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Movie Serials N - Z |
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New Adventures of
Tarzan, The Date of
Release : 31st May, 1935 Studio : Burroughs-Tarzan
Enterprises Starring Bruce Bennett, Ula Holt, Ashton Dearholt &
Frank Baker Directed by Edward A. Kull 12 Chapters & 240 mins - Chapter 1 is 42 mins, the rest are about 18 mins each Synopsis : Deep in
the jungles of Guatemala lies The Green Goddess, an idol worshiped by a
primitive tribe. The totem contains both a valuable cache of jewels and the
formula to a powerful explosive which could change the shape of warfare as we
know it. Major Francis Martling is travelling to Guatemala to find the
Goddess and make sure it's deadly secret does not fall into the wrong hands;
on the other end of the scale of virtue is Raglan, a mercenary who has been hired
to find the Green Goddess and the formula. En route to Guatemala, the men
encounter Lord Greystoke, a British nobleman who was lost in the jungles as a
child and learned to fend for himself in the wilds, where the animals and
natives called him Tarzan. Greystoke is searching for the whereabouts of his
friend Paul d'Arnot when he hears of Martling's urgent mission, and Raglan's
plan to use the Green Goddess for evil purposes. Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author who created Tarzan,
produced this serial which he hoped would be a more accurate interpretation
of his character than the series being produced at MGM at the same time. Shot on location in Guatemala. Note: A nicely
restored print! DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Oregon Trail, The Date of
Release : May, 1939 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stranley, Fuzzy Knight,
Bill Cody Jr. & Forrest Taylor Directed by Ford Beebe & Saul A. Goodkind 15 Chapters & 300 mins - each chapter is about 20 mins Synopsis : Wagon
trains are not making it to Oregon and Jeff Scott has been sent to
investigate. Morgan, the representative of an eastern syndicate, controls the
fur trade and does not want the area settled. So he sends his men lead by
Bull Bragg to stop the latest wagon train. Scott is quickly on to Bragg and
repeatedly captures him only to have him escape before he can reveal whom is
responsible for the attacks. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Flaming Frontiers : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 5 DVD Set with Fighting
With Kit Carson, Flaming Frontiers, The Rustlers of Red Dog &
Wild West Days: : AU$40 or US$40 or £20 |
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Overland with Kit Carson Date of
Release : 21st July 1939 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Trevor Bardette
& Richard Fiske Directed by Sam Nelson & Norman Deming 15 Chapters & 270 mins Synopsis : A group
of outlaws known as the Black Raiders are driving out the settlers and
trappers in the west so that they can set up their criminal empire. The
leader of this group is known only as the Pegleg, who uses the Indians to
help his criminal endeavour. The US Government sends scout Kit Carson to
investigate along with army officer David Brent. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
: AU$25 or US$25 or £13 2 DVD Set with Fighting With Kit Carson : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 3 DVD Set with The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
+ The Valley of Vanishing Men : AU$30
or US$30 or £15 |
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Painted Stallion, The Date of
Release : 5th June, 1937 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Ray Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, Hal Taliaferro, Jack
Perrin & Duncan Renaldo Directed by William Witney, Alan James & Ray Taylor 12 Chapters & 215 mins - Chapter 1 is 27 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : The
period is the 1820's and the first wagon train leaves Independence heading
west to Santa Fe. In order to maintain his power, the ruthless Official at
Santa Fe must not let them arrive and he sends out his men to stop them. The
wagon train then has to endure repeated attacks but is aided by a mysterious
rider that shoots singing arrows and rides a painted stallion. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Panther Girl of the
Kongo Date of
Release : 3rd January, 1955 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey, Arthur Space, John
Daheim & Mike Regan Directed by Franklyn Adreon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : Jean
Evans of an international wildlife foundation has made herself at home in
Africa as the elephant-riding, vine-swinging, "Panther Girl". On
safari, Jean and her hunter friend Larry encounter a giant crayfish monster
which has created by a greedy scientist who hopes to scare the locals off,
then secretly mine diamonds DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Jungle Drums of Africa : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
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Perils of Nyoka (aka
Nyoka and the Tigermen) Date of
Release : 27th June, 1942 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Kay Aldridge, Clayton Moore, William Benedict,
Lorna Gray & Charles Middleton Directed by William Witney 15 Chapters & 266 mins - Chapter 1 is 28 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis :
Professor Campbell's expedition in Libya obtains a papyrus which might reveal
the hiding place of the Golden Tablets of Hippocrates, containing lost
medical secrets. Nyoka Gordon, seeking her father who was lost on a previous
expedition, is the only one who can translate the papyrus. But Vultura, Queen
of the Desert, and her Arab ally Cassib are both greedy for the treasure and
have their own agenda. Bonus DVD : TV
Feature (Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates) DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Edgar Rice Burroughs' Jungle Girl : AU$25
or US$25 or £13 |
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Perils of Pauline, The Date of
Release : January 1934 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Evalyn Knapp, Robert Allen, Enfield and Craig
Reynolds, James Durkin & John Davidson Directed by Ray Taylor 12 Chapters & 240 mins - each chapter is about 20 mins each Synopsis : A
famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an
ivory disc that has the formula for a deadly gas engraved on it. An evil
doctor and his gang are also looking for it. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Perils of the Darkest
Jungle (aka The Tiger Woman) Date of
Release : 8th May, 1944 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Allan "Rocky" Lane, Linda Sterling,
Duncan Renaldo & George J. Lewis Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Wallace A.
Grissell 12 Chapters & 201 mins - Chapter 1 is 25 mins, the rest are 16 mins each Synopsis : A
beautiful white jungle goddess and a two-fisted trouble shooter battle money
mad oil profiteers attempting to secure oil rich lands that belong to a
peaceful tribe of South American natives. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Perils of the Royal Mounted
Date of
Release : May 24th 1942 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Robert Kellard, Nell O'day, Kenneth Macdonald,
John Elliott & Richard Fiske Directed by James W. Horne 15 Chapters & 295 mins - Chapter 1 is 29 mins, the rest are 19 mins each Synopsis : The trading post of Sitkawan,
Canada is stunned one morning to learn that the previously peaceful Indians
attacked and massacred the settlers aboard a fur-bearing wagon train. This
has implications for the planned building a railroad through the wilderness.
Sergeant MacLane investigates and finds that the attackers were really
renegade white men led by Mort Ransome. Ransome has conspired with Black
Bear, medicine man of the tribe, to persuades a number of rebellious braves
to take the warpath. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Gunfighters of the Northwest : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
Phantom, The
Date of
Release : December 24th 1943 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Tom Tyler, Kenneth Macdonald, Frank Shannon &
Jeanne Bates Directed by B. Reeves Eason 15 Chapters & 266 mins - Chapter 1 is 28 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : The Phantom rules over the jungle,
maintaining the peace over all the native tribes. He is said to be immortal,
but in truth he is part of a family business: when one Phantom gets too old
or dies, his son takes up the reins and dons the suit. This happens to
Prescott, the son of the last Phantom, who rushes to his father's deathbed.
