List of film serials
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s[]
Production Company | Title | Chapters | Genre | Director | Cast | Notes | |
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1910 | |||||||
Deutsche Vitaskop GmbH | Arsene Lupin Contra Sherlock Holmes | 5 | Mystery | Paul Otto as Lupin and Viggo Larsen as Holmes | German | ||
1912 | |||||||
Edison Studios | What Happened to Mary | 12 | Drama | Charles Brabin | Mary Fuller | Episodes 1–4: Survival status unclear.[3]
Episodes 5–8, 10, 11: Museum of Modern Art[4] Episode 9: Library of Congress[4] Episode 12: Survival status unclear[3] Other sources indicate a print exists yet provide no specifics[5] | |
1913 | |||||||
Selig Polyscope Company | The Adventures of Kathlyn | 13 | Adventure | Francis J. Grandon | Kathlyn Williams | Presumed lost. Considered to be the first "cliffhanger" serial.[6] | |
Edison Studios | Who Will Marry Mary? | 6 | Drama | Mary Fuller | Incomplete prints of episodes one and five survive[7] | ||
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Fantômas | 5 | Mystery | Louis Feuillade | René Navarre | French
Print exists.[8][9] Released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber 2016.[10] | |
1914 | |||||||
Pathé | The Perils of Pauline | 20 | Adventure | Louis J. Gasnier and | Pearl White | First Pathé serial; known to exist only in a shortened 9-chapter version (approx. 214 minutes)[11] | |
The Exploits of Elaine | 14 | Mystery | George B. Seitz | Pearl White, Arnold Daly, Sheldon Lewis | Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive [incomplete 35mm positive]; and (of some of the episodes, including episodes 8-10) [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives][12] | ||
Kalem Company | The Hazards of Helen | 119 | Railroad | J. P. McGowan and | Helen Holmes and Helen Gibson | 119 chapters – At 23.8 hours, this is considered to be the longest serial ever made. Each episode was about 12 minutes. Very little of it survives.[13] | |
Edison Studios | The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies | 12 | Girl Reporter | Mary Fuller | Only two episodes, 5 & 10, are known to exist. | ||
The Man Who Disappeared | 12 | Drama | Charles Brabin | Marc McDermott | (considered lost) | ||
Reliance Motion Picture Studio/Mutual Film | Our Mutual Girl | 52 | Drama | John W. Noble, | |||
Thanhouser Film Corporation | The Million Dollar Mystery | 23 | Mystery | Howell Hansel | Florence La Badie, Marguerite Snow, James Cruze, Sidney Bracey | (considered lost) | |
20 | Drama | Howell Hansel | Marguerite Snow, James Cruze | ||||
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery | 15 | Spy | Francis Ford | Grace Cunard, Francis Ford | First Universal serial; an incomplete print of 4 chapters exists | |
The Master Key | 15 | Adventure | Robert Z. Leonard | Robert Z. Leonard, Ella Hall | (only episode 5 survives in the Library of Congress) | ||
Universal Pictures | The Trey o' Hearts | 15 | Crime | Wilfred Lucas and Henry MacRae | Cleo Madison, George Larkin | Based on a novel by Louis Joseph Vance (considered lost) | |
Lubin Manufacturing Company | 15 | Drama | Arthur V. Johnson | Arthur V. Johnson, Lottie Briscoe | |||
1915 | |||||||
Pathé & | The New Exploits of Elaine | 10 | Crime | Louis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Pearl White | (considered lost) | |
The Romance of Elaine | 12 | Spy | George B. Seitz, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Pearl White, Lionel Barrymore, Creighton Hale | Based on the novel by Arthur B. Reeve (considered lost) | ||
Balboa Amusement Producing Company | Neal of the Navy | 14 | Maritime | William Bertram and | Lillian Lorraine, William Courtleigh Jr. | (considered lost) | |
The Red Circle | 14 | Drama | Ruth Roland | (only a brief trailer survives) | |||
American Film Manufacturing Company | The Diamond From the Sky | 30 | Adventure | Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor | Lottie Pickford | (considered lost) | |
Reliance Film Company | Runaway June | 15 | Drama | ||||
Kalem Company | 16 | Crime | Robert Ellis, and | Marguerite Courtot | |||
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Black Box | 15 | Mystery | Otis Turner | Herbert Rawlinson | (considered lost); written by E. Phillips Oppenheim; a novelization of the serial with photos was published | |
Under the Crescent | 6 | Adventure | Burton L. King | Ola Humphrey | Based on the biography of actress Ola Humphrey (considered lost) | ||
The Broken Coin | 22 | Adventure | Francis Ford | Grace Cunard, Francis Ford | Based on a story by Emerson Hough (considered lost) | ||
Graft | 20 | Crime | George Lessey and Richard Stanton | Hobart Henley, Jane Novak | (considered lost) | ||
Power Picture Plays | 11 | Comedy | Allen Curtis | Gale Henry, Max Asher | |||
Lubin Manufacturing Company | 15 | Drama | Howell Hansel and John Ince | Crane Wilbur, Mary Charleson, Jack Standing | |||
Signal Film Corporation | 15 | Railroad | J. P. McGowan | Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, J. P. McGowan | |||
Vitagraph Company of America | 15 | Drama | Ralph Ince | Anita Stewart | |||
3 | Comedy | Wally Van | Clara Kimball Young | ||||
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Les Vampires | 10 | Mystery | Louis Feuillade | Musidora | French (available on DVD) | |
1916 | |||||||
The Iron Claw | 20 | Mystery | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | A print of episode 7 exists[14] | ||
The Mysteries of Myra | 15 | Horror | Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Howard Estabrook, Jean Sothern | |||
The Grip of Evil | 14 | Drama | and Harry Harvey | Jackie Saunders, Roland Bottomley | |||
Beatrice Fairfax | 15 | Girl Reporter | Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Grace Darling, Harry Fox | (Available on DVD) | ||
Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | The Shielding Shadow | 15 | Mystery | Louis J. Gasnier and | Grace Darmond, Ralph Kellard, Léon Bary | (Only chapters 4, 10, 11, 14 and 15 exist)[15] | |
Pearl of the Army | 15 | War | Edward José | Pearl White | (Available on DVD) | ||
Erbograph/Consolidated Film Company | The Crimson Stain Mystery | 16 | Horror | T. Hayes Hunter | Maurice Costello, Ethel Grandin | (Exists in incomplete form)[15] | |
Kleine Productions Inc. | Gloria's Romance | 20 | Drama | Colin Campbell and | Billie Burke | (considered lost) | |
Metro Pictures Corporation | The Great Secret | 18 | Mystery | Christy Cabanne | Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne | (considered lost) | |
Deutsche Bioscop | Homunculus | 6 | Science fiction | Otto Rippert | Olaf Fønss | German | |
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Léonce Perret | French | |||||
Judex | 12 | Crime | Louis Feuillade | René Cresté, Musidora | French (available on DVD) | ||
Niagara Film Studios | 15 | Girl reporter | George Terwilliger | ||||
American Film Manufacturing Company | The Secret of the Submarine | 15 | Spy | Juanita Hansen, Tom Chatterton | (considered lost) | ||
The Scarlet Runner | 12 | William P. S. Earle and Wally Van | Earle Williams | (considered lost) | |||
The Sequel to the Diamond From the Sky | 4 | Drama | Edward Sloman | Rhea Mitchell | (considered lost) | ||
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. | The Strange Case of Mary Page | 15 | Mystery | J. Charles Haydon | Henry B. Walthall, Edna Mayo | (considered lost) | |
Signal Film Corporation | 16 | William Steiner | Edwin Stevens | ||||
Lass of the Lumberlands | 15 | Western | J. P. McGowan | Helen Holmes | (considered lost) | ||
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring | 15 | Circus | Francis Ford and Jacques Jaccard | Grace Cunard, Francis Ford | (considered lost) | |
Liberty | 20 | Western | Henry MacRae | Marie Walcamp | First purely Western Serial ever made (considered lost)[16] | ||
Vitagraph Company of America | 16 | Mystery | Francis Ford and Grace Cunard | Grace Cunard, Francis Ford | |||
1917 | |||||||
Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | The Mystery of the Double Cross | 15 | Mystery | Louis J. Gasnier and William Parke | Mollie King, Léon Bary | (Available on DVD) | |
The Fatal Ring | 20 | Crime | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | (A complete print may exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive)[17] | ||
The Seven Pearls | 15 | Adventure | Louis J. Gasnier and | Mollie King, Creighton Hale, Léon Bary | (only fragments exist in the Library of Congress) | ||
The Hidden Hand | 15 | Mystery | James Vincent | Doris Kenyon | (considered lost) | ||
