Featurette

Featurette is a term used in the American film industry to designate a film of approximately 3-4 reels length, or about 20-44 minutes in running time - thus midway between a short subject and a feature film. The term was commonly used from before the start of the sound era into the 1960s, when such-lenghted films stopped being made or were made as experimental or art films and subsumed under the more general rubric of short. Its use outside the USA is unknown, although it was as commonly applied to foreign imports as domestic productions within that country.

Related Topics:
Short subject - Feature film - Short

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