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Sound  Serials,  1936-39
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"Custer's Last Stand" 12-chapter serial [Stage & Screen Prodns Jan 1936] Indians attack a party of white men and one of the survivors captures an Indian medicine arrow; one of the Indians tells outlaw Blade that he found gold but will trade the location only for that medicine arrow. Chapter Titles: 1. Perils of The Plains; 2. Thundering Hoofs; 3. Fires of Vengeance; 4. The Ghost Dancers; 5. Trapped; 6. Human Wolves; 7. Demons of Disaster; 8. White Treachery; 9. Circle of Death; 10. Flaming Arrow; 11. Warpath; 12. Firing Squad; 13. Red Panthers; 14. Custer's Last Ride; and 15. The Last Stand Directed by Elmer Clifton; starring Rex Lease, Lona Andre, William Farnum, Ruth Mix, Jack Mulhall, Nancy Caswell, George Chesebro, Dorothy Gulliver, Frank McGlynn Jr. {as Gen. Custer}, Helen Gibson, Josef Swickard, Chief Thundercloud, Reed Howes, Ted Adams {as 'Buffalo Bill' Cody}, Carl Mathews, Allen Greer {as 'Wild Bill' Hickok}, High Eagle, Howling Wolf, Chief John Big Tree & Iron Eyes Cody Alpha Video b&w DVD [3/2005] for $7.98 V.C.I./F.F.I. b&w VHS [9/2001] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia feature film version [84 minutes; Stage & Screen Prodns April 1936] full credits at IMDb • 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $7.75

"The Adventures of Frank Merriwell" 12-chapter serial [Universal Pictures Jan 1936] College sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father; his adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping, and Indian raids; he saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting • Chapter Titles: 1. College Hero, 2. The Death Plunge, 3. Death At The Crossroads, 4. Wreck of The Viking, 5. Capsized In The Cataract, 6. Descending Doom, 7. Monster of The Deep, 8. The Tragic Victory, 9. Between Strange Foes, 10. Imprisoned In The Dungeon, 11. The Crash In The Chasm, and 12. The Winning Play • Produced by Henry MacRae; directed by Clifford Smith & Lew Landers; written by George H. Plympton, Ella O'Neill, Maurice Geraghty & Basil Dickey, based on the stories by Burt L. Standish; starring Don Briggs, Jean Rogers, John King, Bentley Hewett, House Peters Jr., Carla Laemmle, Sumner Getchell, Wallace Reid Jr., Herschel Mayall Jr., Al Bridge, Dick Wessell, Bud Osborne, Ed Cobb, Sam McDaniel, Walter Law, Ella Ethridge, William P. Carlton, King Baggot, Chief John Big Tree, Slim Whitaker V.C.I. Ent. b&w DVD set [2014] out of prodn/used Reel Vault b&w DVD set [7/2015] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia watch complete serial [8/2015 upload; 3:54:00] online at YouTube

"Darkest Africa" 15-chapter serial [Feb 1936] /tt0027502/ starring Clyde Beatty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkest_Africa

"(The Amazing Exploits of) The Clutching Hand" 15-chapter serial [Stage & Screen Prodns April 1936] "In 15 thunderbolt chapters" ... Dr. Gironda announces the discovery of a method to produce synthetic gold, but he and the formula are kidnapped before the official demonstration; an intrepid reporter (engaged to Gironda's daughter) calls in super-investigator Craig Kennedy . . . Chapter titles: 1. Who Is The Clutching Hand?; 2. Shadows; 3. House of Mystery; 4. The Phantom Car; 5. The Double Trap; 6. Steps of Doom; 7. The Invisible Enemy; 8. A Cry In The Night; 9. Evil Eyes; 10. A Desperate Chance; 11. The Ship of Peril; 12. Hidden Danger; 13. The Mystic Menace; 14. The Silent Spectre; and 15. The Lone Hand • Produced by Louis & Adrian Weiss; directed by Albert Herman; adapted from a novel? by Arthur B. Reeve; starring Jack Mulhall, Rex Lease, Mae Busch, Ruth Mix, William Farnum, Marion Shilling, Bryant Washburn & Robert Frazer, with Yakima Canutt, Jon Hall/Charles Locher, 'Snub' Pollard & Slim Whitaker Alpha Video 330-minute b&w DVD [11/2004] for $5.98 Grapevine Video 305-minute b&w DVD-R [11/2004] third-party for $12.95 + s/h V.C.I./F.F.I. 306-minute b&w VHS [1/92] 2 tapes for $9.89 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

watch the fifteen chapters free online at Internet Archive
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edited feature "The Clutching Hand: A Craig Kennedy Thriller" [Stage & Screen Prodns April 1936] Edited down from the serial, shortened from 330 minutes to 74 minutes Produced by Louis & Adrian Weiss; directed by Albert Herman; starring Jack Mulhall, Rex Lease, Marion Shilling, Mae Busch, Ruth Mix, William Farnum, Yakima Canutt, Robert Frazer, Robert Walker & Jon Hall • full credits at IMDb Sinister Cinema b&w DVD [12/2013] for $16.95

