Distributing Silent Film Serials: Local Practices, Changing Forms, Cultural Transformation

Tracing the international consumption, distribution, and cultural importance of silent film serials in the 1910s and 1920s, Canjels provides an exciting new understanding of the cultural dimension and the cultural transformation and circulation of media forms. Specifically, he demonstrates that the serial film form goes far beyond the well-known American two-reel serial—the cliffhanger.

Throughout the book, Canjels focuses on the biggest producers of serials, America, France, and Germany, w...