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The Files of Jerry Blake

Movie Serial Reviews and Other Cliffhanging Material

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Tarzan the Fearless

Posted on August 13, 2017 by filesofjerryblake under Jungle, Desert, and Island Serials, Miscellaneous Serial Reviews, Reviews


Principal, 12 Chapters (only partially surviving), 1933. Starring Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Jacqueline Wells, Edward Woods, Philo McCullough, E. Alyn Warren, Matthew Betz, Mischa Auer. 

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Commando Cody, Sky Marshal of the Universe

Posted on December 22, 2016 by filesofjerryblake under Quasi-Serials, Republic Serial Reviews, Reviews, Science-Fiction Serials

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Republic, 12 Episodes, 1953. Starring Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, Richard Crane, Gregory Gaye, William Schallert, Lyle Talbot, Craig Kelly.

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The Painted Stallion

Posted on September 21, 2015 by filesofjerryblake under Republic Serial Reviews, Reviews, Western and Frontier Serials

Painted Stallion--titles
Republic, 12 Chapters, 1937. Starring Ray “Crash” Corrigan, Julia Thayer, Sammy McKim, LeRoy Mason, Hal Taliaferro, Hoot Gibson, Duncan Renaldo, Maston Williams, Jack Perrin.

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The Indians Are Coming

Posted on September 16, 2015 by filesofjerryblake under Reviews, Universal Serial Reviews, Western and Frontier Serials

Indians Are Coming--titles
Universal, 12 Chapters, 1930. Starring Tim McCoy, Allene Ray, Edmund Cobb, Wilbur McGaugh, Francis Ford, Bud Osborne, Charles Royal.

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The Phantom Empire

Posted on September 14, 2015 by filesofjerryblake under Mascot Serial Reviews, Reviews, Science-Fiction Serials, Western and Frontier Serials

 Phantom Empire--titles
Mascot, 12 Chapters, 1935. Starring Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, Dorothy Christie, Wheeler Oakman, Smiley Burnette, Peter Potter, J. Frank Glendon, Warner Richmond.

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The New Adventures of Tarzan

Posted on June 1, 2015 by filesofjerryblake under Jungle, Desert, and Island Serials, Miscellaneous Serial Reviews, Reviews

New Adventures of Tarzan---titles
Burroughs-Tarzan, 12 Chapters, 1935. Starring Herman Brix, Ula Holt, Ashton Dearholt, Frank Baker, Lewis Sargent, Harry Earnest, Dale Walsh, and Jiggs as N’kima.

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The Lost Planet

Posted on May 15, 2015 by filesofjerryblake under Columbia Serial Reviews, Reviews, Science-Fiction Serials

Lost Planet--titles
Columbia, 15 Chapters, 1953. Starring Judd Holdren, Michael Fox, Forrest Taylor, Gene Roth, Vivian Mason, Ted Thorpe, Karl Davis, Nick Stuart, Lee Roberts, Frederick Berest, Jack George, John Cason, Leonard Penn.

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King of the Carnival

Posted on May 8, 2015 by filesofjerryblake under G-Man and Detective Serials, Republic Serial Reviews, Reviews

King of the Carnival--titles
Republic, 12 Chapters, 1955. Starring Harry Lauter, Fran Bennett, Keith Richards, Terry Frost, Robert Shayne, Rick Vallin, Gregory Gay, Robert Clarke.

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Junior G-Men of the Air

Posted on May 6, 2015 by filesofjerryblake under Aviation Serials, G-Man and Detective Serials, Reviews, Universal Serial Reviews, World War 2 Serials

Junior G-Men of the Air--titles
Universal, 12 Chapters, 1942. Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Frank Albertson, Turhan Bey, Lionel Atwill, Richard Lane, Gabriel Dell, Noel Cravat, John Bleifer, Gene Reynolds, Bernard Punsly.

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The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

Posted on May 1, 2015 by filesofjerryblake under Jungle, Desert, and Island Serials, Mascot Serial Reviews, Reviews, Sports Serials

Rex and Rinty--titles
Mascot, 12 Chapters, 1935. Starring Kane Richmond, Harry Woods, Norma Taylor, Wheeler Oakman, Pedro Regas, Al Bridge, Mischa Auer, Edmund Cobb, Smiley Burnette, Rin Tin Tin Jr. as Rinty, and Rex, King of the Wild Horses.

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