"Flash Gordon" 13-chapter serial [Universal April 1936] /tt0027623/
watch official trailer [3:15] online at YouTube
released as feature for TV in 1951 as "Space Soldiers" /tt0027624/
watch full movie [10/2014 upload; 1:27:53] online at YouTube

electrifying sequel "Flash Gordon’s Trip To Mars" 15-chapter serial [Universal 1938] /tt0030138

"Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe" 12-chapter serial [Universal March 1940] "Complete Saturday Morning Serial": Dr. Zarkov discovers that the source of the mysterious Purple Death plague on Earth comes from a spaceship sent by evil Emperor Ming the Merciless of planet Mongo; so Flash Gordon and Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov travel to Mongo and with help from Prince Barin of Arboria and Queen Fria of Frigia locate polarite, the antidote to the plague. Chapter Titles: 1. The Purple Death; 2. Freezing Torture; 3. Walking Bombs; 4. The Destroying Ray; 5. The Palace of Peril; 6. Flaming Death; 7. Land of The Dead; 8. The Fiery Abyss; 9. The Pool of Peril; 10. The Death Mist; 11. Stark Treachery; and 12. Doom of The Dictator • Directed by Ford Beebe & Ray Taylor; starring Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Shirley Deane, Roland Drew & Luli Deste R.O.A.N. b&w DVD [5/2004] for $6.95 Timeless Media Group b&w DVDs in collectible tin [5/2008] 2 disks for $10.99 St. Clair Vision b&w DVD [5/2007] out of prodn/many used Video Treasures b&w VHS [2/94] 2 tapes - out of prodn/many used serial credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia serial episodes are uploaded on YouTube

	"Flash Gordon" DVD Box Set [2000] each box set contains "Space Soldiers" [1936 serial] aka "Flash Gordon", "Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars" [1938 serial], and "Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe" [1940 serial] Image Ent. b&w DVD set [10/2000] 3 disks for $49.99 "Flash Gordon Collection" DVD Box Set [2014] Go Ent. b&w DVD set [4/2014] 3 disks - out of prodn/used
	"The Complete Adventures of Flash Gordon" on DVD [2013] contains 13-chapter "Flash Gordon" serial [1936]; 15-chapter "Flash Gordon’s Trip To Mars" serial [1938]; 12-chapter "Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe" serial [1940]; and a gorgeously-illustrated booklet covering Flash’s multimedia odyssey with original Alex Raymond cartoons Madacy Records b&w DVD set [4/2013] 4 disks - out of prodn/used
	"The Flash Gordon Serials, 1936-1940: A Heavily Illustrated Guide" [2008] by Roy Kinnard, Tony Crnkovich & R.J. Vitone Kindle Edition from McFarland & Co. [4/2011] for $9.99 McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [4/2011] for $29.95 McFarland & Co. 10¼x7 hardcover [4/2008] out of print/used McFarland & Co. 10¼x7 hardcover [4/2008] out of print/used

"Undersea Kingdom" 12-episode serial [Republic Pictures May 1936] Heroic naval officer and star athlete Crash Corrigan and his fellow explorers voyage to lost Atlantis aboard Professor Norton’s rocket powered submarine and get caught up in the middle of a war between ruthless conqueror Unga Khan and Neptune’s high priest Sharad - a battle for the fate of the Undersea Kingdom; Chapter Titles: 1. Beneath The Ocean Floor; 2. Undersea Kingdom; 3. Arena of Death; 4. Revenge of The Volkites {robots}; 5. Prisoners of Atlantis; 6. Juggernaut Strikes; 7. Submarine Strikes; 8. Into The Metal Tower; 9. Death In The Air; 10. Atlantis Destroyed; 11. Flaming Death; and 12. Ascent To The Upperworld Directed by B. Reeves Eason & Joseph Kane; written by Tracy Knight, John Rathmell, Maurice Geraghty & Oliver Drake; starring Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, William Farnum, Boothe Howard, Raymond Hatton, C. Montague Shaw, Lee Van Atta, Smiley Burnette, Frankie Marvin, Lon Chaney Jr., Lane Chandler, Jack Mulhall, John Bradford, Malcolm McGregor, Ralph Holmes, John Merton, Ernie Smith, Lloyd Whitlock Echo Bridge Home Ent, b&w DVD [2/2003] for $3.78 Grapevine Video b&w DVD [10/2016] 2 disks for $12.95 R.O.A.N. Group b&w DVD [1/2001] for $13.99 full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia watch Chapter 1 [4/2011 upload; 30:49] online at YouTube {the other chapters follow}

"The Vigilantes Are Coming" 12-chapter serial [Republic Aug 1936] The Zorro-like masked hero The Eagle prevents the Russians from taking over California. Chapter Titles: 1. The Eagle Strikes; 2. Birth of The Vigilantes; 3. Condemned By Cossacks; 4. Unholy Gold; 5. Treachery Unmasked; 6. A Tyrant's Trickery; 7. Wings of Doom; 8. A Treaty With Treason; 9. Arrow's Flight; 10. Prison of Flame; 11. A Race With Death; and 12. Fremont Takes Charge; later re-edited as six half-hour TV episodes • Directed by Ray Taylor & Mack V. Wright; starring Robert Livingston, Kay Hughes, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Raymond Hatton, Fred Kohler, Robert Warwick, William Farnum, Bob Kortman, Lloyd Ingraham, William Desmond, Yakima Canutt & Ray Corrigan {as Capt. Frιmont} Alpha Video b&w DVD [10/2005] for $7.98 Republic Pictures b&w VHS [5/95] out of prodn/used 27"x40" Chapter 1 poster from Amazon for $8.49 27"x40" Chapter 5 poster {as at left} from Amazon for $8.49 full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia

"The Black Coin" 15-chapter serial [Weiss Prodns Sept 1936] Federal agents and coastal smugglers do battle over lost secret papers; Chapter Titles: 1. Dangerous Men; 2. The Mystery Ship; 3. The Fatal Plunge; 4. Monsters of The Deep; 5. Wolves of The Night; 6. Shark's Fang; 7. Midnight Menace; 8. Flames of Death; 9. Smuggler's Lair; 10. Flaming Guns; 11. Wheels of Death; 12. The Crash; 13. Danger Ahead; 14. Hidden Peril; and 15. The Phantom Treasure Directed & co-written by Albert Herman; co-written by George M. Merrick, Dallas M. Fitzgerald, Eddie Granemann & Robert Lively; starring Ralph Graves, Ruth Mix {daughter of Tom Mix}, Dave O'Brien, Constance Bergen, Matthew Betz, Robert Frazer, 'Snub' Pollard, Robert Walker, Bryant Washburn, Clara Kimball Young, Josef Swickard, Blackie Whiteford, Yakima Canutt, Jackie Miller, Lane Chandler, Richard Cramer, William Desmond Alpha Video b&w DVD [4/2006] for $5.98 V.C.I. Video b&w VHS [6/2002] 2 tapes for $22.49 full credits at IMDb • no entry at Wikipedia

"S.O.S. Coast Guard" 12-chapter serial [1937] starring Bela Lugosi & Ralph Byrd {avail on DVD}

"Dick Tracy" 15-chapter serial [Republic Pictures Feb 1937] Master criminal The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him into a criminal. Chapter Titles: 1. The Spider Strikes; 2. The Bridge of Terror; 3. The Fur Pirates; 4. Death Rides The Sky; 5. Brother Against Brother; 6. Dangerous Waters; 7. The Ghost Town Mystery; 8. Battle In The Clouds; 9. The Stratosphere Adventure; 10. The Gold Ship; 11. Harbor Pursuit; 12. The Trail of The Spider; 13. Fire Trap; 14. The Devil In White; and 15. Brothers United • A 73-minute feature-length version was created by editing down the serial footage and released in December 1937. Based on the 1930s comic strip by Chester Gould; directed by Alan James & Ray Taylor; starring Ralph Byrd {as Dick Tracy}, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta, John Picorri, Richard Beach and Carleton Young {as Gordon Tracy}, Fred Hamilton, Francis X. Bushman, John Dilson, Wedgwood Nowell, Theodore Lorch, Edwin Stanley, Harrison Greene, Herbert Weber, Buddy Roosevelt, George DeNormand, Byron Foulger, Ed 'Oscar' Platt & Lou Fulton Critic's Choice digitally-restored b&w DVD [8/2006] out of prodn/used W.E.A. Corp. b&w VHS [9/90] 2 tapes for $11.31 1937 serial credits from IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia

watch the fifteen chapters free online at Internet Archive
#1 [29:26] • #2 [19:12] • #3 [20:25] • #4 [20:49] • #5 [19:14] • #6 [16:53] • #7 [20:11] • #8 [12:47] •
#9 [18:00] • #10 [18:29] • #11 [16:36] • #12 [17:39] • #13 [16:46] • #14 [20:35] • #15 [16:58]

"Secret Agent X-9" 12-chapter serial [Universal April 1937] Secret Agent X-9 sets out to recover the Belgravia crown jewels from master thief Blackstone. Based on the 1930s comic strips written by Dashiell Hammett; starring Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers, David Oliver, Monte Blue, Henry Hunter, Lon Chaney Jr. & Henry Brandon V.C.I. b&w DVD [1/2003] for $26.99 1937 serial credits from IMDb

"The Painted Stallion" 12-chapter serial [Republic Pictures June 1937; re-issued as feature Feb 1938] New Mexico, circa 1826: A federal agent is assigned to draw up a trade agreement with the newly-installed Mexican governor in Santa Fe, while a trader leads a wagon train from Missouri, hoping to take advantage of the new agreement; the villainous ex-governor schemes to undermine the treaty and take over the New Mexico territory for his own vile purposes, but an Indian princess gets in his way. Chapter titles: 1. Trail To Empire; 2. The Rider of The Stallion; 3. The Death Leap; 4. Avalanche; 5. Volley of Death; 6. Thundering Wheels; 7. Trail Treachery; 8. The Whistling Arrow; 9. The Fatal Message; 10. Ambush; 11. Tunnel of Terror; and 12. Human Targets • Directed by Alan James, Ray Taylor & William Witney; written by Morgan Cox, Ronald Davidson, Winston Miller & Barry Shipman; starring Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, LeRoy Mason {as the villain}, Duncan Renaldo, Sammy McKim {as teenage 'Kit' Carson}, Hal Taliaferro {as Jim Bowie}, Jack Perrin {as Davy Crockett}, Oscar & Elmer, Jean Carmen, Yakima Canutt, Maston Williams, Duke Taylor, Loren Riebe, George DeNormand, Gordon De Main, Charles King, Vinegar Roan & Chief John Big Tree 212-minute Republic/Alpha Video b&w DVD [12/2005] for $5.98 212-minute Miracle Pictures b&w DVD [2/2002] for $7.97 201-minute Madacy Records b&w DVD [5/2003] 2 disks - out of prodn/used 213-minute V.C.I. Video b&w DVD [5/2004] out of prodn/used 212-minute Republic Pictures b&w VHS [5/95] 2 tapes for $10.42 212-minute Republic/Madacy b&w VHS [6/98] 4 tapes for $33.48 serial credits from IMDb • serial/movie entry at Wikipedia

"The Painted Stallion" feature-length version [Republic Pictures Feb 1938] Edited down from 212 minutes to 67 minutes; starring Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, LeRoy Mason, Duncan Renaldo, Sammy McKim {as teenage 'Kit' Carson}, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Perrin, stuntman Yakima Canutt Alpha Video b&w DVD [3/2014] for $4.99 full credits at IMDb

watch the twelve chapters free online at Internet Archive
#1 • #2 • #3 • #4 • #5 • #6 • #7 • #8 • #9 • #10 • #11 • #12

