Overland with Kit Carson

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Jerry Blake under Columbia Serial Reviews, Reviews, Western and Frontier Serials

Columbia, 15 Chapters, 1939. Starring William “Wild Bill” Elliott, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, Dick Curtis, Trevor Bardette, LeRoy Mason, Richard Botiller, Bobby Clack, Hal Taliaferro, Olin Francis, Kenneth MacDonald, James Craig, Francis Sayles.

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Daredevils of the Red Circle

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Jerry Blake under G-Man and Detective Serials, Republic Serial Reviews, Reviews

Republic, 12 Chapters, 1939. Starring Charles Quigley, Herman Brix, David Sharpe, Carole Landis, Miles Mander, Charles Middleton, C. Montague Shaw, and Tuffy.

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Adventures of the Flying Cadets

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jerry Blake under Aviation Serials, Jungle, Desert, and Island Serials, Reviews, Universal Serial Reviews, World War 2 Serials

Universal, 13 Chapters, 1943. Starring Johnny Downs, Ward Wood, Robert Armstrong, Eduardo Ciannelli, Billy Benedict, Bobby Jordan, Jennifer Holt, Regis Toomey, Louis Adlon, Selmer Jackson.

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The Wolf Dog

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Jerry Blake under G-Man and Detective Serials, Mascot Serial Reviews, Reviews

Mascot, 12 Chapters, 1933. Starring George J. Lewis, Frankie Darro, Boots Mallory, Hale Hamilton, Henry B. Walthall, Niles Welch, Stanley Blystone, Tom London, Fred Kohler Sr, and Rin Tin Tin Jr.

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Batman

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Jerry Blake under Columbia Serial Reviews, G-Man and Detective Serials, Reviews, Science-Fiction Serials, World War 2 Serials

Columbia, 15 Chapters, 1943. Starring Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, Shirley Patterson, J. Carroll Naish, William Austin, Charles Wilson, John Maxwell, Gus Glassmire.

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Zorro’s Fighting Legion

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Jerry Blake under Republic Serial Reviews, Reviews, Swashbuckler Serials, Western and Frontier Serials

Republic, 12 Chapters, 1939. Starring Reed Hadley, William Corson, Sheila Darcy, Leander De Cordova, John Merton, Edmund Cobb, C. Montague Shaw, Jim Pierce, Budd Buster.

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Flaming Frontiers

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Jerry Blake under Reviews, Universal Serial Reviews, Western and Frontier Serials

Universal, 15 Chapters, 1938. Starring John Mack Brown, Eleanor Hansen, James Blaine, Charles Middleton, Ralph Bowman, Charles Stevens, William Royle, Chief Thundercloud, Jack Rutherford.

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The Hurricane Express

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Jerry Blake under Mascot Serial Reviews, Railroad Serials, Reviews

Mascot, 12 Chapters, 1932. Starring John Wayne, Shirley Grey, Edmund Breese, Tully Marshall, Lloyd Whitlock, Conway Tearle, Matthew Betz, Ernie Adams, Joseph Girard, Al Bridge, James Burtis.

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The Sea Hound

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Jerry Blake under Columbia Serial Reviews, Jungle, Desert, and Island Serials, Reviews

Columbia, 15 Chapters, 1947. Starring Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Robert Barron, Pamela Blake, Ralph Hodges, Hugh Prosser, Jimmy Lloyd, Spencer Chan, Jack Ingram, Milton Kibbee, Pierce Lyden, Rusty Wescoatt.