Motion picture series and sequels: a reference guide

by Drew, Bernard A., (Bernard Alger)

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Title Statements

Full title :Motion picture series and sequels : a reference guide / Bernard A. Drew.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

Notes

"First published in 1990"--Title page verso.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (412 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315855851, 1315855852, 9781317928942, 1317928946, 9781317928928, 131792892X, 9781317928935, 1317928938, 9780415726658, 0415726654, 9781138976504, 1138976504
DOI:10.4324/9781315855851
oclc:on1059006226
LC Classification:PN1995.9.S29
Dewey Decimal:791.4375

Chapter Contents -- Introduction by Bernard A. Drew.....................7 Motion Picture Series & Sequels.....................13 References........................................................366 Title Index........................................................ 371 Addenda........................................................... 407 -- chapter 1 might attribute this creative laziness to a generally moribund decade artistically; to a generation of viewers raised on television and accustomed to repeat, episodic entertainment (as Vincent Canby does in a recent essay in The New York Times ); to the demise of the studio system and the assumption of power by accountants and deal makers; to a relatively thriving economy and conservative political era; or whatever. Except that motion picture \ -- chapter estimates has inspired some 150 pictures) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (with more than 100 entries). What was the longest running film series with one actor in the same character role? Here's a hint: It was a Western. Buster Crabbe as Billy the Kid? No, only forty-two pictures. Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid? Nope, only sixty-five films. How about William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy…