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Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 1 – Golden God (1939)

admin2 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:01:24 +0000

It’a 1824 and Don Del Oro, a man completely hidden in a suit of armor, plans to become emperor of Mexico. Don Diego arrives and as the masked Zorro takes up the fight. He organizes the Legionnaires to fight Del Oro’s henchmen and the Yaqui Indians. CHAP. 1, GOLDEN GOD: An explosion sends a landslide down on Zorro. CHAP. 2, FLAMING Z: Zorro is trapped in a building as it explodes. CHAP. 3, DESCENDING DOOM: Zorro is trapped in an elevator shaft with the car plummeting down at him. CHAP. 4, BRIDGE OF PERIL: Zorro is on a narrow suspension bridge when the suport ropes are cut. CHAP. 5, DECOY: Zorro is on a wagon that explodes. CHAP. 6, ZORRO TO THE RESCUE: Zorro is locked in a dungeon cell with a moving wall that is about to crush him. CHAP. 7, FUGITIVE: Zorro falls beneath a runaway stagecoach. CHAP. 8, FLOWING DEATH: Zorro is in a mine shaft when an avalanche of water is released. CHAP 9, GOLDEN ARROW: A man at close range shoots an arrow at the unsuspecting Don Diego. CHAP. 10, MYSTERY WAGON: Zorro is trapped in a runaway wagon that goes over a cliff. CHAP 11, FACE TO FACE: Zorro is trapped in Del Oro’s cave by the Yaqui Indians. CHAP. 12, UNMASKED: Del Oro’s identity is revealed.

Western

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 1 – Golden God (1939)

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 2 – Flaming Z (1939)

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 3 – Descending Doom (1939)

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 4 – Bridge of Peril (1939)

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 5 – Decoy (1939)

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 6 – Zorro to the Rescue (1939)

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 7 – Fugitive (1939)

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 8 – Flowing Death (1943)

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 9 – Golden Arrow (1939)

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 10 – Mystery Wagon (1939)

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 11 – Face to Face (1939)

Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Chapter 12 – Unmasked (1939)

Reed Hadley	…	Don Diego Vega / Zorro
Sheila Darcy	…	Volita
William Corson	…	Ramon
Leander De Cordova	…	Governor Felipe
Edmund Cobb	…	Manuel Gonzalez
John Merton	…	Commandante Manuel [Ch. 1-9]
C. Montague Shaw	…	Chief Justice Pablo
Budd Buster	…	Juan
Carleton Young	…	Benito Juarez [ch 1-2, 12]
Guy D’Ennery	…	Don Francisco [Ch. 1]
Paul Marion	…	Kala [Ch. 10-12] (as Paul Marian)
Joe Molina	…	Tarmac (Yaqui chief)
James Pierce	…	Henchnam Moreno (as Jim Pierce)
Helen Mitchel	…	Doña Maria
Curley Dresden	…	Henchman Tomás

Zorro’s Black Whip: Chapter 1 – The Masked Avenger (1944)

admin2 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:01:02 +0000

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.

Western

George J. Lewis	…	Vic Gordon
Linda Stirling	…	Barbara Meredith (The Black Whip)
Lucien Littlefield	…	‘Tenpoint’ Jackson
Francis McDonald	…	Dan Hammond
Hal Taliaferro	…	Henchman Baxter
John Merton	…	Henchman Ed Harris
John Hamilton	…	Mr. Walsh (Banker) [Chs.1-3,10-12]
Tom Chatterton	…	Crescent City Councilman
Tom London	…	Commissioner James Bradley [Ch.1]
Jack Kirk	…	Marshal Wetherby
Jay Kirby	…	Randolph Meredith [Ch.1]
Si Jenks	…	Zeke Hayden [Chs. 6-7]
Stanley Price	…	Hedges, Hammond’s Clerk-Henchman
Tom Steele	…	Henchman Ed [Chs. 1, 9, 12] / Rancher [Ch. 7]
Duke Green	…	Trail Heavy Evans [Chs. 1-2, 8] / Ranchhouse Heavy Brown [Ch. 9]