Balboa Amusement Producing Company | The Neglected Wife | 15 | Drama | William Bertram | Ruth Roland | (A complete print exists)[18] | |
/International Film Service Inc. | Patria | 15 | War | Jacques Jaccard, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Irene Castle | Based on the novel The Last of the Fighting Channings by Louis Joseph Vance; only episodes 1-4 and 10 exist.[19] | |
Signal Film Corporation | 15 | Railroad | J. P. McGowan | Helen Holmes | |||
The Lost Express | 15 | Railroad | J. P. McGowan | Helen Holmes | |||
Monmouth Film Corporation | 16 | Mystery | E.K. Lincoln, Doris Mitchell, Edna Hunter, Paul Panzer | ||||
Paramount Pictures | Who Is Number One? | 15 | Mystery | William Bertram | Kathleen Clifford | (considered lost) | |
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | Voice on the Wire | 15 | Mystery | Stuart Paton | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber, Joseph W. Girard | (considered lost) | |
The Gray Ghost | 16 | Mystery | Stuart Paton | Harry Carter, Priscilla Dean, Emory Johnson, Eddie Polo | (considered lost) | ||
The Red Ace | 16 | War | Jacques Jaccard | Marie Walcamp | (Only 11 of the 15 chapters exist in the Library of Congress)[20] | ||
The Mystery Ship | 18 | Maritime | Henry MacRae | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber | (considered lost) | ||
Vitagraph Company of America | 15 | Fantasy | Charles Brabin | Charles Richman, Dorothy Kelly, Arline Pretty, Joseph Kilgour | |||
The Fighting Trail | 15 | Western | William Duncan | William Duncan, Carol Holloway | (considered lost)[21] | ||
15 | William Duncan and Laurence Trimble | William Duncan, Carol Holloway | |||||
1918 | |||||||
Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | The House of Hate | 20 | Mystery | George B. Seitz | Pearl White, Antonio Moreno | (A restored version is available on DVD) | |
Hands Up! | 15 | Western | Louis J. Gasnier and James W. Horne | Ruth Roland | (considered lost) | ||
Western Photoplays Inc. | Wolves of Kultur | 15 | War | Joseph A. Golden | Leah Baird, Sheldon Lewis, Charles Hutchison | (Only 7 of the 15 chapters still exist)[22] | |
Jaxon Film Corporation | 12 | War | James C. Morton | ||||
The Eagle's Eye | 20 | War | George Lessey, Wellington A. Playter, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | King Baggot, Marguerite Snow | (considered lost) | ||
Rolfe Photoplays | The Master Mystery | 15 | Mystery, Science fiction | and Burton L. King | Harry Houdini | (Incomplete, reconstructed version available on DVD)[23] | |
Burston Films Inc. | The Silent Mystery | 15 | Mystery | Francis Ford | Francis Ford, Mae Gaston, Rosemary Theby | (considered lost) | |
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Red Glove | 18 | Western | J. P. McGowan | Marie Walcamp | (considered lost) | |
The Lion's Claws | 18 | Adventure | Harry Harvey and Jacques Jaccard | Marie Walcamp | (considered lost) | ||
The Brass Bullet | 18 | Maritime | Ben F. Wilson | Juanita Hansen, Jack Mulhall | (considered lost) | ||
Lure of the Circus | 18 | Circus | J. P. McGowan | Eddie Polo | (Only an edited feature version exists)[24] | ||
Bull's Eye | 18 | Western | James W. Horne | Eddie Polo | (considered lost) | ||
Vitagraph Company of America | A Woman in the Web | 15 | Paul Hurst and David Smith | Hedda Nova | (considered lost) | ||
15 | Western | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson, Joe Ryan | ||||
15 | Circus | Robert North Bradbury and Paul Hurst | Antonio Moreno, Carol Holloway | ||||
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Tih Minh | 12 | Mystery | Louis Feuillade | René Cresté, Mary Harald | French (A complete print exists)[25] | |
1919 | |||||||
Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | The Lightning Raider | 15 | Crime | George B. Seitz | Pearl White, Boris Karloff | Survives in an incomplete state preserved at the Library of Congress[26] | |
Terror of the Range | 7 | Western | Stuart Paton | George Larkin, Betty Compson | (considered lost) | ||
The Tiger's Trail | 15 | Mystery | Robert Ellis, Louis J. Gasnier and Paul Hurst | Ruth Roland | |||
Bound and Gagged | 10 | Comedy | George B. Seitz | George B. Seitz, Marguerite Courtot | Four episodes survive in the Library of Congress[27] | ||
The Adventures of Ruth | 15 | Crime | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | (considered lost) | ||
George B. Seitz Productions | The Black Secret | 15 | Spy | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
Western Photoplays Inc. | The Great Gamble | 15 | Crime | Joseph A. Golden | Charles Hutchison, Anna Luther | ||
Oliver Films Inc. | 15 | Mystery | William F. Haddock and | Herbert Rawlinson, Marguerite Marsh | A Craig Kennedy mystery | ||
Great Western Film Producing Company | Elmo the Mighty | 18 | Northern | Henry MacRae | Elmo Lincoln, Grace Cunard | ||
SLK Serial Corporation | 15 | Maritime | and | Helen Holmes | |||
National Film Corporation of America | Lightning Bryce | 15 | Western, Horror | Paul Hurst | Ann Little, Jack Hoxie | ||
Wisteria Productions | 15 | Horror | George Morgan | George Larkin, Anna Luther | |||
Burston Films Inc. | The Mystery of 13 | 15 | Mystery | Francis Ford | Francis Ford, Rosemary Theby | ||
American Lifeograph Company | 15 | Northern | Robert North Bradbury and | Antonio Moreno, Carol Holloway | |||
Decla Bioscop AG | The Spiders | 2 | Fantasy Adventure |
Fritz Lang | Carl de Vogt, Lil Dagover | German 4 feature-length episodes were planned, but only 2 were completed | |
Serico Producing Company Inc. | 15 | Mystery | James Vincent | Arline Pretty, Henry G. Sell | |||
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Midnight Man | 18 | James W. Horne | James J. Corbett | |||
The Lion Man | 18 | Mystery | Albert Russell and Jack Wells | Kathleen O'Connor, Jack Perrin, J. Barney Sherry, Gertrude Astor | |||
The Great Radium Mystery | 18 | Mystery | and Robert F. Hill | Eileen Sedgwick, Cleo Madison, Robert Reeves | |||
Shamrock Photoplay Corporation | The Masked Rider | 15 | Western | Harry Myers, Ruth Stonehouse, Paul Panzer, Boris Karloff | |||
Hallmark Pictures Corporation | The Trail of the Octopus | 15 | Mystery | Duke Worne | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber | ||
Vitagraph Company of America | 15 | Maritime | William Duncan and Clifford Smith | William Duncan | |||
Smashing Barriers | 15 | Western | William Duncan | William Duncan | |||
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Barrabas | 12 | Louis Feuillade | French |
1920s[]
Production Company | Title | Chapters | Genre | Director | Cast | Notes |
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1920 | ||||||
15 | Joseph A. Golden | Charles Hutchison | ||||
Arrow Film Corporation | The Fatal Sign | 14 | Mystery | Stuart Paton | Claire Anderson, Harry Carter | |
Thunderbolt Jack | 10 | Western | Francis Ford and Murdock MacQuarrie | Jack Hoxie, Marin Sais | ||
The Hawk's Trail | 15 | Crime | W. S. Van Dyke | King Baggot, Grace Darmond, Rhea Mitchell | ||
Vanishing Trails | 15 | Western | Leon De La Mothe | Franklyn Farnum, Mary Anderson | ||
Fox Film Corporation | Bride 13 | 15 | Maritime | Richard Stanton | ||
Fantômas | 20 | Crime | Edward Sedgwick | |||
Frohman Amusement Corporation | The Invisible Ray | 15 | Science fiction | Harry A. Pollard | Ruth Clifford, Jack Sherrill | |
George B. Seitz Productions | Velvet Fingers | 15 | George B. Seitz | George B. Seitz, Marguerite Courtot | ||
Elmo the Fearless | 18 | J. P. McGowan | Elmo Lincoln | |||
The $1,000,000 Reward | 15 | and George Lessey | Lillian Walker | |||
The Screaming Shadow | 15 | Horror | Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber | ||
The Evil Eye | 15 | and Wally Van | Benny Leonard | |||
15 | Gilbert P. Hamilton | Helen Holmes | ||||
National Film Corporation of America | The Son of Tarzan | 15 | Jungle Fantasy |
and Harry Revier | Kamuela C. Searle | Based on the Tarzan character created by novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Pathé & Astra Film Corporation | Daredevil Jack | 15 | W. S. Van Dyke | Jack Dempsey | ||
Trailed by Three | 15 | Western | Perry N. Vekroff | Stuart Holmes, Frankie Mann | ||
The Third Eye | 15 | James W. Horne | Warner Oland, Eileen Percy | |||
Pirate Gold | 10 | Maritime | George B. Seitz | George B. Seitz, Marguerite Courtot | ||
The Phantom Foe | 15 | Mystery | Bertram Millhauser | Juanita Hansen, Warner Oland | ||
Pathé & Ruth Roland Serials | Ruth of the Rockies | 15 | Western | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | |
Select Pictures Corporation | 15 | Duke Worne | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber | |||
Supreme Pictures Corporation | The Mystery Mind | 15 | Will S. Davis and | J. Robert Pauline | ||
Torquay & Paignton Photoplay Productions | The Great London Mystery | Horror mystery | Charles Raymond | David Devant | British | |
Universal Studios | The Moon Riders | 18 | Western | B. Reeves Eason and Theodore Wharton | Art Acord, Mildred Moore | |
The Vanishing Dagger | 18 | Edward A. Kull, J. P. McGowan and Eddie Polo | Eddie Polo | |||
The Dragon's Net | 12 | Henry MacRae | Marie Walcamp, Harland Tucker | |||
The Flaming Disc | 18 | Robert F. Hill | Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine | |||
King of the Circus | 18 | J. P. McGowan | Eddie Polo | |||
Vitagraph Company of America | The Invisible Hand | 15 | Western | William Bowman | Antonio Moreno | |
The Silent Avenger | 15 | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson | |||
15 | William Bertram | Joe Ryan, Jean Paige | ||||
15 | Western | William Bowman, , Francis J. Grandon and Antonio Moreno | Antonio Moreno | |||
Warner Bros. | The Lost City | 15 | Jungle | Juanita Hansen | ||
1921 | ||||||
Arrow Film Corporation | The Blue Fox | 15 | Northern | Duke Worne | Ann Little | An incomplete print of the film exists at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[28] |
The Great Reward | 15 | Francis Ford | Francis Ford | |||
Films Diamant | Les Trois Mousquetaires | Henri Diamant-Berger | Aimé Simon-Girard, Henri Rollan | French | ||
Ermolieff Films | 12 | Henri Étiévant | French | |||
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Les Deux Gamines | 12 | Louis Feuillade | Sandra Milovanoff | French | |
Parisette | Louis Feuillade | Sandra Milovanoff, Georges Biscot | French | |||
George B. Seitz Productions | The Sky Ranger | 15 | George B. Seitz | June Caprice, George B. Seitz | ||
Hurricane Hutch | 15 | George B. Seitz | Charles Hutchison, Warner Oland | |||
The Hope Diamond Mystery | 15 | Stuart Paton | Grace Darmond, Boris Karloff | |||
Pathé | Double Adventure | 15 | W. S. Van Dyke | Charles Hutchison | ||
The Avenging Arrow | 15 | William Bowman and W. S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | |||
Charles Burguet | Suzanne Grandais, Maurice Escande | French | ||||
15 | Ben F. Wilson | Neva Gerber, Ben F. Wilson | ||||
UFA GmbH | Peter Voss, Thief of Millions | 6 | Georg Jacoby | Harry Liedtke | German Alternative title: The Man Without a Name | |
Universal Studios | The Diamond Queen | 18 | Edward A. Kull | Eileen Sedgwick | ||
Do or Die | 18 | J. P. McGowan | Eddie Polo | |||
The White Horseman | 18 | Western | Albert Russell | Art Acord | ||
Terror Trail | 18 | Western | Edward A. Kull | Eileen Sedgwick | ||
Winners of the West | 13 | Western | Edward Laemmle | Art Acord | ||
The Secret Four | 15 | Albert Russell and Perry N. Vekroff | Eddie Polo | |||
Vitagraph Company of America | 15 | Robert Ensminger | ||||
Fighting Fate | 15 | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson | |||
Warner Bros. | Miracles of the Jungle | 15 | Jungle/Adventure | and | Lost film | |
The Adventures of Tarzan | 15 | Jungle Fantasy |
Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney | Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine | Based on the Tarzan character created by novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs | |
1922 | ||||||
Arrow Film Corporation | Nan of the North | 15 | Northern | Duke Worne | Ann Little | |
George B. Seitz Productions | Go Get 'Em Hutch | 15 | George B. Seitz | Charles Hutchison | ||
Speed | 15 | George B. Seitz | Charles Hutchison, Lucy Fox | |||
Hal Roach Studios Inc. & Ruth Roland Serials | White Eagle | 15 | Western | Fred Jackman and W. S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | |
The Timber Queen | 15 | Fred Jackman | Ruth Roland | |||
Société des Cinéromans | Rouletabille chez les bohémiens | 10 | Henri Fescourt | Gabriel de Gravone | French | |
15 | Pirate | Burton L. King and J. P. McGowan | Eddie Polo | |||
Universal Studios | With Stanley in Africa | 18 | Jungle | William James Craft and Edward A. Kull | George Walsh, Louise Lorraine | |
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe | 18 | Maritime | Robert F. Hill | Harry Myers, Gertrude Olmstead, Noble Johnson | Lost film | |
Perils of the Yukon | 15 | Northern | Jay Marchant, J. P. McGowan and Perry N. Vekroff | William Desmond | ||
In the Days of Buffalo Bill | 18 | Western | Edward Laemmle | Art Acord | ||
The Radio King | 10 | Robert F. Hill | Roy Stewart | |||
Vitagraph Company of America | 15 | Western | William Bertram | Joe Ryan | ||
Warner Bros. | A Dangerous Adventure | 15 | Jungle | Jack L. Warner and Sam Warner | Grace Darmond | Lost film |
William N. Selig Productions | The Jungle Goddess | 15 | Jungle | Elinor Field, Truman Van Dyke | ||
1923 | ||||||
Arrow Film Corporation | The Fighting Skipper | 15 | Maritime | Francis Ford | Jack Perrin, Peggy O'Day | |
The Santa Fe Trail | 15 | Western | Ashton Dearholt and Robert Dillon | Neva Gerber, Jack Perrin | ||
Ermolieff Films | The House of Mystery | 10 | Alexandre Volkoff | Ivan Mosjoukine, Charles Vanel | French | |
George B. Seitz Productions | Plunder | 15 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
Hal Roach Studios Inc. | Haunted Valley | 15 | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | ||
Her Dangerous Path | 10 | Roy Clements | Edna Murphy | |||
Ruth Roland Serials | Ruth of the Range | 15 | , and W. S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | ||
Universal Studios | Around the World in Eighteen Days | 12 | Robert F. Hill and B. Reeves Eason | William Desmond | ||
Beasts of Paradise | 15 | William James Craft | William Desmond, Eileen Sedgwick | |||
The Eagle's Talons | 15 | Duke Worne | Fred Thomson, Ann Little | |||
The Ghost City | 15 | Western | Jay Marchant | Pete Morrison, Margaret Morris, Al Wilson | ||
In the Days of Daniel Boone | 15 | Western | William James Craft | Jack Mower, Eileen Sedgwick | ||
The Oregon Trail | 18 | Western | Edward Laemmle | Art Acord, Louise Lorraine | ||
The Phantom Fortune | 12 | Robert F. Hill | William Desmond | |||
The Social Buccaneer | 10 | Robert F. Hill | Jack Mulhall | |||
The Steel Trail | 15 | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson | |||
1924 | ||||||
Arrow Film Corporation | Riders of the Plains | 15 | Western | Jacques Jaccard | Jack Perrin | |
Pathé | The Fortieth Door | 10 | Adventure | George B. Seitz | Allene Ray | |
Galloping Hoofs | 10 | Western | George B. Seitz | Allene Ray | ||
Into the Net | 10 | George B. Seitz | Edna Murphy, Jack Mulhall | |||
Leatherstocking | 10 | Western | George B. Seitz | Edna Murphy, Harold Miller | Based on The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper | |
Ten Scars Make a Man | 10 | William Parke | Allene Ray | |||
The Way of a Man | 10 | Western | George B. Seitz | Allene Ray, Harold Miller | Screenplay by Emerson Hough | |
15 | Dell Henderson | Franklyn Farnum, Helen Holmes | ||||
Universal Studios | The Fast Express | 15 | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson | ||
The Fighting Ranger | 18 | Western | Jay Marchant | Jack Dougherty, Al Wilson, Eileen Sedgwick | ||
The Iron Man | 15 | Jay Marchant | Luciano Albertini, Margaret Morris, Joe Bonomo, Jack Dougherty | |||
The Riddle Rider | 15 | Western | William James Craft | William Desmond, Eileen Sedgwick | ||
Wolves of the North | 10 | Northern | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson | ||
1925 | ||||||
Perils of the Wild | 15 | Maritime | Francis Ford | Joe Bonomo, Margaret Quimby | Based on The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss | |
10 | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber | |||||
15 | Science fiction | Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber | |||
Pathé | The Green Archer | 10 | Mystery | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | Based on a novel by Edgar Wallace |
The House Without a Key | 10 | Mystery | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | First onscreen appearance of "Charlie Chan";[29] based on The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers | |
Idaho | 10 | Western | Robert F. Hill | |||
Sunken Silver | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | |||
Wild West | 10 | Western | Robert F. Hill | Helen Ferguson, Jack Mulhall | ||
Play Ball | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | |||
10 | Robert Dillon | Herbert Rawlinson | ||||