"Wild West Days" 13-chapter serial [Universal July 1937] Retired lawman Kentucky Wade and his three pals ride into Brimstone to help Larry & Lucy keep their ranch (and secret gold mine) from the corrupt newspaper editor, who has already framed Larry for murder. Chapter titles: 1. Death Rides the Range; 2. The Redskins' Revenge; 3. The Brink of Doom; 4. The Indians Are Coming; 5. The Leap For Life; 6. Death Stalks The Plains; 7. Six Gun Law; 8. The Gold Stampede; 9. Walls of Fire; 10. The Circle of Doom; 11. The Thundering Herd; 12. Rustlers and Redskins; 13. The Rustlers' Roundup Directed by Ford Beebe & Clifford Smith; based on characters in the novel "Saint Johnson" by W.R. Burnett; starring Johnny Mack Brown, George Shelley, Frank Yaconelli, Bob Kortman, Lynn Gilbert, Russell Simpson, Walter Miller, Frank McGlynn Jr., Chief Thunderbird, Iron Eyes Cody & Chief Thundercloud DVD/Blu-ray not available • V.C.I./F.F.I. b&w VHS [10/95] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Radio Patrol" 12-chapter serial [Universal Pictures Oct 1937] '12 action-bristling chapters' based on the daily comic strip by Eddie Sullivan & Charlie Schmidt; a police officer joins forces with a beautiful girl reporter to try and stop an international criminal gang from getting their hands on the formula for a new flexible metal (or is it bulletproof steel?) . . .; Chapter Titles: 1. A Million Dollar Murder; 2. The Hypnotic Eye; 3. Flaming Death; 4. The Human Clue; 5. The Flash of Doom; 6. The House of Terror; 7. Claws of Steel; 8. The Perfect Crime; 9. Plaything of Disaster; 10. A Bargain With Death; 11. The Hidden Menace; and 12. They Get Their Man • Directed by Ford Beebe & Clifford Smith; starring Grant Withers, Kay Hughes, Mickey Rentschler, Adrian Morris, Silver Wolf the Dog, Gordon Hart, Frank Lackteen, C. Montague Shaw, Harry Davenport, Wheeler Oakman, Max Hoffman Jr., Jack Mulhall, Earl Dwire, Leonard Lord, Dick Botiller, Louis Vokali, Tom Steele, Ray Teal V.C.I. Ent. b&w DVD [3/2015] for $12.30 full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia • watch official trailer [2006 upload; 4:44] online at YouTube

"Zorro Rides Again" 12-chapter serial [Republic Pictures Nov 1937] Construction of the California-Yucatan Railroad is blocked by terrorists hired by profiteers; the aged co-owner asks for help from his nephew, the great-grandson of the original 'El Zorro', who seems more adept at golf than at derring-do. "Can one black-clad man on horseback defeat a gang supplied with airplanes and machine guns?" Chapter Titles: 1. Death From The Sky; 2. The Fatal Minute, 3. Jugger-naut; 4. Unmasked; 5. Sky Pirates; 6. The Fatal Shot; 7. Burning Embers; 8. Plunge of Peril; 9. Tunnel of Terror; 10. Trapped; 11. Right of Way; and 12. Retribution Directed by John English & William Witney; starring John Carroll, Helen Christian, Noah Beery, Reed Howes, Duncan Renaldo, Richard Alexander, Nigel De Brulier, Chris-Pin Martin, Jason Robards Sr. & Pair o' Dice the Horse Echo Bridge Home Ent. b&w DVD [4/2003] for $4.98 Direct Source Label b&w DVD [7/2006] for $5.98 Marengo Films b&w DVD [6/2004] for $9.99 full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia

"The Lone Ranger" 15-chapter serial [Republic Pictures Feb 1938] An outlaw leader hoping to take over Texas kills Col. Jeffries and steal his identity; his henchmen kill a dozen Texas Rangers in Chapter 1, one survives with the help of an Indian. Chapter Titles: 1. Hi-Yo Silver; 2. Thundering Earth; 3. The Pitfall; 4. Agent of Treachery; 5. The Steaming Cauldron; 6. Red Man's Courage; 7. Wheels of Disaster; 8. Fatal Treasure; 9. The Missing Spur; 10. Flaming Fury; 11. The Silver Bullet; 12. Escape; 13. The Fatal Plunge (recap chapter); 14. Messengers of Doom; and 15. The Last of The Rangers Directed by John English & William Witney; starring Chief Thundercloud {as Tonto}, Lynne Roberts, Stanley Andrews, George Cleveland, William Farnum, Hal Taliaferro, Bruce Bennett (Herman Brix), Lee Powell, Lane Chandler, George Montgomery, Sammy McKim, Forbes Murray, Iron Eyes Cody, and Frank McGlynn Sr. {as Abraham Lincoln}, with stuntman Yakima Canutt & Silver King The Horse; prints were long unavailable until supposed reconstruction using foreign elements for a 2009 DVD release (which is not listed on Amazon) VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia

watch online at the Internet Archive (quality of uploads varies)
Chapter 1 [27:10] • Chapter 2 [17:08] • Chapter 3 [17:25] • Chapter 4 [16:21] • Chapter 5 [16:53]
Chapter 6 [16:10] • Chapter 7 [16:49] • Chapter 8 [14:54] • Chapter 9 [14:23] • Chapter 10 [11:55]
Chapter 11 [16:08] • Chapter 12 [15:44] • Chapter 13 [15:44] • Chapter 14 [15:22] • Chapter 15 [15:22]