His father was killed by a poison dart, shot by those who wanted to use the
natives for their own purposes, in order to build a secret airbase at the
lost city of Zoloz. Prescott was to have been one of an archaeological
expedition searching for that city, led by Professor Davidson and accompanied
by his lovely daughter Diana. The professor has carved pieces of ivory that
when put together like a jigsaw puzzle gives the location of the city, but a
vital piece is missing. The new and inexperienced Phantom has as his mission
to help the professor find the missing key, and defeat those who would
disrupt the peace of the jungle. Based on the Lee Falk comic-strip. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Mandrake, the Magician : AU$25 or
US$25 or £13 2 DVD Set with Adventures of Captain Africa : AU$25 or
US$25 or £13 |
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Phantom Empire, The Date of
Release : 23rd February, 1935 Studio : Mascot
Pictures Starring Gene Autry, Franckie Darro, Betsy King, Dorothy
Christie & Wheeler Oakman Directed by Otto Brower & B. Reeves Eason 12 Chapters & 230 mins - Chapter 1 is 30 mins, the rest are 18 mins Synopsis : When the
ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant
survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon
the civilization, now buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians have
developed technology and weaponry such as television and ray guns. Their rich
supply of radium draws unscrupulous speculators from the surface. The
peaceful civilization of the Muranians is corrupted by the greed from above,
and it becomes Autry's task to prevent all-out war. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Undersea Kingdom : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
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Phantom of the West, The Date of
Release : 1st January, 1931 Studio : Mascot
Pictures Starring Tom Tyler, William Desmond, Dorothy Gulliver, Tom
Santschi & Tom Dugan Directed by Ross Lederman 10 Chapters & 166 mins - Chapter 1 is 22 mins, the rest are 16 mins Synopsis : A young
man's father is murdered and the man convicted of the crime escapes prison,
leaving a note intimating that seven local men know the real killer's true
identity. The murdered man's son sets out to locate the seven men and find
his father's slayer. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Phantom Rider, The Date of
Release : 6th July, 1936 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Buck Jones, Marla Shelton, Diana Gibson, Harry
Woods & Frank LaRue Directed by Ray Taylor 15 Chapters & 290 mins - all Chapters are about 20 minutes each Synopsis : Outlaws
try to gain control over Hidden Valley Ranch and its surrounding acres,
knowing that a railroad is going to buy a right-of-way through the property.
They are also aware that there is a hidden gold mine on the land. A map
showing the location of the mine passes back and forth between Buck Grant and
his principal antagonist Harcey Delaney. To thwart Delaney and not give away
his identity, Buck becomes The Phantom Rider. Special Note: This title has recently been upgraded -
digital enhancement technology has delivered an improved print - still not
the greatest of prints but better than before É Gratis upgrades to previous customers (subject to
certain conditions) DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with White Eagle: AU$25 or US$25 or £13 4 DVD Set with Gordon of
Ghost City, The Roaring West & White Eagle: AU$35
or US$35 or £18 |
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Phantom Rider, The Date of
Release : 26th October, 1945 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Robert Kent, Peggy Stewart, LeRoy Mason, George
J. Lewis & Kenneth Duncan Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Fred C. Bannon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : A
reservation's new doctor masquerades as the legendary Indian god, "the
Phantom Rider", to catch a gang looting the reservation, unaware the
leader is a phoney Indian Agent. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Desperadoes of the West : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
Pirates of the High Seas
Date of
Release : October 1950 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Lois Hall, Tommy
Farrell, Gene Roth, & Tris Coffin Directed by Spencer Gorgon Bennet & Thomas Carr 15 Chapters & 256 mins - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are 16 mins each Synopsis : Two
ex-Navy buddies travel to a tropical island to help search for a fugitive
Nazi and a fortune in diamonds stolen by him during WWII, and encounter
multiple dangers at the hand of a gang also seeking the treasure for the
island's corrupt governor. A "sort of" sequel to The Sea Hound (see below) DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with The Sea Hound : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
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Purple Monster Strikes,
The Date of
Release : 3rd August, 1945 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Dennis Moore, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft, James
Craven & Bud Geary Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Fred C. Bannon 15 Chapters & 204 mins - Chapter 1 is 22 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : The
Purple Monster, sinister vanguard for a Martian invasion of our planet,
possesses the body of a noted scientist in order to build futuristic weapons
of war to assist the invasion. Only a noted criminologist & the scientist's daughter can stop the Purple monster and his
diabolic plans Bonus DVD : TV
Feature (D-Day on Mars) DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Manhunt of Mystery Island : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
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Radar Men from the Moon Date of
Release : 9th January, 1952 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft,
William Bakewell & Clayton Moore Directed by Fred C. Bannon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis :
Strategic targets on Earth are being destroyed by an unknown weapon. Government
security head Henderson suspects it's an "atomic ray" originating
from the moon! He assigns Commando Cody, scientist and man of action with a
secret flying suit, to investigate. Soon, Cody is battling Earth thugs in the
pay of Krog the moon man and making trips in his experimental rocket to the
moon itself, in a perilous and all but singlehanded effort to thwart the
planned invasion of Earth. Bonus DVD : TV
Feature Retik the Moon Menace See also The Rocketman Feature Trilogy See also The Rocketman / Commando Cody 5 DVD & 6
DVD Sets DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Radar Patrol vs. Spy
King Date of
Release : January, 1950 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Kirk Alyn, Jean Dean, George J. Lewis, Eve Witney
& John Merton Directed by Fred C. Bannon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : When
saboteurs threaten America's radar defence
network, a Federal Agent aided by a research assistant battle the sinister
Baroda and his evil henchmen. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Federal Agents vs Underworld Inc. : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
Raiders of Ghost City
Date of Release : July 1944 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Grant Withers, Catherine Hughes,
Mickey Rentschier, Adrian Morris & Frank Lackteen Directed by Ford Beebe & Cliff Smith 13 chapters & 235 min - all Chapters are about 17 mins
each Synopsis : In the closing months of the
Civil War, a gang of outlaws pretending to be Confederates, raid gold
shipments coming from Oro Grande, California and destined for Union
headquarters in Washington D.C. Captain Steve Clark, a Union Secret Service
agent, is determined to round up the gang. Steve and his friend Idaho
discover that raiders are not Confederates but a gang headed by Morel - a man
with ties to Prussian spies! DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10 |
Radio Patrol
Date of Release : August 1937 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Grant Withers, Catherine Hughes,
Mickey Rentschier, Adrian Morris & Frank Lackteen Directed by Ford Beebe & Cliff Smith 12 chapters & 240 min - all Chapters are about 20 mins
each Synopsis : A young radio patrol policeman
and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from getting
their hands on the formula for a new flexible bulletproof steel that has now
been entrusted to a boy after the murder of his (inventor) father DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10 2 DVD Set with Gang Busters : AU$25
or US$25 or £13 |
Red Barry
Date of Release : October 1938 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Larry "Buster" Crabbe,
Frances Robinson, Wade Boteler, Wheeler Oakman, Frank Lackteen & Philip
Ahn Directed by Ford Beebe & Alan James 13 chapters & 260 min Synopsis : Based in the Will Gould comic strip distributed to
newspapers by King Features Syndicated, Inc. Red Barry was the third of five
serials from Universal starring Buster Crabbe, and while the plot only
revolves around two million dollars in bonds and soon evolves into a game of
"Bonds, Bonds, Who Has the Bonds?", it has so many groups, and
their armies of henchmen, acquiring and re-acquiring the bonds that, in a
chapter or two, the people who have the bonds don't appear to know they are
the current holders. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10 2 DVD Set with King of the Congo : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
Roaring West, The
Date of Release : 26th June, 1935 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Walter
Miller, Frank McGlynn, Snr. & Harlan Knight Directed by Ray Taylor 15 chapters & 290 min - Chapter 1 is 20
mins, the rest are 17 mins Synopsis : Montana Larkin and his pal,
Jinglebob ride into new territory to join an impending land rush. They
possess a map giving the location of land on which there is a valuable
mineral deposit and which they expect to secure in the land rush. Many forces
are ranged against them in their quest Special Note: This title has recently been upgraded -
digital enhancement technology has delivered a now quite nice print (sharp
& clean) Gratis upgrades to previous customers (subject to
certain conditions) DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10 2 DVD Set with Gordon of Ghost City (1933): AU$25 or US$25 or £13 4 DVD Set with Gordon
of Ghost City, The Phantom Rider (1936) & White Eagle: AU$35
or US$35 or £18 |
Roar of the Iron Horse
Date of Release : 31st May, 1951 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Jock Mahoney, Virginia Herrick,
William Fawcett, Hal London & Jack Ingram Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet &
Thomas Carr 15 chapters & 250 min - Chapter 1 is 26
mins, the rest are 16 mins Synopsis : The railroad is coming, and
three different factions - landowner Karl Ulrich/The Baron and his henchmen,
led by Campo; railroad construction boss Homer Lathrop and his motley crew
led by Scully and Irv; and a tribe of Indians led by White Eagle - have
vested interests and reasons to stop the line's construction under the
supervision of Tom Lane and his sister Carol. Undercover Marshal Jim Grant
and prospector Rocky are there to upset and hinder the raids. A great
"train" serial in the vein of Casey Jones. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10 2 DVD Set with Cody of the Pony Express : AU$25 or
US$25 or £13 3 DVD Set with Cody
of the Pony Express & Gunfighters of the Northwest : AU$30 or US$30 or £15 |
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
Date of Release : February 1936 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Ray Mala, Rex, Buck. Mamo Clark
& Herbert Rawlinson Directed by Mack V. Wright & Ray Taylor 14 chapters & 250 min - Chapter 1 is 28
mins, the rest are 17 mins Synopsis : Mala, a Polynesian in the
employ of U.S. Intelligence investigates sabotage on Clipper Island. A gang
of spies causes the eruption of a volcano, for which our hero is blamed. He
convinces the local Princess Melani of his innocence and helps her ward off a
takeover by rival high priest Porotu. Note: An Excellent Print - much superior to commercial
offerings DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10 |
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Rocket Man / Commando
Cody Boxed Set, The Studio : Republic
Pictures In 1949 Republic released a
12 chapter serial called King of the Rocket Men. In it, Jeff King (as played by Tristram Coffin) featured as a
flying hero named Rocket Man, wearing a helmet and leather jacket. The
Commando Cody character which would forever be associated with the Rocketman
guise had its first appeared in 1952's 12 chapter serial Radar Men
from the Moon with George Wallace as
Commando Cody. A third 12 chapter serial, Zombies from the
Stratosphere with Judd Holdren (as Larry
Martin) in the Rocketman suit, (although he is never called Commando Cody in
the serial) appeared later in the same year. A successful 12 pseudo-serial
titled Commando Cody Sky Marshall of the Universe followed in 1953. WANT MORE INFO? Then click on the link below: This 5 DVD Boxed Set
consists of : King of the Rocket Men Radar Men from the Moon Zombies from the Stratosphere Commando Cody Sky Marshall
of the Universe (2 DVD) 5 DVD Set : AU$40 or US$40 or £20 Also available: a 6 DVD set comprising the above 5 DVD
set + The Rocket Man Feature Trilogy DVD (see below) - AU$45 or US$45 or £23 |
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Rocket Man Feature Trilogy,
The Studio : Republic
Pictures In 1949 Republic released a
12 chapter serial called King of the Rocket Men. In it, Jeff King (as played by Tristram Coffin) featured as a
flying hero named Rocket Man, wearing a helmet and leather jacket. The
unprecedented success of this serial led to a 60 minute feature film
"adaptation" of that serial titled Lost Planet Airmen in 1951. The Commando Cody character which would
forever be associated with the Rocketman guise had its first appeared in
1952's 12 chapter serial Radar Men from the Moon with George Wallace as Commando Cody. A third 12
chapter serial, Zombies from the Stratosphere with Judd Holdren (as Larry Martin) in the
Rocketman suit, (although he is never called Commando Cody in the serial)
appeared later in the same year. A successful 12 episode TV / Movie series
titled Commando Cody Sky Marshall of the Universe followed in 1955. A 70 minute feature film
"adaptation" of the Zombies from the Stratosphere serial called Satan's Satelites appeared in 1958, while Radar Men from
the Moon was "adapted" into a
100 minute TV movie in 1966 becoming Retik, the Moon Menace. Lost Planet Airmen (theatrical feature adapted 1951
from King of the Rocketmen) Satan's Satellites (theatrical feature adapted 1958
from Zombies of the Stratosphere) Retik the Moon Menace (TV feature adapted 1966 from
Radar Men from the Moon) WANT MORE INFO? Then click on the link below: See also The Rocket Man /
Commando Cody 5 DVD & 6 DVD Sets above 1 DVD Boxed Set - AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Royal Mounted Rides Again, The
Date of Release : October 1945 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Bill Kennedy, Daun Kennedy, George
Dolenz & Milburn Stone Directed by Lewis D. Collins & Ray Taylor 13 chapters & 257 min - Chapter 1 is 29 mins, therest are