15 | Duke Worne | Ashton Dearholt, Ann Little | ||||
Société des Cinéromans | Surcouf | 8 | Maritime | Luitz-Morat | Jean Angelo | French |
Universal Studios | Ace of Spades | 15 | Western | Henry MacRae | William Desmond | |
The Great Circus Mystery | 15 | Jay Marchant | Joe Bonomo, Louise Lorraine | |||
15 | Western | Jacques Jaccard and Ben F. Wilson | Neva Gerber, Edmund Cobb | |||
1926 | ||||||
Officer 444 | 10 | Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber | |||
The Radio Detective | 10 | William James Craft and | Jack Dougherty, Margaret Quimby | |||
10 | Charles Hutchison | Charles Hutchison | ||||
10 | ||||||
Pathé | The Bar-C Mystery | 10 | Western | Robert F. Hill | Dorothy Phillips, Wallace MacDonald | |
Casey of the Coast Guard | 10 | Maritime | William Nigh | George O'Hara, Helen Ferguson | ||
The Fighting Marine | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Gene Tunney | |||
Snowed In | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | |||
10 | Robert Dillon | Herbert Rawlinson | ||||
10 | Boy scouts | Duke Worne | Ben Alexander | |||
10 | Duke Worne | Herbert Rawlinson | ||||
Sierra Pictures | 15 | |||||
Universal Studios | The Scarlet Streak | 10 | Henry MacRae | Jack Dougherty, Lola Todd | ||
Fighting With Buffalo Bill | 10 | Western | Ray Taylor | Wallace MacDonald | ||
Strings of Steel | 10 | Henry MacRae | William Desmond, Eileen Sedgwick | |||
The Winking Idol | 10 | Western | Francis Ford | William Desmond, Eileen Sedgwick | ||
The Silent Flyer | 10 | Northern | William James Craft | Silver Streak the dog, Louise Lorraine | This serial led to the founding of Mascot Pictures and is often listed as Mascot's first serial; it was produced by Nat Levine but released by Universal. | |
1927 | ||||||
King of the Jungle | 10 | Jungle | Elmo Lincoln, Sally Long | |||
Mascot Pictures | Heroes of the Wild | 10 | Western | Harry S. Webb | Jack Hoxie | First Mascot serial |
Isle of Sunken Gold | 10 | Maritime | Harry S. Webb | Anita Stewart | ||
The Golden Stallion | 10 | Western | Harry S. Webb | Lefty Flynn, Joe Bonomo | ||
The Scarlet Brand | 10 | Neal Hart | ||||
Pathé | The Crimson Flash | 10 | Arch Heath | |||
Hawk of the Hills | 10 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | ||
The Masked Menace | 10 | Arch Heath | Larry Kent, Jean Arthur | |||
Melting Millions | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | |||
On Guard | 10 | Arch Heath | ||||
10 | Duke Worne | Ben Alexander | ||||
Société des Cinéromans | Henri Desfontaines | French | ||||
Universal Studios | Blake of Scotland Yard | 12 | Crime | Robert F. Hill | Hayden Stevenson | |
The Fire Fighters | 10 | Jacques Jaccard | Jack Dougherty, Helen Ferguson | |||
The Return of the Riddle Rider | 10 | Robert F. Hill | William Desmond | |||
The Trail of the Tiger | 10 | Henry MacRae | Jack Dougherty | |||
Whispering Smith Rides | 10 | Western | Ray Taylor | Wallace MacDonald | ||
10 | Jungle | Ray Taylor and Jack Nelson | Eugenia Gilbert, Frank Merrill, Bobby Nelson | |||
10 | Mystery | Robert J. Horner | ||||
1928 | ||||||
Pirates of the Pines | 10 | Maritime | George O'Hara | |||
Mascot Pictures | The Vanishing West | 10 | Western | Richard Thorpe | Eileen Sedgwick, Jack Perrin, Jack Dougherty | |
Vultures of the Sea | 10 | Maritime | Richard Thorpe | Boris Karloff | ||
Pathé | Eagle of the Night | 10 | Aviation | |||
The Man Without a Face | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | |||
Mark of the Frog | 10 | Arch Heath | Written by Edgar Wallace (considered lost) | |||
The Terrible People | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | Based on The Terrible People by Edgar Wallace | ||
The Tiger's Shadow | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Gladys McConnell, Hugh Allan | |||
The Yellow Cameo | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Cyclone the Dog | |||
Robert J. Horner | The Mystery Rider | 10 | Western | Robert J. Horner | William Desmond | |
10 | J. P. McGowan | Joe Bonomo, Ruth Hiatt, Francis Ford | ||||
Universal Studios | A Final Reckoning | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor | Newton House, Louise Lorraine | |
Haunted Island | 10 | Fantasy | Robert F. Hill | Jack Dougherty | ||
10 | Northern | Ray Taylor | Francis X. Bushman Jr. | |||
Tarzan the Mighty | 15 | Jungle Fantasy |
Ray Taylor and Jack Nelson | Frank Merrill, Natalie Kingston | Based on the novel Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs | |
The Vanishing Rider | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor | William Desmond, Ethlyne Clair, Boris Karloff | ||
The Mysterious Airman | 10 | Aviation | Harry Revier | Walter Miller, Eugenia Gilbert | Written by famed mystery novelist Arthur B. Reeve | |
10 | Jack Nelson | Walter Miller, Eugenia Gilbe | ||||
1929 | ||||||
Mascot Pictures | The Fatal Warning | 10 | Mystery | Richard Thorpe | Helene Costello, Ralph Graves, Boris Karloff | (considered lost)[30] |
The King of the Kongo | 10 | Jungle | Richard Thorpe | Jacqueline Logan, Walter Miller, Boris Karloff | First serial with partial sound; a complete picture exists, but some of the sound has been lost.[31] | |
Pathé | The Black Book | 10 | Crime | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [episodes 1, 3, 5-10, 35mm positive]. |
The Fire Detective | 10 | Crime | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Gladys McConnell, Hugh Allan | (considered lost) | |
Queen of the Northwoods | 10 | Northern | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Walter Miller, Ethlyne Clair | Incomplete print believed to exist | |
Universal Studios | The Diamond Master | 10 | Crime | Jack Nelson | Hayden Stevenson, Louise Lorraine | (considered lost) |
The Pirate of Panama | 12 | Maritime | Ray Taylor | Natalie Kingston, Buffalo Bill Jr. | (considered lost) | |
The Ace of Scotland Yard | 10 | Mystery | Ray Taylor | Crawford Kent, Monte Montague | First Partial Sound Universal serial; released in both silent and sound versions; considered lost | |
Tarzan the Tiger | 15 | Jungle Fantasy |
Henry MacRae | Frank Merrill, Natalie Kingston | Based on the novel "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" by Edgar Rice Burroughs; two versions were released: one silent, the other with music & sound fx added; available on DVD |
1930s[]
Films still exist from this point on unless noted otherwise:
Production Company | TitleGordon | Chapters | Genre | Director | Cast | Notes | |
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1930 | |||||||
The Voice from the Sky | 10 | Science fiction | Ben F. Wilson | Wally Wales, Neva Gerber | First serial with full sound; print exists[32] | ||
Mascot Pictures | The Lone Defender | 12 | Western | Richard Thorpe | Rin Tin Tin, Buzz Barton | ||
Documentary | James Leo Meehan | Martin and Osa Johnson | |||||
Documentary | James Leo Meehan | George Miller Dyott | |||||
Universal Studios | The Jade Box | 10 | Fantasy Mystery |
Ray Taylor | Jack Perrin, Louise Lorraine, Francis Ford | Partial sound; an incomplete print exists in Universal's vault | |
The Lightning Express | 10 | Western | Henry MacRae | Louise Lorraine, Lane Chandler | Based on the "Whispering Smith" character created by novelist Frank H. Spearman (film is considered lost) | ||
Terry of the Times | 10 | Crime | Henry MacRae | Reed Howes, Lotus Thompson, Sheldon Lewis | Universal's last partial sound serial (film is considered lost) | ||
The Indians are Coming | 12 | Western | Henry MacRae | Tim McCoy, Allene Ray | First Universal all-talking serial; based on a novel The Great West That Was by "Buffalo Bill" Cody[33] | ||
1931 | |||||||
Les Films Osso | Méphisto | 4 | Mystery | Henri Debain and | Jean Gabin | French | |
Mascot Pictures | The Phantom of the West | 10 | Western | D. Ross Lederman | Tom Tyler, Dorothy Gulliver | ||
King of the Wild | 12 | Jungle | Richard Thorpe | Walter Miller, Nora Lane, Boris Karloff | |||
The Vanishing Legion | 12 | Western | Ford Beebe and Reaves Eason | Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Rex King of the Wild Horses, Boris Karloff (voice only), Frankie Darro | |||
The Galloping Ghost | 12 | Sports | Reaves Eason | Real-life football star Harold "Red" Grange, Creighton Chaney (uncredited) | |||
The Lightning Warrior | 12 | Western | Benjamin H. Kline and Armand Schaefer | Rin Tin Tin, Frankie Darro | This was Rin Tin Tin's last role, being replaced in 1932 by Rin Tin Tin Jr.[34] | ||
Metropolitan Pictures | 10 | Western | and Harry S. Webb | Rex Lease, Virginia Brown Faire, Rex the Wonder Dog | |||
10 | Western | Stuart Paton and Harry S. Webb | Robert Frazer, Buzz Barton | ||||
