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Fates Worse Than Death: The Phantom. The Phantom’s son? Geoffrey Prescott, currently in Sai Pana with Professor Davidson’s expedition! After tracking him down with the aid of trapper Rusty Fenton, Suba brings Prescott to his father, who lives just long enough to pass on the mantle of the Phantom. Now it’s up to the new Phantom to protect Davidson, unravel the mystery of the saboteurs, and keep the peace in the jungle, in the 1943 Columbia serial. Serial that immediately preceded it! The natives resemble ...
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The Painted Stallion | Medleyana
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Fates Worse Than Death: The Painted Stallion. The trail to empire! From Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe dogged pioneers fought to penetrate a wilderness of savage Indians, massacres and death. Even worse were the white renegades, outlaws and bandits unscrupulous in their greed. A 1937 serial set along the Santa Fe trail in the early years of the nineteenth century. With some stunning Southwestern scenery, exciting and arduous physical stunts, and a streamlined plot,. To the heroes of yesterday! A gove...
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Fates Worse Than Death: “What an Amazing Escape!” | Medleyana
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Fates Worse Than Death: “What an Amazing Escape! Introducing the Annie Wilkes Award for Most Blatant Cheat. The Gods of Mars,. With Martian princess Dejah Thoris’ fate unknown, only to be revealed in the subsequent. The Warlord of Mars. There is, of course, a similar narrative connection between. The Empire Strikes Back. Return of the Jedi,. As crude a narrative device as they are, however, cliffhangers are popular because they. Novel or episode of. The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown,. A fictio...
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Fates Worse Than Death Double Feature: The Perils of Pauline (1914 and 1933) | Medleyana
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Fates Worse Than Death Double Feature: The Perils of Pauline. This week I explored two female-led serials that share a title (and not much else). The Perils of Pauline. Wasn’t the first motion picture serial, but in 1914 it caught the public’s attention, making a star of its lead, Pearl White, and laying the groundwork for later serials’ success. Indeed,. The Perils of Pauline. Was such a sensation that its name became synonymous with the serial of a certain type, inspiring both imitators (. And had earn...
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Fates Worse Than Death: Fighting with Kit Carson | Medleyana
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Fates Worse Than Death: Fighting with Kit Carson. Fighting with Kit Carson. Is the first serial I have watched based on a historical figure: Christopher Kit Carson (1809-1868) really. Needless to say,. Fighting with Kit Carson. Fighting with Kit Carson. The Great Movie Serials. Describe as Mascot’s answer to Shirley Temple. Fighting with Kit Carson. Bullets could not be shown striking a man’s body; the gun and the human target had to be separated by cuts from one camera angle to another. The same rul...
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For ease of navigation, I’ve grouped some of the long-form series I’ve written together. Enjoy! Fates Worse Than Death. Exploring the Motion Picture Serials. The Annie Wilkes Award. For Most Blatant Cheat. Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island. Fighting with Kit Carson. The Perils of Pauline. Radar Men from the Moon. Zorro’s Black Whip. The New Adventures of Tarzan. Daredevils of the Red Circle. Big Trouble in Little China. Panther Girl of the Kongo. Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars. Serials at Feature Length.
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Fates Worse Than Death: Batman (1943) | Medleyana
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Fates Worse Than Death: Batman. Industrialist Martin Warren, after serving his sentence for an unnamed crime, is about to be released from prison; his niece, Linda Page, asks (her boyfriend? There can be hardly anyone reading this who isn’t aware that Bruce Wayne and the Batman are one and the same, of course, and the 1943. Was made during wartime, and the enemy he faces in Dr. Daka is a nationalistic one. Even allowing for its wartime origin, it saddens me to report that. After the generic spy ring of.
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Western | Medleyana
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Fates Worse Than Death: The Painted Stallion. The trail to empire! From Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe dogged pioneers fought to penetrate a wilderness of savage Indians, massacres and death. Even worse were the white renegades, outlaws and bandits unscrupulous in their greed. A 1937 serial set along the Santa Fe trail in the early years of the nineteenth century. With some stunning Southwestern scenery, exciting and arduous physical stunts, and a streamlined plot,. To the heroes of yesterday! A gove...
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The Green Hornet | Medleyana
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Fates Worse Than Death: The Green Hornet Strikes Again. The Green Hornet Strikes Again. As should be clear from the summary of Chapter One,. The Green Hornet Strikes Again. Has no shortage of twists and turns. In fact, it has one of the most convoluted plots of any serial I’ve watched yet: while in broad outline it follows a similar plot to. The Green Hornet Strikes Again. But the Syndicate in. Isn’t the same one that was defeated in the first serial. He got to karate chop a few bad guys, but in. He most...
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