| LC control no. | sh 85088076 |
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| Topical heading | Film serials |
| Variant(s) | Chapterplay films Cliffhanger films Episode films Motion picture serials Moving-picture serials Serials, Film |
| See also | Motion pictures |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on films that were shown in weekly installments and usually featured cliffhanger endings. Works about successive films that feature the same characters and remain true to a common premise are entered under Film series. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Film series |
| Found in | Films by genre, 1993 (serial (chapterplay, cliffhanger, episode film): Serials are action-adventure pictures or melodramas made strictly for their entertainment value with scarce dialogue and plenty of action. They were ideally suited for children and the Saturday matineĢe at the local movie house. They were meant to be shown in weekly installments or chapters) |
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