Universal Studios | Finger Prints | 10 | Crime | Ray Taylor | Kenneth Harlan, Edna Murphy | (considered lost) | |
Heroes of the Flames | 12 | Crime | Robert F. Hill | Tim McCoy, Andy Devine | (Print was rediscovered and preserved by Universal, but not available on dvd) | ||
Danger Island | 12 | Jungle | Ray Taylor | Kenneth Harlan, Lucile Browne, Walter Miller, Andy Devine | (considered lost) | ||
Battling with Buffalo Bill | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor | Tom Tyler, Lucile Browne | Based on a novel The Great West That Was by "Buffalo Bill" Cody[33] | ||
The Spell of the Circus | 12 | Crime | Robert F. Hill | Francis X. Bushman Jr., Alberta Vaughn | (considered lost) | ||
1932 | |||||||
Mascot Pictures | The Shadow of the Eagle | 12 | Crime, Aviation | Ford Beebe | John Wayne's first serial | Edited into a feature film version when released years later on video[35] | |
The Last of the Mohicans | 12 | Western | Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason | Harry Carey, Hobart Bosworth | Based on the novel by James Fenimore Cooper | ||
The Hurricane Express | 12 | Railroad | J. P. McGowan and Armand Schaefer | John Wayne | |||
The Devil Horse | 12 | Western | Otto Brower | Harry Carey, Noah Beery, Frankie Darro | |||
RKO Radio Pictures (produced by Van Beuren Productions) | The Last Frontier | 12 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Creighton Chaney | Based on a novel by Courtney Ryley Cooper | |
Universal Studios | Detective Lloyd | 12 | Crime | Ray Taylor and Henry MacRae | US/British co-production with British cast, released in Europe as Lloyd of the C.I.D.; a.k.a. The Green Spot Mystery (feature version); (now considered a lost film) | ||
The Airmail Mystery | 12 | Aviation | Ray Taylor | James Flavin, Lucile Browne, Al Wilson, Walter Brennan | (considered lost) | ||
Heroes of the West | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor | Noah Beery Jr., Diane Duval, Onslow Stevens | based on the novel "The Tie That Binds" by Peter B. Kyne[36] | ||
Jungle Mystery | 12 | Jungle | Ray Taylor | Tom Tyler, Noah Beery Jr., Cecilia Parker, William Desmond | based on a novel "The Ivory Trail" by Talbot Mundy[37] (film print exists only in Universal's vault) | ||
The Lost Special | 12 | Railroad | Henry MacRae | Frank Albertson, Cecilia Parker | Based on The Lost Special by Arthur Conan Doyle | ||
1933 | |||||||
Mascot Pictures | The Whispering Shadow | 12 | Mystery | Colbert Clark and Albert Herman | Bela Lugosi's first sound serial | Also exists as a feature version | |
The Three Musketeers | 12 | Foreign Legion | Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer | John Wayne, Jack Mulhall, Ruth Hall, Creighton Chaney | |||
Fighting with Kit Carson | 12 | Western | Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer | Johnny Mack Brown, Noah Beery | |||
The Wolf Dog | 12 | Western | Colbert Clark and Harry L. Fraser | Rin Tin Tin Jr., Frankie Darro | Rin Tin Tin Jr.'s first serial film, having replaced the original dog star in 1932[38] | ||
The Mystery Squadron | 12 | Aviation | Colbert Clark and David Howard | Bob Steele, J. Carrol Naish | |||
Principal Pictures | Tarzan the Fearless | 12 | Jungle Fantasy |
Robert F. Hill | Buster Crabbe, Jacqueline Wells | (Only an edited feature version exists) | |
Universal Studios | Clancy of the Mounted | 12 | Northern | Ray Taylor | Tom Tyler, Jacqueline Wells | ( Only the first 6 chapters are available on DVD, but the British Film Institute (BFI) holds a complete 35mm print of all 12 chapters) | |
The Phantom of the Air | 12 | Aviation | Ray Taylor | Tom Tyler, William Desmond, Walter Brennan | |||
Gordon of Ghost City | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones, Madge Bellamy | Based on the novel "Oh Promise Me!" by Peter B. Kyne | ||
The Perils of Pauline | 12 | Damsel in distress | Ray Taylor | Evalyn Knapp, William Desmond | |||
1934 | |||||||
Mascot Pictures | The Lost Jungle | 12 | Jungle | David Howard and Armand Schaefer | Clyde Beatty, Syd Saylor, Gabby Hayes | Followed by a sequel Darkest Africa in 1936 | |
Burn 'Em Up Barnes | 12 | Sports (auto racing) | Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer | Frankie Darro, Jack Mulhall, Lola Lane | Loose remake of the 1921 silent film of the same name[39] | ||
The Law of the Wild | 12 | Western | B. Reeves Eason and Armand Schaefer | Rin Tin Tin Jr., Rex the Wonder Horse, Bob Custer, Ben Turpin | |||
Mystery Mountain | 12 | Western | Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason | Ken Maynard, Gene Autry | |||
Principal Pictures | The Return of Chandu | 12 | Fantasy | Ray Taylor | Bela Lugosi | Based on the popular Chandu the Magician radio program[40] | |
12 | Boy Scouts, Jungle | Edward Laurier, Vin Moore | Bobby Cox, Jim Vance | ||||
Universal Studios | Pirate Treasure | 12 | Maritime | Ray Taylor | Richard Talmadge | ||
The Vanishing Shadow | 12 | Science fiction | Lew Landers | Onslow Stevens | |||
The Red Rider | 15 | Western | Lew Landers | Buck Jones | |||
Tailspin Tommy | 12 | Aviation | Lew Landers | Maurice Murphy, Noah Beery Jr., Grant Withers | |||
1935 | |||||||
The New Adventures of Tarzan | 12 | Jungle Fantasy |
Edward A. Kull | Herman Brix | Based on the Tarzan character created by novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs | ||
Mascot Pictures | The Phantom Empire | 12 | Western, Fantasy | Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason | Gene Autry, Frankie Darro | ||
The Miracle Rider | 15 | Western | Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason | Tom Mix, Charles Middleton | |||
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | 12 | Crime | B. Reeves Eason and Ford Beebe | Rin Tin Tin Jr., Rex the Wonder Horse | |||
The Fighting Marines | 12 | War | B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane | Grant Withers, Adrian Morris | Last Mascot serial – merged into Republic Pictures | ||
Queen of the Jungle | 12 | Jungle | Robert F. Hill | Mary Kornman, Reed Howes | |||
The Lost City | 12 | Science Fiction, Jungle | Harry Revier | Wm. (stage) Boyd, Kane Richmond, Claudia Dell | later edited into four different feature versions | ||
Universal Studios | Rustlers of Red Dog | 12 | Western | Lew Landers | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Chief Thundercloud | ||
The Call of the Savage | 12 | Jungle Fantasy |
Lew Landers | Noah Beery, Jr. | Based on a story "Jan of the Jungle" by Otis Adelbert Kline | ||
The Roaring West | 15 | Western | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones | |||
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery | 12 | Aviation | Ray Taylor | Clark Williams, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr. | |||
1936 Beginning of the Golden Age of Serials[41] | |||||||
Republic Pictures | Darkest Africa | 15 | Jungle | B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane | Clyde Beatty, Manuel King, Elaine Shepard, Lucien Prival | First Republic serial | |
Undersea Kingdom | 12 | Fantasy | B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane | Ray (Crash) Corrigan, Lois Wilde | |||
The Vigilantes Are Coming | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor and Mack V. Wright | Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan | |||
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island | 14 | Maritime | Ray Taylor and Mack V. Wright | Mala, Rex, Mamo Clark | |||
(Weiss Bros.) | Custer's Last Stand | 15 | Western | Elmer Clifton | Rex Lease | ||
(Weiss Bros.) | The Clutching Hand | 15 | Mystery | Albert Herman | Jack Mulhall, Mae Busch | A Craig Kennedy mystery | |
(Weiss Bros.) | 15 | Mystery | Albert Herman | Ralph Graves, Ruth Mix, Dave O'Brien, Yakima Canutt | |||
Universal Studios | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | 12 | Sports | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Donald Briggs, Jean Rogers | Based on the Frank Merriwell novels | |
Flash Gordon | 13 | Science fiction | Frederick Stephani | Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton | Based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond | ||
The Phantom Rider | 15 | Western | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones | |||
Ace Drummond | 15 | Aviation | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | John King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery, Jr., Lon Chaney, Jr. | Based on a comic strip by Eddie Rickenbacker | ||
Victory Pictures (Sam Katzman) | Shadow of Chinatown | 15 | Mystery, Yellow peril | Robert F. Hill | Bela Lugosi, Herman Brix | ||