The Phantom Creeps: Chapter 1 – The Menacing Power (1939)

admin2 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:24:52 +0000

“The Phantom Creeps” was Universal’s 44th sound-era serial (between “The Oregon Trail” and “The Green Hornet”) and was re-issued to theaters in 1949 by Commonwealth Pictures Corporation, a distribution set-up handling primarily Universal re-issues. Commonwealth had no hand at all in the production of this serial (as incorrectly shown on site) as they were a distribution company only. Some sources mistakenly identify them as the serial producer because all of the 1949 re-issue prints (and the 16mm prints sold to television circa 1952) show “Commonwealth Pictures Corp. Presents” above the title.There is a whole lot of difference between “presenting” and “producing”, a fact that some sources appear to not know or don’t care. The serial is of interest to some collectors as it re-unites Bela Lugosi and Edwin Stanley from 1931′s “Dracula”, and the crater-discovery of the meteorite fragment by Zorka in the serial is stock footage from Universal’s 1936 “The Invisible Ray.” The stock footage of an explosion and avalanche used in Chapter 11 comes from Universal’s 1934 serial, “The Vanishing Shadow.” Plot finds eccentric scientist Dr. Alex Zorka carrying on various experiments in his secret laboratory with the aid of his assistant Monk. Zorka has invented many strange weapons of warfare, including a devisualizer belt which renders him invisible; a terrifying, eight-foot tall robot (played by stuntman Edwin “Bud” Wolfe and not circus giant Bud Wolff), and he also has a deadly meteorite fragment (which he found in a 1936 movie with Boris Karloff) from which he extracts an element which can induce suspended animation in an entire army. Foreign spies, operating under the guise of a foreign language school (great cover), are trying to buy or (mostly) steal the meteorite element, while his former partner, Dr. Fred Mallory, miffed that Zorka will not turn his inventions over to the U.S. Government, blows the whistle on him to Captain Bob West of the Military Intelligence Department. Tired of answering the door and saying no to the spies and the government, Zorka moves his lab and when his beloved wife is killed, Zorka, puttering around for his own amusement up to this point, gets hacked off as only Lugosi can, swears eternal vengeance against society, and decides to use his inventions to make himself world dictator. And would have if not for his assistant Monk, an escaped convict virtually enslaved by Zorka, who is cowardly, treacherous and totally incompetent, and whose accidental or deliberate interference with Zorka’s efforts repeatedly frustrates his master’s grand schemes.

Sci-Fi

Bela Lugosi	…	Dr. Alex Zorka
Robert Kent	…	Capt. Bob West
Dorothy Arnold	…	Jean Drew
Edwin Stanley	…	Dr. Fred Mallory
Regis Toomey	…	Lt. Jim Daley
Jack C. Smith	…	Monk
Edward Van Sloan	…	Jarvis (spy chief)
Dora Clement	…	Ann Zorka [Chs. 1-2] (as Dora Clemant)
Anthony Averill	…	Rankin (henchman)
Hugh Huntley	…	Perkins (Mallory’s lab assistant)
Monte Vandergrift	…	Henchman
Frank Mayo	…	AMI chief [Ch. 12]
Jim Farley	…	Harbornaster [Ch. 7] (as James Farley)
Eddie Acuff	…	Mac (AMI agent)
Reed Howes	…	Airplane mechanic [Ch. 9, 12]

Junior G-Men: Chapter 1 – Enemies Within (1940)

admin2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:44:51 +0000

A group of saboteurs who are trying to undermine the government kidnap several prominent scientists, including the father of a local street gang member. The gang team up with the FBI and the “Junior G-Men” in order to stop the saboteurs.

