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1) What was the first movie to have an opening crawl, and 2) what was the first movie serial to summarize events in previous episodes with an opening crawl, the practice which is continued in the movies?

My answer in this question:

https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/220675/besides-the-famous-opening-crawl-what-elements-of-star-wars-were-drawn-from-buc/220679#2206791

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So the available evidence is that the opening crawl was used for opening credits at least as early as The Plainsman (1936), and was used in a movie serial to summarize previous episodes at least as early as the Buck Rogers (1939) serial. Thus it is uncertain whether Buck Rogers (1939) was the first movie serial to use an opening crawl to summarize previous episodes.

And I was wondering whether anyone knows the history of opening crawls and can identify the first movie serial to use one to summarize previous episodes.

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1) What was the first movie to have an opening crawl, and 2) what was the first movie serial to summarize events in previous episodes with an opening crawl, the practice which is continued in the movies?

My answer in this question:

https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/220675/besides-the-famous-opening-crawl-what-elements-of-star-wars-were-drawn-from-buc/220679#2206791

Includes this paragraph:

So the available evidence is that the opening crawl was used for opening credits at least as early as The Plainsman (1936), and was used in a movie serial to summarize previous episodes at least as early as the Buck Rogers (1939) serial. Thus it is uncertain whether Buck Rogers (1939) was the first movie serial to use an opening crawl to summarize previous episodes.

And I was wondering whether anyone knows the history of opening crawls and can identify the first movie serial to use one to summarize previous episodes.

film-techniques cinema-history

share|improve this question

asked 9 hours ago

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1) What was the first movie to have an opening crawl, and 2) what was the first movie serial to summarize events in previous episodes with an opening crawl, the practice which is continued in the movies?

My answer in this question:

https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/220675/besides-the-famous-opening-crawl-what-elements-of-star-wars-were-drawn-from-buc/220679#2206791

Includes this paragraph:

So the available evidence is that the opening crawl was used for opening credits at least as early as The Plainsman (1936), and was used in a movie serial to summarize previous episodes at least as early as the Buck Rogers (1939) serial. Thus it is uncertain whether Buck Rogers (1939) was the first movie serial to use an opening crawl to summarize previous episodes.

And I was wondering whether anyone knows the history of opening crawls and can identify the first movie serial to use one to summarize previous episodes.

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Movie serials had been recapping their earlier stories with crawls at least since the 1920s. (Serials in the 1910s were usually series with recurring characters but not cliff-hanger endings.)

Here's an example of The Woman in Grey (1920) that has the text crawl up the screen to recap the previous episode. It does not recede into the distance like the Star Wars and Buck Rogers text does. You can see the opening credits and the crawl on YouTube at The Woman in Grey, chapter 7.

Here's a great article on the crawl with examples that may have inspired George Lucas.

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Movie serials had been recapping their earlier stories with crawls at least since the 1920s. (Serials in the 1910s were usually series with recurring characters but not cliff-hanger endings.)

Here's an example of The Woman in Grey (1920) that has the text crawl up the screen to recap the previous episode. It does not recede into the distance like the Star Wars and Buck Rogers text does. You can see the opening credits and the crawl on YouTube at The Woman in Grey, chapter 7.

Here's a great article on the crawl with examples that may have inspired George Lucas.

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Movie serials had been recapping their earlier stories with crawls at least since the 1920s. (Serials in the 1910s were usually series with recurring characters but not cliff-hanger endings.)

Here's an example of The Woman in Grey (1920) that has the text crawl up the screen to recap the previous episode. It does not recede into the distance like the Star Wars and Buck Rogers text does. You can see the opening credits and the crawl on YouTube at The Woman in Grey, chapter 7.

Here's a great article on the crawl with examples that may have inspired George Lucas.

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Bruce CalvertBruce Calvert

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Movie serials had been recapping their earlier stories with crawls at least since the 1920s. (Serials in the 1910s were usually series with recurring characters but not cliff-hanger endings.)

Here's an example of The Woman in Grey (1920) that has the text crawl up the screen to recap the previous episode. It does not recede into the distance like the Star Wars and Buck Rogers text does. You can see the opening credits and the crawl on YouTube at The Woman in Grey, chapter 7.

Here's a great article on the crawl with examples that may have inspired George Lucas.

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answered 7 hours ago

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answered 7 hours ago

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answered 7 hours ago

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answered 7 hours ago

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