1937 | |||||||
Columbia Pictures | Jungle Menace | 15 | Jungle | Harry L. Fraser and George Melford | Frank Buck Charlotte Henry[42] |
First Columbia serial (produced by Weiss Bros.) | |
The Mysterious Pilot | 15 | Aviation | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Frank Hawks | Produced by Weiss Bros. | ||
Republic Pictures | Dick Tracy | 15 | Crime | Ralph Byrd | Based on the famous comic strip by Chester Gould | ||
The Painted Stallion | 12 | Western | Ray Corrigan, Hoot Gibson | ||||
S.O.S. Coast Guard | 12 | Maritime, Science fiction | Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi | ||||
Zorro Rides Again | 12 | Western | William Witney | John Carroll, Noah Beery | Based on the Zorro character created by novelist Johnston McCulley | ||
Universal Studios | Jungle Jim | 12 | Jungle | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Grant Withers, Henry Brandon | ||
Secret Agent X-9 | 12 | Crime | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers, Henry Brandon, Lon Chaney Jr. | |||
Wild West Days | 13 | Western | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Johnny Mack Brown, Chief Thundercloud | |||
Radio Patrol | 12 | Crime | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Grant Withers, Robert Armstrong | |||
Tim Tyler's Luck | 12 | Jungle | Ford Beebe and Wyndham Gittens | Frankie Thomas | |||
Victory Pictures (Sam Katzman) | Blake of Scotland Yard | 15 | Crime | Robert F. Hill | Ralph Byrd | Last independent American serial | |
1938 | |||||||
Columbia Pictures | The Secret of Treasure Island | 15 | Jungle | Elmer Clifton | Don Terry, Gwen Gaze, Walter Miller | Last serial produced by Weiss Bros. | |
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | 15 | Western | Mack V. Wright and Sam Nelson | William Elliott, Frankie Darro | |||
The Spider's Web | 15 | Superhero | Ray Taylor and James W. Horne | Warren Hull, Kenne Duncan | |||
Republic Pictures | The Lone Ranger | 15 | Western | William Witney and John English | Lee Powell, Chief Thundercloud | ||
The Fighting Devil Dogs | 12 | Science fiction | William Witney and John English | Lee Powell, Herman Brix | Later re-edited and released to TV as Torpedo of Doom | ||
Dick Tracy Returns | 15 | Crime | William Witney and John English | Ralph Byrd, Charles Middleton | |||
Hawk of the Wilderness | 12 | Jungle | William Witney and John English | Herman Brix, Mala | based on the novel by pulp writer ;[43] later re-edited and released to TV as The Lost Island of Kioga | ||
Universal Studios | Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars | 15 | Science fiction | Frederick Stephani | Buster Crabbe | Based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond | |
Flaming Frontiers | 15 | Western | and Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown | based on "The Tie That Binds" (a novel) by Peter B. Kyne[36] | ||
Red Barry | 13 | Crime | Buster Crabbe | ||||
1939 | |||||||
Columbia Pictures | Flying G-Men | 15 | Aviation | Ray Taylor and James W. Horne | Robert Paige, Richard Fiske, James Craig, Lorna Gray | ||
Mandrake the Magician | 12 | Fantasy | Sam Nelson and | Warren Hull, Al Kikume | |||
Overland with Kit Carson | 15 | Western | Sam Nelson and | Bill Elliott, Kenne Duncan | |||
Republic Pictures | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | 15 | Western | William Witney and John English | Robert Livingston, Chief Thundercloud, Glenn Strange | This serial was considered lost for a long time but copies have since been found and re-issued | |
Daredevils of the Red Circle | 12 | Adventure | William Witney and John English | Charles Quigley, Herman Brix, David Sharpe, Carole Landis | |||
Dick Tracy's G-Men | 15 | Crime | William Witney and John English | Ralph Byrd, Irving Pichel, Ted Pearson, Phylis Isley | |||
Zorro's Fighting Legion | 12 | Western | William Witney and John English | Reed Hadley | Based on the Zorro character created by novelist Johnston McCulley | ||
Universal Studios | Scouts to the Rescue | 12 | Boy scouts | and Ray Taylor | Jackie Cooper | ||
Buck Rogers | 12 | Science fiction | Ford Beebe and | Buster Crabbe, Henry Brandon | Based on the comic strip by Philip Francis Nowlan | ||
The Oregon Trail | 15 | Western | Ford Beebe and | Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight | |||
The Phantom Creeps | 12 | Science fiction | Ford Beebe and | Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan |
1940s[]
Production Company | Title | Chapters | Genre | Director | Cast | Notes |
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1940 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | The Shadow | 15 | Crime | James W. Horne | Victor Jory | Based on the radio program and pulp magazine series |
Terry and the Pirates | 15 | Jungle | James W. Horne | William Tracy, Granville Owen | Based on the "Terry and the Pirates" newspaper comic strip created by Milton Caniff | |
Deadwood Dick | 15 | Western | James W. Horne | Don Douglas | ||
The Green Archer | 15 | Mystery | James W. Horne | Victor Jory | Based on a novel by Edgar Wallace[44] | |
Republic Pictures | Drums of Fu Manchu | 15 | Yellow Peril Mystery |
William Witney and John English | Henry Brandon | Based on the character created by Sax Rohmer[45] |
Adventures of Red Ryder | 12 | Western | William Witney and John English | Don "Red" Barry | Based on the western comic strip by [46] | |
King of the Royal Mounted | 12 | Northern | William Witney and John English | Allan Lane | Based on the comic strip written by Zane Grey[47] | |
Mysterious Doctor Satan | 15 | Superhero | William Witney and John English | Eduardo Ciannelli | Features a hero called "The Copperhead"; originally written as a never-produced Republic "Superman" serial[48] | |
Universal Studios | The Green Hornet | 13 | Crime/Superhero | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Gordon Jones, Keye Luke | Based on The Green Hornet radio program by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker |
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | 12 | Science fiction/Superhero | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Buster Crabbe | Based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond | |
Winners of the West | 13 | Western | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Dick Foran, Anne Nagel | ||
Junior G-Men | 12 | Crime | John Rawlins and Ford Beebe | Dead End Kids | ||
1941 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | White Eagle | 15 | Western | James W. Horne | Buck Jones | Based on a 1932 Buck Jones western film |
The Spider Returns | 15 | Crime | James W. Horne | Warren Hull | Based on the pulp magazine character "The Spider" | |
The Iron Claw | 15 | Mystery | James W. Horne | Charles Quigley | ||
Holt of the Secret Service | 15 | Crime | James W. Horne | Jack Holt, Evelyn Brent | ||
Republic Pictures | Adventures of Captain Marvel | 12 | Superhero | William Witney and John English | Tom Tyler | Based on the popular Captain Marvel comic book character; later reissued to theaters as Return of Captain Marvel |
Jungle Girl | 15 | Jungle | William Witney and John English | Frances Gifford | Based on the 1932 novel "Jungle Girl" (1932) by Edgar Rice Burroughs | |
King of the Texas Rangers | 12 | Western | William Witney and John English | Slingin' Sammy Baugh | ||
Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. | 15 | Crime | William Witney and John English | Ralph Byrd | Later re-released theatrically as Dick Tracy vs. Phantom Empire | |
Universal Studios | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | 15 | Crime/Superhero | John Rawlins and Ford Beebe | Warren Hull, Keye Luke | Based on The Green Hornet radio program by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker |
Sky Raiders | 12 | Aviation | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Donald Woods, Billy Halop, Robert Armstrong | ||
Riders of Death Valley | 15 | Western | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Buck Jones, Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Lon Chaney Jr., Glenn Strange | ||
Sea Raiders | 12 | Maritime | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | The Dead End Kids | ||
1942 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Captain Midnight | 15 | Adventure | James W. Horne | Dave O'Brien | Based on the "Captain Midnight" radio adventure serial, broadcast from 1938 to 1949 |
Perils of the Royal Mounted | 15 | Western | James W. Horne | Robert Kellard | ||
