Following up from last week's screening of Fantomas, Barrie Pattison, Australia's leading film historian, delves deeper into the morass of episodic melodrama in the first part of a special two week look at the wonderful world of the movie serial. In this week's program, screening at 6:30pm sharp on Monday the 19th of January, Barrie will look at Pearl White, Fantomas' stalwart American counterpart of the early silent film era. Gasp as Pearl/Pauline suffers perils in the company of Craig Kennedy the scientific sleuth, as we study the peak achievements of the ambitious American silent serials, and follow what many see as a decline, when sound introduces strip cartoon adventures and khaki-clad heroines menaced by giant insects.
A fascinating compendium of episodes and excerpts from many classics of the form, including…
The Story of the Serials
USA/1959/Colour/26mins/16mm/NFVLS
Excerpts from famous silent serials - including The Perils of Pauline and even earlier productions - succeed in recapturing the atmosphere of those early thrillers. A study of the forgotten achievements of the American silent serial.
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