"The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" 15-chapter serial [Columbia June 1938] Wild Bill Hickok, the U.S. Marshal in Abilene, Kansas, goes after a gang of renegades that is raiding cattle drives moving north over the Chisholm Trail; he organizes the boys of the town into the 'Flaming Arrows' to assist him; in the final chapter, Hickok, the 'Flaming Arrows', and Army scout Kit Lawson put an end to the gang. Chapter Titles: 1. The Law of The Gun; 2. The Stampede; 3. Blazing Terror; 4. Mystery Canyon; 5. Flaming Brands; 6. The Apache Killer; 7. Prowling Wolves; 8. The Pit; 9. Ambush; 10. Savage Vengeance; 11. Burning Waters; 12. Desperation; 13. Phantom Bullets; 14. The Lure; and 15. Trail's End; re-released in 1949, 1958 & 1964. • Directed by Sam Nelson & Mack V. Wright; starring Gordon 'Wild Bill' Elliott, Monte Blue, Carole Wayne, Frankie Darro, Dickie Jones, Sammy McKim, Kermit Maynard, Roscoe Ates, Reed Hadley, Iron Eyes Cody & Chief Thundercloud • full credits at IMDb GozillaFlix b&w DVD-R [6/2011] produced by seller on demand via Amazon

"Scouts To The Rescue" 12-chapter serial [Universal Pictures Jan 1939] Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California; an Eagle Scout leads a troop of younger Boy Scouts in following a treasure map and they find a lost ghost town and a stash of counterfeit notes and a lost tribe with a secret radium deposit. Chapter Titles: 1. Death Rides The Air, 2. Avalanche of Doom, 3. Trapped By The Indians, 4. River of Doom, 5. Descending Doom, 6. Ghost Town Menace, 7. Destroyed By Dynamite, 8. Thundering Hoofs, 9. The Fire God Strikes, 10. Battle of Ghost Town, 11. Hurtling Through Space, and 12. The Boy Scouts Triumph • Directed by Alan James & Ray Taylor; original story by Irving Crump; co-written by Basil Dickey, Wyndham Gittens, George H. Plympton & Joseph F. Poland; starring Jackie Cooper {age 16}, Vondell Darr, Edwin Stanley, William Ruhl, Bill Cody Jr., David Durand, Ralph Dunn, Frank Coghlan Jr., Ivan Miller, Victor Adams, Jason Robards Sr., Sidney Miller, Dick Botiller, George Regas, Jack Mulhall, Edwin Brian, Emmett Vogan, Sam Bernard, Lee Phelps, Ed Brady, Bill Cartledge, Iron Eyes Cody, Jim Hussey, Lucien Maxell, David McKim, Eddie Parker, Tom Steele, Max Wagner, with archive footage of Franklin D. Roosevelt Nostalgia Family b&w DVD [7/2015] for $7.99 V.C.I. Video b&w DVD [5/2007] for $23.95 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch action-packed official trailer [3:35] online at YouTube "Scouts To The Rescue" novel [circa 1920] by J. Irving Crump [1887-1979] Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [9/2010] for $16.76 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $28.76 "Scouts To The Rescue" novelization [1939] by author unknown 'Fictionized from the Universal picture starring Jackie Cooper' • 'Story and screen play approved by the Boy Scouts of America' Rand McNally & Co. hardcover [1939] out of print/used

"Secret Service of The Air" four-movie series
[Warner Bros. Pictures 1939-40]

"Secret Service of The Air" [Warner Bros. March 1939] After the death of an agent investigating smuggling from Mexico, the Secret Service recruits applicant pilot 'Brass' Bancroft and his radioman 'Gabby' • Produced by Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis & Bryan Foy; directed by Noel M. Smith; original screenplay by Raymond L. Schrock, based upon material from W.H. Moran; starring Ronald Reagan, John Litel, Ila Rhodes, James Stephenson, Eddie Foy Jr., Rosella Towne, Larry Williams, John Ridgely, Anthony Averill, Bernard Nedell, Frank M. Thomas, Joe Cunningham, Morgan Conway, John Harron, Herbert Rawlinson, Raymond Bailey, Richard Bond, Sidney Bracey, Eddy Chandler, Lane Chandler, Davison Clark, Hal Craig, Edgar Edwards, Jack A. Goodrich, Sol Gorss, John Hamilton, Stuart Holmes, Al Lloyd, Frank Mayo, Carlyle Moore Jr., Jack Mower, George Sorel, Don Turner, Pierre Watkin • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Code of The Secret Service" [Warner Bros. May 1939] Secret Service agent 'Brass' Bancroft goes after a counterfeiting ring in Mexico full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia "Smashing The Money Ring" [Warner Bros. Oct 1939] Secret Service agent 'Brass' Bancroft infiltrates a counterfeiting ring using a prison print shop full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia "Murder In The Air" [Warner Bros. June 1940] Secret Service agent 'Brass' Bancroft goes after a spy ring attempting to steal plans for a death ray secret weapon full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Brass Bancroft of The Secret Service Mysteries Collection"
4 b&w films on 2 disks: Warner Bros. Archive Collection DVD set [12/2010] for $14.99