The Secret Code | 15 | Spy | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Paul Kelly | Features a hero called "The Black Commando"[49] | |
The Valley of Vanishing Men | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Bill Elliott | ||
Republic Pictures | Spy Smasher | 12 | War Superhero | William Witney | Kane Richmond | Based on the Fawcett Comics "Spy Smasher" character; later released to TV as Spy Smasher Returns |
Perils of Nyoka | 15 | Jungle Fantasy |
William Witney | Kay Aldridge, Clayton Moore | Based on the 1932 Edgar Rice Burroughs novel "Jungle Girl"; later re-released to theatres as "Nyoka and the Tiger Men"; later released to TV as "Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates" | |
King of the Mounties | 12 | Northern | William Witney | Allan Lane | ||
Universal Studios | Don Winslow of the Navy | 12 | Maritime | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Don Terry | Based on the popular comic strip by Commander Frank V. Martinek |
Gang Busters | 13 | Crime | Ray Taylor and Noel M. Smith | Kent Taylor. Irene Hervey | Based on the popular "Gang Busters" radio program | |
Junior G-Men of the Air | 12 | Aviation | Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins | The Dead End Kids, Turhan Bey, Lionel Atwill, Frankie Darro | ||
Overland Mail | 15 | Western | John Rawlins and Ford Beebe | Lon Chaney Jr. | Based on the short story by Johnston McCulley; later released as a feature version called "The Indian Raiders" | |
1943 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Batman | 15 | Superhero | Lambert Hillyer | Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish | Based on the popular comic book series from DC Comics |
The Phantom | 15 | Jungle Superhero | B. Reeves Eason | Tom Tyler | Based on Lee Falk's popular newspaper comic strip | |
Republic Pictures | G-Men vs The Black Dragon | 15 | Spy | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Rod Cameron | Later re-edited and released to TV as Black Dragon of Manzanar; the hero Rex Bennett returned in a sequel called Secret Service in Darkest Africa |
Daredevils of the West | 12 | Western | John English | Allan Lane | Restored and released on DVD in 2011 | |
Secret Service in Darkest Africa | 15 | Spy | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Rod Cameron | Later re-released to theaters as Manhunt in the African Jungles; later re-edited and released to TV as The Baron's African War | |
The Masked Marvel | 12 | Superhero | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Tom Steele, David Bacon | Later re-edited and released to TV as Sakima and the Masked Marvel | |
Universal Studios | The Adventures of Smilin' Jack | 13 | War Aviation | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Tom Brown and Keye Luke | Based on the popular newspaper comic strip by Zack Mosley |
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard | 13 | War | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Don Terry | Based on the popular newspaper comic strip "Don Winslow of the Navy" by | |
Adventures of the Flying Cadets | 13 | Aviation | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Downs, Billy Benedict, Robert Armstrong, Billy Halop | ||
1944 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | The Desert Hawk | 15 | Adventure | B. Reeves Eason | Gilbert Roland, Charles Middleton | |
Black Arrow | 15 | Western | B. Reeves Eason and Lew Landers | Robert Scott, Charles Middleton | ||
Republic Pictures | Captain America | 15 | Superhero | Elmer Clifton and John English | Dick Purcell, Lionel Atwill, Edward Van Sloan | Based on the popular comic book series by Marvel Comics; re-released to theaters in 1953 as The Return of Captain America |
The Tiger Woman | 12 | Jungle | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Linda Stirling, Allan Lane | Re-released in 1951 as Perils of the Darkest Jungle; re-edited and released to TV in 1966 as Jungle Gold | |
Haunted Harbor | 15 | Fantasy Maritime |
Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kane Richmond | Based on the novel by Ewart Adamson; re-released to theaters in 1951 as Pirates' Harbor | |
Zorro's Black Whip | 12 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Linda Stirling | Based on the Zorro character created by Johnston McCulley, but due to legalities, the character was called "The Black Whip" (not Zorro) in this serial | |
Universal Studios | The Great Alaskan Mystery | 13 | Mystery | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Milburn Stone, Martin Kosleck, Ralph Morgan | |
Raiders of Ghost City | 13 | Western | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Dennis Moore, Lionel Atwill | ||
Mystery of the River Boat | 13 | Western | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Robert Lowery, Mantan Moreland, Lyle Talbot | ||
1945 End of the Golden Age of Serials[41] | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Brenda Starr, Reporter | 13 | Crime | Wallace Fox | Joan Woodbury, Kane Richmond | Based on the popular comic strip created by Dale Messick |
The Monster and the Ape | 15 | Science fiction | Howard Bretherton | Robert Lowery, Ralph Morgan, Ray Corrigan | ||
Jungle Raiders | 15 | Jungle | Lesley Selander | Kane Richmond | ||
Who's Guilty? | 15 | Mystery | Howard Bretherton and Wallace Grissell | Robert Kent, Amelita Ward, Charles Middleton | ||
Republic Pictures | Manhunt of Mystery Island | 15 | Jungle science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Linda Stirling | Later re-edited and released to TV as Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine |
Federal Operator 99 | 12 | Crime | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Later re-edited into a feature version and released to TV as F.B.I. 99 | ||
The Purple Monster Strikes | 15 | Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | Linda Stirling | Later re-edited into a feature version and released to TV as D-Day on Mars | |
Universal Studios | Jungle Queen | 13 | Jungle | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Ruth Roman | Later re-edited into a feature version called Jungle Safari in 1956 |
The Master Key | 13 | Crime | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Milburn Stone, Lash Larue | ||
Secret Agent X-9 | 13 | Spy | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke | Based on the comic strip created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond | |
The Royal Mounted Rides Again | 13 | Northern | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Bill Kennedy, Peter Cookson, Milburn Stone, Robert Armstrong | ||
1946 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Hop Harrigan | 15 | Aviation | Derwin Abrahams | William Bakewell | Based on the Hop Harrigan comic book published by DC Comics. |
Chick Carter, Detective | 15 | Crime | Derwin Abrahams | Lyle Talbot | Based on the popular radio program "Chick Carter, Boy Detective" | |
Son of the Guardsman | 15 | Medieval | Derwin Abrahams | Bob Shaw | Based on the Robin Hood legend (but Robin Hood is not a character in the film) | |
Republic Pictures | The Phantom Rider | 12 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | Robert Kent, Peggy Stewart | later re-released as "Ghost Riders of the West" |
King of the Forest Rangers | 12 | Northern | Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | Larry Thompson, Helen Talbot | ||
Daughter of Don Q | 12 | Crime | Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | Lorna Gray, Kirk Alyn | ||
The Crimson Ghost | 12 | Science fiction | William Witney and Fred C. Brannon | Charles Quigley, Linda Stirling | Later re-edited and released to TV as "Cyclotrode X" | |
Universal Studios | The Scarlet Horseman | 13 | Western | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Paul Guilfoyle, Virginia Christine | |
Lost City of the Jungle | 13 | Jungle | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Russell Hayden, Jane Adams, Lionel Atwill, Keye Luke | (Atwill died during filming) | |
The Mysterious Mr. M | 13 | Science fiction | Lewis D. Collins and | Richard Martin, Pamela Blake, Dennis Moore | Last Universal serial | |
1947 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Jack Armstrong | 15 | Science fiction | Wallace Fox | John Hart, Rosemary LaPlanche, Pierre Watkin, Charles Middleton | Based on the popular radio program "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy" |
The Vigilante | 15 | Western | Wallace Fox | Ralph Byrd | Based on the DC Comics character Greg Saunders, the Vigilante | |
The Sea Hound | 15 | Maritime | and Mack V. Wright | Buster Crabbe | Based on the 1940s radio program The Sea Hound[50] | |