19 mins each Synopsis : A milling machinery owner Tom
Bailey is mysteriously murdered after mining operator Jackson Decker ordered
one of his men to seize the expensive equipment. Assigned to the case is
Captain Wayne Decker, Jackson Decker's son, and Colonel Frenchy of the Royal
Mounted Police. Also joining in the search for the killer is Tom Bailey's
daughter June. Once the investigation finds that Jackson Decker is actually
innocent of all charges, the search turns towards an independent group of
criminals trying to gain possession of the best gold mines. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10 |
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Rustlers of Red Dog, The Date of
Release : January 21st, 1935 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Johnny Mack Brown, Joyce Compton, Walter Miller,
Raymond Hatton & Harry Woods Directed by Louis Friedlander 12 Chapters & 215 mins - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Jack
Woods, Deacon and Laramie are the "Three Musketeers of the Old
West." They fight their way across the plains and mountains to protect
the settlers and battle the Indians, rustlers and badmen who are constantly
threatening them. In the frontier town of Red Dog, leading citizen Tom Lee
asks the trio to remain as protectors. A wagon train with Lee's daughter Mary
is on its way in - but it is attacked by Indians. Jack and his friends help
rescue the wagon train and discover that the train is carrying a shipment of
gold. The gold is coveted by a notorious outlaw named Rocky, who starts a
false rumor of a gold strike. Rocky thinks he will help himself to the gold
while the town is empty, but instead, he must shoot it out with Jack Woods. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Fighting With Kit Carson : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 5 DVD Set with Fighting
With Kit Carson, Flaming Frontiers,
The Oregon Trail &
Wild West Days: : AU$40 or US$40 or £20 |
Scarlet Horseman, The
Date of
Release : January 22nd, 1946 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Peter Cookson, Paul Guilfoyle, Victoria Horne,
Virginia Christine & Janet Shaw Directed by Ray Taylor & Lewis D. Collins 13 Chapters & 255 mins - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : The
Comanches are buying up rifles from unscrupulous gun smugglers in preparation
for a wholesale uprising against settlers in Texas. Two undercover Texas
Rangers discover the plot and set out to stop it - one of them by becoming a
masked mystery figure called The Scarlet Horseman! DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Scouts to the Rescue
Date of
Release : January 1939 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Jackie Cooper, Vondell Darr, Edwin Stanley &
Willaim Ruhl Directed by Ray Taylor & Alan James 12 Chapters & 240 mins - all chapters are 20 mins each Synopsis : Scouts
become involved in the search for counterfeiters when they rescue a G-man
from a plane crash in the wilds and find a large sum of counterfeit money.
The father of one of the scouts is implicated in the counterfeiting and is
arrested by the G-man only to escape. The scouts attempt to prove him innocent but in the process
are imperilled by marauding Indians DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Sea Hound, The
Date of
Release : September 1947 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Jimmy Lloyd,
Pamela Blake, Ralph Hodges, Robert Barron, Hugh Prosser & Spencer Chan Directed by Spencer Gorgon Bennet & Walter B. Easton 15 Chapters & 280 mins - Chapter 1 is 27 mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : Captain
Silver and his friends, Jerry, seagoing cowboy Tex and chinese inventor Kukai
are cruising through tropical waters, between California and Catalina, aboard
the Sea Hound when they pick up an SOS from the yacht Esmeralda. Silver sails to Typhoon Cove and
finds the yacht under attack by modern-day pirates. Aboard the attacked craft
are Ann Whitney, yacht owner Stanley Rand and Vardman. Silver and crew beat
off the attackers and he learns that Ann is searching for her father, John
Whitney who vanished into the jungle during a search for a fabulous treasure
of Spanish gold. This classic serial was based on the radio serial :
Captain Silver's Log of The Sea Hound, heard from 1942 to 1948 in the US and
in the 50's in Australia (very successfully) & South Africa. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Pirates of the High Seas : AU$25 or
US$25 or £13 |
Sea Raiders
Date of
Release : 1941 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring The Dead End Kids & The Little Tough Guys,
Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Benard Punsley, Hally Chester &
Reed Hadley Directed by Ford Beebe & John Rawlins 12 Chapters & 240 mins - all chapters are about 20 mins each Synopsis : The
Dead End Kids go after a gang known as the Sea Raiders, which is sinking
Allied shipping whilst trying to steal a new type of torpedo boat. The boys
manage to find the Sea Raiders island hide-out and set out to investigate the
saboteurs' underground arsenal. Note: An Very Good Print - much superior to commercial
offerings DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Sky Raiders: AU$25
or US$25 or £13 3 DVD Set with Junior
G-Men & Junior G-Men of the Air : AU$30 or US$30 or £15 4 DVD Set with Junior
G-Men, Junior G-Men of the Air & Sky Raiders : AU$35 or US$35 or £18 |
Secret Agent X-9
Date of Release : February 11th 1937 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers, Monte Blue,
Henry Hunter & David Oliver Directed by Ford Beebe & Clifford Smith 12 chapters & 240 min Synopsis : Secret Agent X-9 was a
popular comic strip character of the 30s and 40s. This is the first of two serial adaptations of
the character. It follows the adventures of Secret Agent X-9 (Scott Kolk)
when he is assigned to recover
the crown jewels of Belgravia and to capture it's suspected thief,
Blackstone. Along with his trusty helper, Shara Graustark (Jean Rogers), X-9
works long and hard to bring down a master criminal. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10 2 DVD Set with Secret Agent X-9 (1945) : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
Secret Agent X-9
Date of Release : August 1945 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Lloyd Bridges, Jan Wiley, Keye Luke,
Victoria Horne, Edmund Cobb & Samuel S. Hinds Directed by Lewis D. Collins & Ray Taylor 13 chapters & 260 min Synopsis : Secret Agent X-9 was a
popular comic strip character of the 30s and 40s. This is the second of two serial adaptations of the
character. The story takes place in 1943 on Shadow Island, an island of intrigue off the coast
of China, which has been allowed to remain neutral by the Japanese. A
Japanese scientist accidentally discovers that aviation fuel can be
manufactured cheaply by mixing an element called "722" with
distilled water. A plan is
hatched whereby an agent whose face is surgically altered to look like the
American scientist who has the formula to "722", will be smuggled
into the U.S. to steal it. The U.S. sends in Secret Agent X-9 to foil the
plot. This serial was blessed with a stellar cast of veteran
performers. Lloyd "Sea Hunt" Bridges makes a dashing hero, Keye
"No. 1 Son" Luke an ideal partner and Jan Wiley a fetching heroine.
An excellent WWII spy story with good production values and an exciting
climax in the final chapter DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10 2 DVD Set with Secret Agent X-9 (1937) : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
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Secret Code, The Date of
Release : September 1942 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Paul Kelly, Anna Nagel, Clancy Cooper, Robert O.