"Mandrake The Magician" 12-chapter serial [Columbia Pictures May 1939] Magician Mandrake and his assistant Lothar are working on a cruise line and meet friend Professor Houston, who has developed a radium energy machine, a device much coveted by a masked crime lord known as 'The Wasp'; 'in 12 magical chapters': 1. Shadow On The Wall, 2. Trap of The Wasp, 3. City of Terror, 4. The Secret Passage, 5. The Devil's Playmate, 6. The Fatal Crash, 7. Gamble For Life, 8. Across The Deadline, 9. Terror Rides The Rails, 10. The Unseen Monster, 11. At The Stroke of Eight, and 12. The Reward of Treachery • Directed by Norman Deming & Sam Nelson; screenplay by Joseph F. Poland, Basil Dickey & Ned Dandy; 'based upon the King Features newspaper feature created by Lee Falk & Phil Davis'; narrated by Knox Manning; starring Warren Hull, Doris Weston, Al Kikume, Rex Downing, Edward Earle, Forbes Murray, Kenneth Mac-Donald, Don Beddoe, Dick Curtis, John Tyrrell, Stanley Brown, Beatrice Curtis, Robert Sterling, Sam Ash, Lester Dorr, Ernie Adams, Eddie Fether-ston, Eddie Foster, Ernie Alexander, Harry Bernard, Stanley Blystone, Buel Bryant, Budd Buster, George Chesebro, Steve Clark, Charles Dorety, Jerry Frank, Kit Guard, Frank Hagney, Chuck Hamilton, Eddie Hart, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian, Jerry Jerome, Eddie Laughton, Tom London, Stanley Mack, Pat McKee, Charles McMurphy, Frank Mills, Art Mix, Eddie Parker, Ralph Peters, Rose Plumer, Cyril Ring, Cy Schindell, Charles Sherlock, Tom Steele, Reginald Simpson, Charles Sullivan, Harry Tenbrook, George Turner, Frank Wayne, Blackie Whiteford, Bud Wolfe, Bert Young V.C.I. Video b&w DVD [5/2003] 2 disks for $13.99 V.C.I. Video b&w VHS [3/2000] 2 tapes for $19.99 full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia

watch "Mandrake The Magician" serial Part 1 [49:36] online at YouTube * Chapter 1 to 29:15, Chapter 2 to end
watch serial Part 2 [48:50] online at YouTube * Chapter 3 to 8:31, Chapter 4 to 34:58, Chapter 5 to end
watch serial Part 3 [47:10] online at YouTube * Chapter 6 to 14:13, Chapter 7 to 30:31, Chapter 8 to end
watch serial Part 4 [1:05:12] online at YouTube * Chapter 9 to 12:39, Chapter 10 to 29:29, Chapter 11 to 47:41, Chapter 12 to end

"Overland With Kit Carson" 15-chapter serial [Columbia Pictures July 1939, re-release Feb 1951] Filmed in California & Utah; the government sends famed Indian scout Kit Carson and Army Lt. David Brent to stop raids by Indians and attacks by an outlaw gang led by the mysterious Pegleg. Chapter Titles: 1. Doomed Men; 2. Condemned To Die; 3. The Fight For Life; 4. The Ride of Terror; 5. The Path of Doom; 6. Rendezvous With Death; 7. The Killer-Stallion; 8. The Devil's Nest; 9. Blazing Peril; 10. The Black Raiders; 11. Foiled; 12. The Warning; 13. Terror In The Night; 14. Crumbling Walls; and 15. Unmasked Directed by Norman Deming & Sam Nelson; starring Wild Bill Elliott {as Kit Carson}, Richard Fiske {as Brent}; other actors include Iris Meredith, Trevor Bardette, Francis Sayles, Bobby Clack, Iron Eyes Cody, James Craig VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia

