columnist: the story of serials from Universal’s 1930 The Indians Are Coming to Columbia’s 1956 Blazing the Overland Trail. Fifteen fascinating chapters explain the importance of “cliffhangers” to the industry as audience builders and “product leaders.” The serials provided training for actors and served as a “technical university” for people who later made the television industry work.

An appendix lists in order of release all of the sound serials from 1930 through 1956, showing titles, releasing companies, chapter titles, directors and several cast members. Superb photographs.

About the Author:
The late William C. Cline was a widely known movie serials specialist who wrote a popular column for Big Reel. He lived in Concord, North Carolina.

Press Reviews:
"Not only gives the background, but also imparts the excitement of the chapterplay…lists them all"—Classic Images
"Entertaining"—Big Reel
"Deeply enthusiastic"—Film Quarterly
"Cline certainly knows his subject"—Movie Collector’s World
"The definitive record of the sound serials"—The Western Film
"Interesting and nostalgic…a mass of detail…such information can make a summer afternoon"—Choice
"[A] must"—Nostalgia Westerns.

See the publisher website: McFarland & Co