Brick Bradford | 15 | Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kane Richmond | Based on the Brick Bradford newspaper comic strip[51] | |
Republic Pictures | Son of Zorro | 13 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | Based on the Zorro character created by novelist Johnston McCulley | |
Jesse James Rides Again | 13 | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Clayton Moore. Linda Stirling | First of Republic's three "Jesse James" serials | |
The Black Widow | 13 | Science fiction, Fantasy |
Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | Bruce Edwards, Carol Forman, Ramsay Ames | Later re-edited and released to TV as "Sombra, the Spider Woman" | |
1948 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Tex Granger | 15 | Western | Derwin Abrahams | Robert Kellard, Peggy Stewart | Based on a character from the "Calling All Boys" comic book |
Superman | 15 | Superhero | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill | Based on the famous DC Comics comic book character | |
Congo Bill | 15 | Jungle | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Don McGuire | Based on the famous DC Comics comic book character | |
Republic Pictures | G-Men Never Forget | 12 | Crime | Fred C. Brannon | Clayton Moore | |
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted | 12 | Northern | Fred C. Brannon | |||
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James | 13 | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Clayton Moore | ||
1949 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Bruce Gentry | 15 | Aviation, Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Tom Neal | Based on the "Bruce Gentry" newspaper comic strip created by Ray Bailey |
Batman and Robin | 15 | Superhero | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Robert Lowery | Based on the famous DC Comics comic book characters | |
Adventures of Sir Galahad | 15 | Fantasy | Spencer Gordon Bennet | George Reeves | Based on the King Arthur legend | |
Republic Pictures | Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc | 12 | Crime | Fred C. Brannon | Kirk Alyn | Later re-edited and released to TV as "The Golden Hands of Kurigal" |
Ghost of Zorro | 12 | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Clayton Moore | Based on the Zorro character created by novelist Johnston McCulley | |
King of the Rocket Men | 12 | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke | Inspired by the Buck Rogers serial character [52] | |
The James Brothers of Missouri | 12 | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Noel Neill | ||
Radar Patrol vs Spy King | 12 | Spy | Fred C. Brannon | Kirk Alyn |
1950s[]
Production Company | Title | Chapters | Genre | Director | Cast | Notes |
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1950 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Cody of the Pony Express | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Jock Mahoney, Dickie Moore | Based loosely on the life of Buffalo Bill Cody |
Atom Man vs. Superman | 15 | Superhero | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kirk Alyn Noel Neill Lyle Talbot Tommy Bond |
Based on the Superman comic book character created by DC Comics | |
Pirates of the High Seas | 15 | Maritime/ Jungle | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Buster Crabbe | ||
Great Britain Instructional | The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt[53][circular reference] | Frank Cadman | British; Last independent serial | |||
Republic Pictures | The Invisible Monster | 12 | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | Richard Webb | Later re-edited and released to TV as Slaves of the Invisible Monster |
Desperadoes of the West | 12 | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Richard Powers (Tom Keene) | ||
Flying Disc Man from Mars | 12 | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | Walter Reed | Sequel to the 1945 serial The Purple Monster Strikes; later re-edited and released to TV as Missile Monsters | |
1951 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Roar of the Iron Horse | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Jock Mahoney | |
Mysterious Island | 15 | Science fiction, Fantasy |
Spencer Gordon Bennet | Richard Crane | Based on The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne | |
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere | 15 | Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Judd Holdren | Only serial adapted from a television program | |
Republic Pictures | Don Daredevil Rides Again | 12 | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Ken Curtis | Similar in theme to Zorro; includes footage from Zorro's Black Whip |
Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion | 12 | Spy | Fred C. Brannon | Walter Reed | ||
1952 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | King of the Congo | 15 | Jungle Fantasy |
Spencer Gordon Bennet | Buster Crabbe | Based on the 1950s Thun'da comic book series by Frank Frazetta |
Blackhawk | 15 | Aviation | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kirk Alyn | Based on the Blackhawk comic book series | |
Son of Geronimo | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Clayton Moore | ||
Republic Pictures | Radar Men from the Moon | 12 | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | George D. Wallace | 1st appearance of "Commando Cody"; later re-edited and released to TV as Retik, the Moon Menace[54] |
Zombies of the Stratosphere | 12 | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | Judd Holdren, Leonard Nimoy | Commando Cody is called "Larry Martin" in this sequel to Radar Men From the Moon; available colorized on VHS | |
1953 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | The Lost Planet | 15 | Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Judd Holdren | Semi-sequel to the 1951 Captain Video serial[55] |
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd | 15 | Maritime | Derwin Abrahams and | Richard Crane | Loosely based on the life story of Captain William Kidd | |
Republic Pictures | Jungle Drums of Africa | 12 | Jungle | Fred C. Brannon | Phyllis Coates, Clayton Moore | Later re-edited and released to TV as U-238 and the Witch Doctor |
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe | 12 | Science fiction | Franklin Adreon and Fred C. Brannon | Judd Holdren and Richard Crane | Prequel to Radar Men From the Moon; filmed as a 12-episode television series, but released first to theaters as a serial | |
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders | 12 | Mountie spy | Franklin Adreon | Bill Henry | Later re-edited and released to TV as Missile Base at Taniak | |
1954 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Gunfighters of the Northwest | 15 | Northern | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Clayton Moore | |
Riding with Buffalo Bill | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Marshall Reed | Includes footage from Deadwood Dick | |
Republic Pictures | Trader Tom of the China Seas | 12 | Maritime | Franklin Adreon | Phyllis Coates, Harry Lauter | Later re-edited and released to TV as Target: Sea of China |
Man with the Steel Whip | 12 | Western | Franklin Adreon | Richard Simmons | Features a character called El Latigo, similar to Zorro | |
1955 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | The Adventures of Captain Africa | 15 | Jungle | Spencer Gordon Bennet | John Hart | Intended as a sequel to The Phantom; includes footage from The Phantom, Jungle Menace, and The Desert Hawk |
Republic Pictures | Panther Girl of the Kongo | 12 | Jungle | Franklin Adreon | Phyllis Coates | Later re-edited and released to TV as The Claw Monsters; includes footage from Perils of Nyoka |
King of the Carnival | 12 | Crime | Franklin Adreon | Harry Lauter | Last Republic serial. Includes footage from Daredevils of the Red Circle | |
1956 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Perils of the Wilderness | 15 | Northern | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Dennis Moore | Includes footage from Perils of the Royal Mounted |
Blazing the Overland Trail | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Dennis Moore, Lee Roberts | Last Columbia serial; last major-studio serial. Includes footage from White Eagle. | |
1957 | ||||||
Shintoho | Super Giant | 9 | Superhero | Teruo Ishii | Ken Utsui, Shōji Nakayama | Japanese tokusatsu film serial. |
See also[]
- Serial (film)
- List of film serials by studio
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