Burn 'Em Up Barnes

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Burn 'Em Up Barnes
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Directed byColbert Clark
Armand Schaefer
Written byColbert Clark
Sherman L. Lowe
Al Martin

Barney A. Sarecky
Armand Schaefer
Produced byNat Levine
StarringJack Mulhall
Frankie Darro
Lola Lane
Julian Rivero
Edwin Maxwell
Jason Robards
CinematographyErnest Miller
William Nobles
Edited byEarl Turner
Music byLee Zahler
Distributed byMascot Pictures
Release date
  • June 16, 1934 (1934-06-16)
Running time
12 chapters (210 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Burn 'Em Up Barnes is a 1934 American Pre-Code movie serial produced and distributed by Mascot Pictures, along with a feature version of the serial bearing the same title. It was a loose remake of the 1921 silent film of the same name.

Cast[]

  • Jack Mulhall as Burn-'em-Up Barnes, racing driver nicknamed the "King of the Dirt Track" and shortly the co-owner of the Temple Barnes Transportation school bus company
  • Frankie Darro as Bobbie Riley, Barnes' kid sidekick and ward following his brother's accidental death
  • Lola Lane as Marjorie Temple, owner of the Temple (later Temple Barnes) Transportation school bus company and land with a hidden wealth of oil
  • Julian Rivero as Tony, Marjorie's bumbling Italian-accented mechanic
  • Edwin Maxwell as Lyman Warren
  • Jason Robards as John Drummond, crooked race promoter who knows that Marjorie's land is really worth millions and will stop at nothing to get it
  • Francis McDonald as Ray Ridpath, villainous driver working for Drummond

Chapter titles[]

  1. King of the Dirt Tracks
  2. The Newsreel Murder
  3. The Phantom Witness
  4. The Celluloid Clue
  5. The Decoy Driver
  6. The Crimson Alibi
  7. Roaring Rails
  8. The Death Crash
  9. The Man Higher Up
  10. The Missing Link
  11. Surrounded
  12. The Fatal Whisper

Source:[1]

DVD release[]

Burn 'Em Up Barnes was released on Region 0 DVD by Alpha Video on November 27, 2007.[2] A feature-length version of the serial was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on October 30, 2012, but this is not the same as the feature version originally prepared by Mascot Pictures; its origins are unknown.[3] The 1921 silent version of the serial was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on July 7, 2015.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
  2. ^ "Alpha Video - Burn 'Em Up Barnes". Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Alpha Video - Burn 'em Up Barnes". Retrieved June 26, 2015.

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Preceded by Mascot Serial
Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934) 		Succeeded by


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