chapterplay

A film serial, formerly shown in instalments in theaters in conjunction with a feature film.

Noun

  1. A film serial, formerly shown in instalments in theaters in conjunction with a feature film.
    • Very likely the world’s first singing-cowboy science-fiction adventure, this 12-episode chapterplay, directed by Otto Brower and Breezy Easton, features Gene Autry in his first starring role — as “Gene Autry,” the...

Origin

From chapter + play.

Forms

chapterplays