LEADER 03047nam 2200469 450 001 9910797425203321 005 20230124193239.0 010 $a1-4766-0413-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000462435 035 $a(EBL)2146896 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2146896 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000462435 100 $a20150910h19981998 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aScience fiction serials $ea critical filmography of the 31 hard SF cliffhangers : with an appendix of the 37 serials with slight SF content /$fby Roy Kinnard 210 1$aJefferson, North Carolina ;$aLondon, [England] :$cMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$d1998. 210 4$dİ1998 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7864-3745-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; The Vanishing Shadow (1934); The Lost City (1935); The Phantom Empire (1935); Flash Gordon (1936); Undersea Kingdom (1936); Dick Tracy (1937); Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938); The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938); Buck Rogers (1939); The Phantom Creeps (1939); Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940); Mysterious Dr. Satan (1940); Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941); Batman (1943); Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945); The Monster and the Ape (1945); The Purple Monster Strikes (1945); The Crimson Ghost (1946); Brick Bradford (1947); Superman (1948) 327 $aBatman and Robin (1949)King of the Rocket Men (1949); The Invisible Monster (1950); Atom Man vs. Superman (1950); Flying Disc Man from Mars (1951); Mysterious Island (1951); Captain Video (1951); Radar Men from the Moon (1952); Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952); The Lost Planet (1953); Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955); Appendix: 37 Serials with Incidental Science Fiction Elements; Bibliography; Index 330 $aDestination Moon; George Pal's 1950 Technicolor epic, is generally cited as the first noteworthy science fiction film. Usually ignored or casually dismissed in genre histories are the serials, the low-budget chapterplays exhibited as Saturday matinee fare and targeted almost exclusively at children. Lacking stars and top-notch writers or directors, the serials went largely unnoticed and unacknowledged by either critics or by the film industry. Yet serials were financially important to the Hollywood studios, and were often free to exploit risky or outlandish subjects that producers of ""disting 606 $aScience fiction films$vCatalogs 606 $aFilm serials$vCatalogs 615 0$aScience fiction films 615 0$aFilm serials 676 $a016.79143/615 676 $a791.43615 700 $aKinnard$b Roy$f1952-$01546818 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797425203321 996 $aScience fiction serials$93802667 997 $aUNINA