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William C. Cline is an author who has written about film history.

He wrote that the episodic nature of cliffhangers make serials more lifelike than other forms of storytelling.[1] He wrote that the choreography in Spy Smasher set the standard for the remainder of the serial era.[2]

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Books

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  • In the Nick of Time: Motion Picture Sound Serials McFarland (1984, 1997 edition)[3]
  • Serials-ly Speaking; Essays on Cliffhangers (2000)[4]

References

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  1. ^ Diffrient, David Scott (June 23, 2014). Omnibus Films: Theorizing Transauthorial Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748695676 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Freese, Gene (September 11, 2017). Classic Movie Fight Scenes: 75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914-1989. McFarland. ISBN 9781476629353 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Cline, William C. (December 1, 1997). In the Nick of Time: Motion Picture Sound Serials. McFarland. ISBN 9780786404711 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Cline, William C. (1994). Serials-ly Speaking: Essays on Cliffhangers. McFarland. ISBN 9780899509099.