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Meanings of movie serial in English

Russian
киносериал
Portuguese
seriado
Spanish
película serial

Short subject film originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film.

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киносериал
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Examples for "serial film"
Examples for "serial film"
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His energy and sheer professionalism were unquestioned and apart from his many plays he also turned out TV serials , film scripts and novels.
The Irish Times
1
But he was always inspired by cheap, dopey film serials from the 1940s and earlier.
The Guardian
Usage of movie serial in English
1
It got to the point, says Gioia, that every movie serial killer by the mid-90s was listening to it.
Radio NZ
2
In the early twenties he was the pugilistic hero of a movie serial called "The Leather Pushers".
The new yorker
3
If she pictured Echo, Idaho, as being a replica of the "set" used in the movie serial, can you wonder?
The Quirt
4
Movie serials were made on the cheap.
Wired
5
The Pearl White movie serials "The Perils of Paulene" and others apparently acted as a tonic.
The new yorker
6
It would have felt like one of the old Saturday movie serials from the era before me, one which always ended in a fake cliff-hanger.
Carrion comfort
Translations for movie serial
Portuguese
seriado