The Indians Are Coming

The Indians Are Coming is a 1930 American PreCode Universal movie serial based on The Great West That Was by William Buffalo Bill Cody. The serial was the first alltalking complete sound rather than a silent movie with occasional sound sections film of its kind. It played at The Roxy Theatre and was responsible for saving the film serial format into the sound era.

The release of The Indians Are Coming was the first time a serial was given an uptown treatment. The serial played at The Roxy in New York City and had full runs across the country.According to Raymond Stedman, The Indians Are Coming earned a profit on near 1M. The success of the serial ended doommongering about the sound technology being the end of the serial format. In the words of William C. Cline,who? it is credited with reviving interest in what seemed to be a dying form of entertainment and proved that action could still be done with sound equipment. ........

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