Davis & Gregory Gay Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet 15 Chapters & 312 mins - Chapter 1 is 32 mins, the rest are 20 mins each Synopsis : Police
Lieutenant Dan Barton is ordered to contact and smash a mysterious Axis
sabotage ring, by arranging to have himself thrown off the police force in
disgrace. While under the "protection" of the saboteurs who are
still suspicious of him, Dan learns that they have been ordered to capture a
newly-devised formula for the manufacture of synthetic rubber by a secret
code, whose method of operation is in itself of vital military value.
Disguised as the "Black Commando" and with the aid and assistance
of a female reporter and his police partner, Barton manages to round up the ring, locate its secret
code and destroy the most serious sabotage effort ever planned by Hitler
agents in America. As an interesting extra feature : Code expert Henry Lysing
gives a series of lessons on code at the end of every chapter ! DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Secret of Treasure
Island, The Date of
Release : March 1938 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Don Terry, Gwen Gaze, Grant Withers, Hobart
Bosworth & William Farnum Directed by Elmer Clifton 15 Chapters & 300 Mins - Chapter 1 is 28 Mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : A
mysterious character known only as The Shark takes possession of an island
reputed to contain a hidden pirate treasure consisting on a fortune in gold.
Fortifying the island, he systematically seeks the gold and the remaining
portion of the original location map. Reporter Larry Kent and his girl friend
Toni Morrell decide to investigate the island and search for the gold
themselves A nicely upgraded print (thanx Bart!) DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
3 DVD Set with Don Winslow of the Navy & Don
Winslow of the Coast Guard: AU$30 or US$30 or £15 |
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Secret Service in
Darkest Africa (aka Manhunt in the African Jungles) Date of
Release : 6th August, 1943 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Rod Cameron, Joan Marsh, Duncan Renaldo, Lionel
Royce & Kurt Kreuger Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet 15 Chapters & 250 mins - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are 16 mins each Synopsis :
Chronicles the action-filled adventures of US Secret Service agent Rex
Bennett in his quest to obtain a sacred Arab religious artefact which the
Nazis will use to turn the hordes of Arab tribesmen against the allies DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with G Men vs the Black Dragon : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
Shadow, The
Date of
Release : 1940 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Victor Jory, Veda Ann Borg, Robert Fiske, Jack Ingram & Eddie Fetherston Directed by James W. Horne 15 Chapters & 325 mins - Chapter 1 is 31 mins, the rest are 21 mins each Synopsis : Radio's mysterious, black-clad
hero proves that "the weed of crime bears bitter fruit" in this
thrill-packed Columbia serial. A criminal mastermind known only as the Black
Tiger who can make himself invisible is sabotaging rail lines and factories
across America, and scientist Lamont Cranston must become his shadowy alter
ego to uncover the fiend and halt his schemes. Victor Jory is perfect as
Lamont Cranston. Fast and furious direction by James W. Horne. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with The Green Archer : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 Note : This serial
is also part of The Shadow Collection (includes theatrical
movies & TV episodes) - see the Movies Series N - Z section of the website |
Shadow of the Eagle, The
Date of
Release : February 1st, 1932 Studio : Mascot
Pictures Starring John Wayne, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller,
Kenneth Harlen & Edward Hearn Directed by Ford Beebe, Colbert Clark & Wyndham Gittens 12 Chapters & 220 mins - Chapter 1 is 27 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Skywriting messages from a pilot
called The Eagle threaten an aircraft company. Nathan Gregory, a carnival
owner becomes the prime suspect. A stunt pilot who is in love with Gregory's
daughter struggles to prove his potential father-in-law's innocence and
recover plans for an invention that The Eagle has stolen from Gregory. John
Wayne starring in his first serial (of three). DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
3 DVD Set with The Hurricane
Express & The Three Musketeers:
AU$30 or US$30 or £15 |
Sky Raiders
Date of
Release : March 1941 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Donald Woods, Billy Halop, Robert Armstrong,
Kathryn Adams & Edward Ciannelli
Directed by Ford Beebe & Ray Taylor 12 Chapters & 240 mins - all Chapters are about 20 mins each Synopsis : Famed aviator Bob Dayton becomes
the target of enemy agents who want plans for a new type of fighter plane and
a bombsight that his company has developed. Dayton hires Tim Bryant, member
of the Air Youth of America to do experimental work for him. Felix Lynx,
agent for a foreign government is kept informed of the Sky Raiders' plane by
a spy in Dayton's office. Note: An Very Good Print - much superior to commercial
offerings DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Sea Raiders : AU$25
or US$25 or £13 4 DVD Set with Junior
G-Men, Junior G-Men of the Air & Sea Raiders : AU$35 or US$35 or £18 |
Son of Geronimo
Date of
Release : 6th November
1952 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Clayton Moore, Rodd Redwing, Tommy Farrell,
Eileen Rowe & Bud Osborne Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet 15 Chapters & 240 mins - Chapter 1 is 24 mins, the rest are 15 mins each Synopsis : Made during the production season,
1952-53, when Clayton Moore left "The Lone Ranger" television
series and was replaced by John Hart for a year. This story has frontier
trouble-shooter Jim Scott (Clayton Moore) seeking to put an end to the
bloodshed between whites and Indians on the Western frontier. He is aided by
Tulsa, the boss of a wagon train, and by frontier settlers Frank Baker and
his sister Ann. A band of Apaches headed by Porico, son of Geronimo,
continually attack the settlers, their wagon trains and a new stage line. A
band of white renegades, led by Ace Devlin and Rance Rankin manage to worsen
the situation. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Black Arrow : AU$25
or US$25 or £13 |
Son of the Guardsman
Date of
Release : 24th October 1946 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Robert Shaw, Duan Kennedy, Robert Henry, Jim
Diehl & Hugh Prosser Directed by Derwin Abrahams 15 Chapters & 280 mins - Chapter 1 is 28 mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : Dave Trent opposes his uncle Sir
Edgar Bullard, a rubber baron in medieval England. Part of the prize is
Louise Markham, whose honor Trent defends. Fighting alongside Trent is an
outlawed group organized to oppose evil doers. The group supports young Roger
Mowbry, really Prince Richard, heir to a throne being misused by a wicked
regent. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with The Adventures of Sir Galahad : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
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Son of Zorro Date of
Release : 2nd June, 1947 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring George Turner, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft,
Edward Cassidy & Ernest S. Adams Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Fred C. Bannon 13 Chapters & 176 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : In the reconstruction
period following the Civil War, returning Cavalry officer Jeff Stewart, using
the garb of his famous ancestor Zorro, to battle the forces of outlawry that
have left his home state in chaos. Bonus DVD : The Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Ghost of Zorro : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 See also Zorro 6 DVD Combination Boxed
Set
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SOS Coast Guard Date of
Release : 10th September, 1937 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Maxine Davis, Herbert
Rawlinson & Richard Alexander Directed by William Witney, & Alan James 12 Chapters & 239 mins - Chapter 1 is 30 mins, the rest are 19 mins each Synopsis : Coast
Guard Lieutenant Terry Kent is determined to stop the villainous Boroff, who
has invented a disintegrating gas that's
capable of world destruction. Very Nice print - much better than commercial offerings DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Spider Returns, The
Date of
Release : May 1941 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Warren Hull, Mary Ainslee, Dave O'brien, Kenne