Crime | Drama

Billy Halop	…	Billy Barton
Huntz Hall	…	Gyp
Gabriel Dell	…	Terry
Bernard Punsly	…	Lug
Ken Lundy	…	Buck
Kenneth Howell	…	Harry Trent
Roger Daniels	…	Midge (as Roger Daniel)
Phillip Terry	…	Jim Bradford

Holt of the Secret Service Part 1: Chaotic Greek (1941)

admin2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:12:56 +0000

A murderous gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped the government’s best engraver and is forcing him to print virtually undetectable phony money. The Secret Service sends its toughest agent, Jack Holt, and a female partner after the gang.

Crime | Action | Drama

Jack Holt	…	Jack Holt aka Nick Farrel
Evelyn Brent	…	Kay Drew, R49
C. Montague Shaw	…	Chief John W. Malloy (as Montague Shaw)
Tristram Coffin	…	Ed Valdin [Chs. 1-10]
John Ward	…	‘Lucky’ Arnold
Ted Adams	…	Quist
Joe McGuinn	…	‘Crimp’ Evans

Ace Drummond Chapter 1 (1936)

admin2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:09:10 +0000

This 13 chapter serial is based on the comic strip character Ace Drummond created by Eddie Rickenbacker. Ace is a ‘G-Man of the sky’ working out of Washington D.C. He is sent to Mongolia to find out why a mysterious villain known only as ‘The Dragon’ is trying to prevent the newly formed International Airways from setting up an airport there. Ace meets Peggy Trainor (Jean Rogers) who is searching for her archaeologist father who has disappeared. Together they search for answers to the puzzles.

Adventure | Action

John ‘Dusty’ King	…	Ace Drummond (as John King)
Jean Rogers	…	Peggy Trainor
Noah Beery Jr.	…	Jerry
Guy Bates Post	…	The Grand Lama
Lon Chaney Jr.	…	Henchman Ivan
Jackie Morrow	…	Billy Meredith
Selmer Jackson	…	William Meredith, Sr.
Robert Warwick	…	Winston

Ace Drummond Chapter 1

Ace Drummond, Chapter 2

Ace Drummond Chapter 3

Ace Drummond Chapter 4

Ace Drummond – Chapter 5

Ace Drummond Chapter 6

Ace Drummond – Chapter 7

Ace Drummond Chapter 8

Ace Drummond Chapter 9

Ace Drummond Chapter 10

Ace Drummond Chapter 11

Ace Drummond Chapter 12

Ace Drummond Chapter 13

The Green Hornet: Chapter 1 – The Tunnel of Terror (1940)

admin2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:24:53 +0000

Faced with rising crime and increased racketeering activity, intrepid newspaper editor Britt Reid becomes the crime fighter the Green Hornet. Donning a disguise, the Hornet and his brilliant Korean inventor/sidekick Kato fight an infamous racket that’s menacing their city.

Adventure

Gordon Jones	…	Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
Wade Boteler	…	Michael Axford
Anne Nagel	…	Lenore “Casey” Case
Keye Luke	…	Kato
Phillip Trent	…	Jasper Jenks
Cy Kendall	…	Curtis Monroe

Chapter 1 – The Tunnel of Terror
Chapter 2 – Thundering Terror
Chapter 3 – Flying Coffins
Chapter 4 – Pillar of Flame
Chapter 5 – The Time Bomb
Chapter 6 – Highways of Peril
Chapter 7 – Bridge of Disaster
Chapter 8 – Dead or Alive
Chapter 9 – The Hornet Trapped
Chapter 10 – Bullets and Ballots
Chapter 11 – Disaster Rides the Rails
Chapter 12 – Panic in the Zoo
Chapter 13 – Doom of the Underworld

