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Exporting Perilous Pauline: Pearl White and Serial Film Craze
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By Marina Dahlquist (Editor), WeiHong Bao (Contribution by), Rudmer Canjels (Contribution by), Marina Dahlquist (Contribution by), Monica Dall'asta (Contribution by), Kevin B. Johnson (Contribution by), Christina Petersen (Contribution by), Rosie Thomas (Contribution by)
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Exceptionally popular during their time, the spectacular American action film serials of the 1910s featured exciting stunts, film tricks, and effects set against the background of modern technology, often starring resourceful female heroines who displayed traditionally male qualities such as endurance, strength, and authority. The most renowned of these "serial queens" was Pearl White, whose career as the adventurous character Pauline developed during a transitional phase in the medium's ev...