Duncan, Joseph W. Girard & Bryant Washburn Marc Lawrence Directed By James W. Horne 15 Chapters & 280 mins - Chapter 1 is 32 mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : Directing the acts of a band of
ruthless crims, the mysterious and masked Gargoyle, backed by millions from
an unknown Power, attempts to wreck production for National Defense. The Police - baffled - seek the aid
of Richard Wentworth, a famous amateur criminologist. Sometimes masquerading
as The Spider, concealed his true identity from both the criminals &
Police, Wentworth pits his wits (often disguising himself as the sniveling
underworld hanger-on Blinky McQuade) and strength against The Gargoyle in
preventing sabotage, subversive activities and other crimes Nicely
Restored Print! DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with The Spider's Web : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
Spider's Web, The
Date of
Release : October 1938 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Warren Hull, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, Kenne
Duncan, Forbes Murray, Marc Lawrence Directed By James W. Horne & Ray Taylor 15 Chapters & 265 mins - Chapter 1 is 29 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : One of
the first pulp thrillers to make it to the screen : The Spider Posing as
The Spider terror of the underworld, as well as Blinky McQuade, underworld habitue, celebrated
criminologist Richard Wentworth wages a desperate battle to foil the plans of
The Octopus, whose outlaw gang is completely demoralizing the nation's
transportation system. Nice
new print - which has also undergone digital restoration Previous
purchasers should contact Trev about a gratis upgrade DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with The Spider Returns : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
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Spy Smasher Date of
Release : 4th April, 1942 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Kane Richmond, Sam Flint, Hans Schumm, Tristram
Coffin & Frank Corsaro Directed by William Witney 12 Chapters & 215 mins - Chapter 1 is 28 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Jack
Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villian known as The Mask, who
heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America
shortly before the outbreak of WWII. Bonus DVD : TV
Feature (Spy Smasher Returns) DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Haunted Harbor : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
Superman
Date of
Release : July 1948 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Carol Foreman, Pierre
Watkins & Tommy Bond Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Thomas Carr 15 Chapters & 248 mins - Chapter 1 is 24 mins, the rest are 16 mins each Synopsis : Follows
the destruction of
Krypton, a young Clark growing up on a farm with the Kents, Clark coming to
Metropolis and joining the staff of the Daily Planet. Then Superman battles
the evil designs of the Spider Lady and her thugs and henchmen who amongst
other things are out to kidnap Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Atom Man vs. Superman : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
Tailspin Tommy
Date of
Release : 29th October, 1934 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Maurice Murphy, Patricia Farr, Noah Beery Jr.,
& Grant Williams Directed by Louis Friedlander 12 Chapters & 240 mins - all Chapters are about 20 minutes each Synopsis : Two
gangsters try every means possible to gain control of Three Point Airlines,
but are foiled by Tailspin Tommy and his pal Skeeter. Based on Hal Forrest's
cartoon strip and radio show of the same name. This is a great serial which
benefits from Howard Hughes' marvellous footage of duelling biplanes taken
during the filming of Hell's Angels Note: A superior print to that sold by commercial
outfits DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
: AU$25 or US$25 or £13 See Movie Series N to Z for 3
DVD set which combines both Tailspin Tommy serials with the 4 Tailspin Tommy
Movies |
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
Date of
Release : October, 1935 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Clark Williams, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr.,
Delphine Drew Directed by Ray Taylor 12 Chapters & 240 mins - all Chapters are about 20 minutes each Synopsis : Horace
Raymore, a villainous American and Manuel Casmetta of the Central American
island of Nazil, attempt to seize control of valuable oil lands, operating
from a sophisticated jungle fortress equipped with modern weapons and
fighting planes. Tailspin Tommy, his pal Skeeter and girlfriend Betty Lou are
hired to survey the oil properties and blaze a pipeline from the air.
Although in constant peril, the trio are aided in time of crisis by a masked
pilot in the "Eagle Plane" which appears put of an artificial cloud
at vital moments then disappears into another smoke screen. Note: A superior print to that sold by commercial
outfits DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
: AU$25 or US$25 or £13 See Movie Series N to Z for 3
DVD set which combines both Tailspin Tommy serials with the 4 Tailspin Tommy
Movies |
Terry and the Pirates
Date of
Release : 1940 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring William Tracy, Granville Owen, Joyce Bryant,
Allen Jung & Dick Curtis Directed by James W. Horne 15 Chapters & 270 mins - Chapter 1 is 29 mins, the rest are about 17 mins each Synopsis : Of all
the radio shows adopted from the classic newspaper comic pages in the '30s
and '40s, none was more intriguing or exciting than the action-packed tales
of Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates. This adventure that centered around
the discovery of a vast hidden treasure. Along the treacherous 15-episode
route Terry Lee and Pat Ryan have contacts with mysterious "Tiger
Men," a savage gorilla, exploding ammunition sheds and countless other
thrills. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Tex Granger : Midnight Rider of the Plains
Date of Release
: 1st April 1948 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring Robert Kellard, Peggy Stewart, Robert
"Buzz" Henry & Smith Bellew Directed by Derwin Abrahams 15 Chapters
& 260 mins - Chapter 1 is 25 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Tex
Granger heading toward Three Buttes, comes across a young boy, Timmy,
guarding a gold shipment which he has just rescued from a stagecoach that had
been held up by Blaze Talbot and Reno. Tex and Tim turn the gold over to its
consignee Rance Carson who uses his loan office to carry out crooked land
deals. Tex, persuaded by Helen Kent purchases the local newspaper. Blaze
shows up in town, and Carson has him appointed town marshal, intending to use
Blaze as his enforcer, but Blaze has higher aspirations, and soon the town is
ablaze with gunfire and plots as Blaze, Carson and Reno and his gang battle
each other and the citizens. Tex, mild-mannered newspaper man dons a mask and
becomes "The Midnight Rider of the Plains" and works against all
three gang factions to bring law and order to Three Buttes. Based on the character featured in "Calling All Boys
Magazine" comic book. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Deadwood Dick : AU$25
or US$25 or £13 |
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Three Musketeers, The Date of
Release : 22nd April, 1933 Studio : Mascot
Pictures Starring Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, Francis X. Bushman
& John Wayne Directed by Armand Schaefer & Colbert Clark 12 Chapters & 220 mins - Chapter 1 is 29 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Tom
Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join
him in going after El Shasta, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe
out the Foreign Legion. John Wayne is in the forefront of the action despite
appearing only fourth in the credits. The action of this serial has some
nifty inventive moments and it was all shot on location. The good natured
camaraderie between the musketeers was definitely used as a prototype for
Gunga Din, made six years later by RKO. Notable appearances by Noah Beery Jr,
Lon Chaney and Yakima Canutt. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
3 DVD Set with The Hurricane
Express & The Shadow of the Eagle:
AU$30 or US$30 or £15 |
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Tiger Woman, The (aka
Perils of the Darkest Jungle) Date of
Release : 8th May, 1944 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Allan "Rocky" Lane, Linda Sterling,
Duncan Renaldo & George J. Lewis Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Wallace A.