The Return of Chandu – Chapter 1 (1934)

admin2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:41:32 +0000

The Black Magic cult of Ubasti, based on the isle of Lemuria, believes that Nadji, a princess of Egypt, is a reincarnation of their long-dead goddess, Ossana, and intend to sacrifice Nadji so that Ossana may be resurrected. Nadji has taken refuge at the California home of Frank Chandler, an American raised in the east and possessed of White Magical powers, who calls himself “Chandu”. Vindhyan, high priest of the cult’s California outpost, learns of this and ultimately succeeds in placing her in a trance which Chandu cannot easily break, propelling him to move her to safety, choosing the port of Suva in the South Seas. There, aided by his sister Dorothy, nephew Bob and niece Betty, Chandu is able to revive her and deal with Vindhyan, only to have the evil Voice of Ubasti, highest of the high priests, spirit her to Lemuria through the magic Circle of Ola. Chandu, Dorothy, Bob and Betty set out in pursuit but end up shipwrecked on Lemuria itself, with his family also now held for sacrifice while Chandu is plunged into the endless maze of caverns beneath the evil Temple of Ubasti, shrouded from his own powers by the full forces of Black Magic…

Horror| Adventure| Fantasy

Bela Lugosi	…	Frank Chandler, aka Chandu the Magician
Maria Alba	…	Princess Nadji
Clara Kimball Young	…	Dorothy Regent
Lucien Prival	…	Vindhyan [Chs. 1-4]
Dean Benton	…	Bob Regent (as Deane Benton)
Phyllis Ludwig	…	Betty Regent

The Return of Chandu – Chapter 1
The Return of Chandu – Chapter 2
The Return of Chandu – Chapter 3
The Return of Chandu – Chapter 4
The Return of Chandu – Chapter 5
The Return of Chandu – Chapter 6
The Return of Chandu – Chapter 7
The Return of Chandu – Chapter 8
The Return of Chandu – Chapter 9
The Return of Chandu – Chapter 10
The Return of Chandu – Chapter 11
The Return of Chandu – Chapter 12

The Vanishing Shadow: Chapter 1 – Accused of Murder (1934)

admin2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:58:12 +0000

A 12-episode serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of complex devices in his crusade . . . ray guns, robots and a ‘vanishing belt.’

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Onslow Stevens	…	Stanley Stanfield
Ada Ince	…	Gloria Barnett, alias Gloria Grant
James Durkin	…	Carl Van Dorn
Walter Miller	…	Ward Barnett
Richard Cramer	…	Dorgan (chief thug)
Edmund Cobb	…	Kent (thug)
Monte Montague	…	Badger (thug)
Al Ferguson	…	Stroud (thug)

The Lost City (1935) – 12 Chapters Combined

admin2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:43:37 +0000

After a series of electrical storms disrupts the world, electrical engineer Bruce Gordon develops a machine to trace the cause of the disasters. He discovers that the source is in central Africa and, backed by the nations of the world, sets out on an expedition. Bruce learns that the disturbances emanate from an area called the Magnetic Mountain. But unknown to our hero and his pal Jerry, the Magnetic Mountain also contains a super-advanced secret city ruled by the tyrannical scientific wizard named Zolok, who has unleashed the electrical fury threatening civilization as part of his plan to conquer the world. Zolok has under his control a brilliant inventor, Manyus, Manyus’ beautiful daughter Natcha and an army of giant African slaves, who follow the dictates of a strongman, Appolyn, and Gorza, a dwarf. Also in the mix are schemers Reynolds and Colton, who plan to capture Manyus and thereby gain control of Zolok’s army, and a double-crossing fellow explorer named Butterfield. Can Bruce evade Zolok’s “destroying rays” and stop his dreams of world conquest?

The Lost City is a sci-fi serial movie of 12 Chapters, produced by Sherman S. Krellberg in 1935. All 12 chapters are herein combined for your convenience. Redundant credits have been edited out between chapters. We hope you enjoy this ‘hi-tech’ sci-fi story.

Sci-Fi

William ‘Stage’ Boyd	…	Zolok (as Wm. ‘Stage’ Boyd)
Kane Richmond	…	Bruce Gordon
Claudia Dell	…	Natcha Manyus
Josef Swickard	…	Dr. Manyus
George ‘Gabby’ Hayes	…	Butterfield (as Geo. F. Hayes)
Billy Bletcher	…	Gorzo (as Wm. Bletcher)
Eddie Fetherston	…	Jerry Delaney