Golden Age of Hollywood serials
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The Golden Age of Hollywood serials was a period, primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, when studios produced popular low-budget, chapter-based adventure films that were shown in weekly installments before feature presentations.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
era of American cinema
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historical film period ⓘ |
| aim |
to build audience loyalty
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to provide inexpensive mass entertainment ⓘ |
| businessModel | repeat weekly attendance ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| declineCause |
changes in theatrical programming
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rise of television ⓘ |
| distributionMethod | theatrical distribution ⓘ |
| endTime | 1940s ⓘ |
| exhibitionContext | shown before feature films ⓘ |
| exhibitionFrequency | weekly installments ⓘ |
| feature |
formulaic plots
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low-cost sets and effects ⓘ opening chapter exposition ⓘ recap sequences ⓘ recurring heroes and villains ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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crime ⓘ science fiction ⓘ superhero ⓘ western ⓘ |
| hasPart |
adventure film serials
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chapter-based films ⓘ weekly film installments ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Depression era
NERFINISHED
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World War II era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
Hollywood
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surface form:
Hollywood film industry
|
| influenced |
comic book adaptations in cinema
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later film franchises ⓘ television episodic storytelling ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | cliffhanger endings ⓘ |
| notableStudio |
Columbia Pictures
NERFINISHED
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Mascot Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAudience |
children
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teenagers ⓘ |
| productionBudgetLevel | low-budget ⓘ |
| relatedForm |
B-movies
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Saturday matinee programs ⓘ |
| startTime | 1930s ⓘ |
| typicalChapterCount | 12 to 15 chapters GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalFormat | multi-chapter theatrical serials ⓘ |
| typicalRuntimePerChapter | about 15 to 20 minutes GENERATED ⓘ |
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