Grissell 12 Chapters & 201 mins - Chapter 1 is 25 mins, the rest are 16 mins each Synopsis : A
beautiful white jungle goddess and a two-fisted trouble shooter battle money
mad oil profiteers attempting to secure oil rich lands that belong to a
peaceful tribe of South American natives. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with Haunted Harbor (aka Pirates' Harbor) : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
Tim Tyler's Luck
Date of
Release : November 1937 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Frank M. Thomas jr., Francis Robinson, Norman
Willis & Jack Mulhall Directed by Ford Beebe & Wyndham Gittens 12 Chapters
240 mins - all Chapters are about 20 minutes each Synopsis : Tim
Tyler takes a ship to Africa to look for his father who is somewhere in
gorilla country. Aboard the same ship is Lora Graham seeking Spider Webb, the
criminal who had committed a diamond robbery for which here brother has been
framed. In his quest to find a fabulous treasure of ivory, Spider Webb kills
Tim's father and takes over his armoured jungle cruiser. Tim & Lora team
up with Sgt Gates in an attempt to bring the criminal to justice. Based on the newspaper strip "Tim Tyler's Luck",
penned by Lyman Young. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Trader Tom of the China
Seas Date of
Release : 6th January, 1954 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Harry Lauter, Aline Towne, Lyle Talbot, Robert
Shayne & Fred Graham Directed by Franklyn Adreon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : The
United Nations has island trader Tom Rogers and Vivian Wells, daughter of a
schooner captain, spearheading the effort to keep subversive native groups
from starting revolutions in Burmatra and neighbouring Asian countries. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with King of the Carnival : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
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Undersea Kingdom Date of
Release : June, 1936 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring
Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, William Farnum & Boothe Howard Directed
by B. Reeves Eason & Joseph Kane 12 Chapters & 228 mins - Chapter 1 is 30 mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : Crash
Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter,
join Professor Norton for a search for the source of a string of earthquakes,
Atlantis. They ride Prof. Norton's rocket submarine searching the sea with
little Billy Norton, the professor's stow away son. When they find Atlantis
they are caught in a civil war between the Atlanteans. After many harrowing
moments for Crash, Diana, Prof. Norton and Billy, they barely get away with
their lives when they escape a tower of Atlantis raised to the surface for
the sole purpose of dominating or destroying the Earth. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
2 DVD Set with The Phantom Empire : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
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Vanishing Shadow, The Date of
Release : July, 1934 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring
Onslow Stevens, Ada Ince, Walter Miller, James Durkin & William Desmond Directed
by Louis Friedlander 12
Chapters & 240 mins - all Chapters are about 20 minutes each Synopsis : Stanley
Stanfield, an electrical engineer invents a vest-like apparatus which permits
the wearer to vanish, leaving only a shadow. With the aid of Carl Van Dorn,
himself a famed electrical wizard, he determines to bring about the fall of
power-crazed, money-mad Wade Barnett and his cohort, Dorgan who was
responsible for the death of Stanfield's father DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Valley of Vanishing Men,
The Date of
Release : 17th December, 1942 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring
Bill Elliott, Slim Summerville, Carmen Morales, Kenneth MacDonald & Jack
Ingram Directed
by Spencer Gordon Bennet 15 Chapters & 285 mins - all chapters are about 19 mins each Synopsis : Wild
Bill Tolliver and Missouri Benson ride into the territory of New Mexico to
search for Bill's father, Henry Tolliver who disappeared while prospecting.
They discover that a ruthless outlaw leader and a renegade European general
are operating a giant gold mine and using captured Mexican patriots, and
others, to work as slave. Bill and Missouri become friendly with Consuelo
Romeros an agent for the Mexican government, and they learns that Bill's
father is among the prisoner/slaves in the mine. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
3 DVD Set with The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
+ Overland with Kit Carson : AU$30
or US$30 or £15 |
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Vigilante, The Date of
Release : 22nd May, 1947 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring
Ralph Byrd, Ramsay Ames, Lyle Talbot, George Offerman & Robert Barron Directed
by Wallace Fox 15 Chapters & 280 mins - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : The
Vigilante, a government undercover agent, is really Greg Sanders, a western
movie star. An assignment takes him to the ranch of wealthy George Pierce,
secretly gang leader X-1, who is after a string of pearls called the
"100 Tears of Blood". The pearls have been concealed in the hooves
of five stallion belonging to Pierce''s guests. Pierce stops at nothing in
his efforts to acquire the cursed pearls, but The Vigilante ultimately stands
in his way. Based on The Vigilante adventure in Action Comics This rare serial is now available in a good quality
print DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Vigilantes are Coming,
The Date of
Release : October 1936 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring
Robert Livingston, Kay Hughes, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond
Hatton & Fred Kohler Directed
by Mack V. Wright & Ray Taylor 12 Chapters & 230 mins - Chapter 1 is 31 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis :
Imperial Russia is plotting to colonize early 19th century California and
Cossack soldiers are riding the range The vigilantes of the title are a group
of ranchers led by a Zorro
like figure known as "The Eagle" whose father and brother have been
gunned down by Russian. When not fighting the Russians The Eagle (Robert
Livingston) hides his identity by becoming a mild mannered church organist.