"The Oregon Trail" 15-chapter serial [Universal July 1939] Filmed in Kernville & Lone Pine, California; re-released in 1948; after several wagon trains are attacked, the Army sends Jeff Scott to investigate; he quickly figures out that 'Bull' Bragg is the leader of the gang, but some-one keeps helping him escape. Chapter Titles: 1. The Renegade's Revenge, 2. The Flaming Forest, 3. The Brink of Disaster, 4. Thundering Doom, 5. Stampede, 6. Indian Vengeance, 7. Trail of Treachery, 8. Redskin's Revenge, 9. The Avalanche of Doom, 10. The Plunge of Peril, 11. Trapped In The Flames, 12. The Baited Trap, 13. Crashing Timbers, 14. Death In The Night, and 15. The End of The Trail Directed by Ford Beebe & Saul A. Goodkind; starring Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stanley, Fuzzy Knight, Jack C. Smith, Bill Cody Jr., Edward LeSaint, James Blaine, Charles Stevens, Roy Barcroft, Charles Murphy, Jim Toney, Chief John Big Tree, Iron Eyes Cody, Helen Gibson & Chief Many Treaties • full credits at IMDb V.C.I. Video 296-minute b&w DVD [1/2006] for $24.99 V.C.I./F.F.I. Video 280-minute b&w VHS [10/95] 2 tapes for $11.00

"Dick Tracy's G-Men" 15-chapter serial [Sept 1939] /tt0031230/

"The Phantom Creeps" 12-chapter serial [Universal Pictures Oct 1939] Dr. Zorka is intent on inventing weapons of mass destruction; a former partner tries to convince him to reveal his secrets to the U.S.A which brings in Capt. Bob West; Zorka gets tired of the interruptions and moves his lab, his beloved wife is killed, and he decides to use his weapons and a giant robot to gain control of the world – and almost does so but for the ineptitude (or passive aggression) of his assistant Monk. Chapter Titles: 1. The Menacing Power; 2. Death Stalks The Highways; 3. Crashing Towers; 4. Invisible Terror; 5. Thundering Rails; 6. The Iron Monster; 7. The Menacing Mist; 8. Trapped In The Flames; 9. Speeding Doom; 10. Phantom Footprints; 11. The Blast; and 12. To Destroy The World; the serial was edited down to a 78-minute feature film and released under the same title. Directed by Ford Beebe & Saul A. Goodkind; starring Bela Lugosi, Robert Kent, Jean Drew, Edwin Stanley, Regis Toomey, Jack C. Smith, Edward Van Sloan, Dora Clement, Anthony Averill, Hugh Huntley, Monte Vandergrift, Frank Mayo, Eddie Acuff & Edward Wolff {as The Robot} Whirlwind Media 265-minute serial b&w DVD [9/2000] out of prodn/many used Vintage Home Ent. Collector's Edition 242-minute serial b&w DVD [1/2004] out of prodn/many used V.C.I. Ent. 240-minute serial b&w DVD [2/2008]out of prodn/used Alpha Home Ent. Complete Serial b&w DVD [11/2007] 2 disks for $7.99 St. Clair Vision 75-minute feature b&w DVD [2/2004] for $5.98 Alpha Video 77-minute feature b&w DVD [2/2005] for $5.98 V.C.I. Video 265-minute serial b&w VHS [6/2002] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used Timeless Multimedia 265-minute serial b&w VHS [11/94] out of prodn/used serial credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia • watch feature version [1:18:20] free online at Internet Archive

"Zorro's Fighting Legion" 12-chapter serial [Republic Pictures Dec 1939] In 1824, a man clad in full-metal, golden-colored armor unites with the Yaqui Indians and starts a war to become Emperor of Mexico; a band of Legionnaires who took up the fight against the usurper ask Don Diego/'El Zorro' to join them. Chapter Titles: 1. The Golden God; 2. The Flaming 'Z'; 3. Descending Doom; 4. The Bridge of Peril; 5. The Decoy; 6. Zorro To The Rescue; 7. The Fugitive; 8. Flowing Death; 9. The Golden Arrow; 10. Mystery Wagon; 11. Face To Face; and 12. Unmasked Directed by John English & William Witney; starring Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy, William Corson, Leander De Cordova, Edmund Cobb, John Merton, Buddy Baer, C. Montague Shaw, Budd Buster, Carleton Young {as Benito Juarez}, Guy D'Ennery, Paul Marion, Joe Molina & Helen Mitchel Alpha Home Ent. b&w DVD [3/2008] for $7.98 R.O.A.N. b&w DVD [6/2004] for $13.49 Republic Picturesb&w VHS [5/95] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia

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