His brothers in arms are Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond Hatton. Ray (Crash) Corrigan, who would team up with Livingston
later that year to form two-thirds of "The Three Mesquiteers",
appears unbilled as Captain Fremont head of the American brigade. Beware : that
many of the cliffhangers don't match up with "the escape" in the
ensuing chapters. This serial is one of the first, if not the first, serials
released by the then newly formed Republic Pictures. Bonus DVD : The Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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White Eagle Date of Release
: 31st January, 1941 Studio : Columbia
Studios Starring
Buck Jones, Raymond Hatton, Dorothy Fay, James Craven & Jack Ingram Directed by James W. Horne 15 Chapters & 270 mins - Chapter 1 is 32 mins and the rest are about 17 mins each Synopsis : White Eagle,
a pony express rider, defends the innocence of his people against charges
that they are responsible for atrocities actually committed by a gang headed
by Bert Darnell & Gregory Cantro, who dress their henchmen as Indians. Excellent Print DVD : AU$21 or US$18 or £9
2 DVD Set with The Phantom Rider (1936): AU$25 or US$25
or £13 4 DVD Set with Gordon of
Ghost City, The Roaring West & The Phantom Rider (1936): AU$35
or US$35 or £18 |
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Wild West Days Date of
Release : 5th July 1937 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring Johnny Mack Brown, George Shelley, Lynn Gilbert,
Frank Yaconelli & Russell Simpson Directed by Ford Beebe & Clifford Smith 13 Chapters & 265 mins - each chapter is about 20 mins Synopsis : Larry
Munro has discovered a vein of platinum on his ranch. A group known as the
Secret Seven has learned about it and plan to get the Munro Ranch. Kentucky
Wade (Johnny Mack Brown) and his friends arrive to help Larry and are soon
fighting off attempts on their lives by the henchman of the Secret Seven and
the Indians they enlist by bribing them with rifles. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10 5 DVD Set with Fighting
With Kit Carson, Flaming Frontiers,
The Oregon Trail & The Rustlers of Red
Dog: AU$40 or US$40 or £20 |
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Winners of the West Date of
Release : 2nd July, 1940 Studio : Universal
Studios Starring
Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig, Tom Fadden & Charles Stevens Directed by Ford Beebe & Ray Taylor 13 Chapters & 260 mins - each chapter is about 20 mins each Synopsis : Jeff
Ramsay assistant to the President of the Hartford Transcontinental Railroad,
is fighting to advance the line through Hell's Gate Pass. Meanwhile King
Carter, self-styled ruler of the land beyond the pass, plans to block the
construction of the railroad. Carter hires Snakeye (, a renegade half-breed,
to lead the Indians on raids against the construction camps. DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
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Zombies of The
Stratosphere Date of
Release : 16th July, 1952 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, Wilson Wood, Lane
Bradford & Stanley Waxman Directed by Fred C. Bannon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis :
Security agent Larry Martin, who can fly with an experimental rocket suit,
investigates clandestine visits to earth by a Martian spaceship. Meanwhile,
villainous Martians conspire with a traitorous atomic scientist to blast
earth out of its orbit and replace it with Mars Bonus DVD :
Theatrical Feature (Satan's
Satellites) See also The Rocketman Feature Trilogy See also The Rocketman / Commando Cody 5 DVD & 6
DVD Sets DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
Also available The Colorized & Edited Serials: Zombies
of the Stratosphere & The Crimson Ghost - see below |
Zombies of the Stratosphere & The Crimson
Ghost - Colorized & Edited
In 1990, American Film Technologies (computer) colorized
& edited two movie serials into 90 minute TV features. They had the same
cliffhangers and resolutions as the original serials but each chapter was
shortened to about 8 to 10 minutes (rather than the usual 13 mins). There
were no opening or closing credits between chapters as well as no recap of
the previous chapter. Crimson Ghost, The
(Colour - ColorImaged by American Film Technologies) Date of
Release : 1990 - 93 mins Zombies of The
Stratosphere (Colour - ColorImaged by American Film
Technologies) Date of
Release : 1990 - 93
mins 2 DVD set : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
Zorro Combination, The
Studio : Republic
Pictures Republic Pictures began their
flirtation with the Zorro character with The Vigilantes are Coming (1936) - although the hero was called "The
Eagle", he certainly looked and behaved like Zorro. This successful Bob
Livingston film was then followed by a series of 5 Zorro Serials in which the
character was called Zorro : Zorro Rides Again, Zorro's Fighting Legion,
Zorro's Black Whip, Son
of Zorro & Ghost of Zorro. See Republic Studios above
for details about each serial All 6 entries are included in
this special Zorro Combination 7
DVD Boxed Set (incl Bonus DVD - see below) The Vigilantes are Coming (1936) Zorro Rides Again (1937) Zorro's Fighting Legion
(1939) Zorro's Black Whip (1944) Son of Zorro (1947) Ghost of Zorro (1949) Bonus DVD : The Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR 7 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
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Zorro Rides Again Date of Release : 3rd December, 1937 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring John Carroll, Helen Christian, Reed Howes, Duncan
Renaldo & Noah Beery Sr. Directed by William Witney & John English 12 Chapters & 239 mins - Chapter 1 is 30 mins,
the rest are 19 mins each Synopsis : The
California-Yucatan Railroad, being built for the good of Mexico, is under
siege by a gang of terrorists hoping to force its sale. Manuel Vega, aged
co-owner, seeks the aid of his nephew James, great-grandson of the original
Zorro to lead the fight against the sinister profiteer Marsden. Excellent Print - much superior to those on commercial
release Bonus DVD : The Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10 See also Zorro 6 DVD Combination Boxed
Set
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Zorro's
Black Whip Date of
Release : 15th November, 1944 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring George J. Lewis, Linda Stirling, Lucien
Littlefield, Francis McDonald & John Merton Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Wallace A.
Grissell 12 Chapters & 177 mins - Chapter 1 is 23 mins, the rest are 14 mins each Synopsis : Hammond, owner of the town's stagecoach line
and a leading citizen, is opposed to Idaho becoming a state, and kills
Randolph Meredith, owner of the town's newspaper, for endorsing it.
Meredith's sister Barbara, expert with a bullwhip and pistol, dons a black
costume and mask and becomes "The Black Whip", dealing a blow to
Hammond and his gang each time they perform some heinous act in their efforts
to keep the town, and their power over it, unchanged. Aided by government
agent Vic Gordon, Barbara confronts Hammond in a final showdown just as the
town votes on whether or not to accept statehood Excellent Print - much superior to those on commercial
release Bonus DVD : The Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
See also Zorro 6 DVD Combination Boxed
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Zorro's
Fighting Legion Date of Release
: 16th December, 1939 Studio : Republic
Pictures Starring Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy, William Corson, John
Merton & C. Montague Shaw Directed by William Witney & John English 12 Chapters & 215 mins - Chapter 1 is 28 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Someone
is preying on the Yaqui Indian's
superstitions under the guise of Don Del Oro, the Yaqui God of Gold and using
them to steal the governmentÕs treasure. Don Diego de la Vega in the guise of
Zorro and a band of faithful fighters rise up in defence. Excellent Print - much superior to those on commercial
release Bonus DVD : The Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR DVD : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
See also Zorro 6 DVD Combination Boxed
Set
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