Serial Films. Serial Filmsare some of the earliest. The multi- part films consisted of episodes that. The segments. were presented one chapter at a time in weekly installments over the course. Serials were usually included during the shorts projected in a neighborhood. B- western, or Saturday afternoon. They were often scheduled along with lots of cartoons, newsreels. Serials would generally include attractive heroines, action. Scorpion, the Dragon, and the Spider, to name a. The heroes and heroines would. Action sequences would predominate. In all serials, the truth was often exaggerated. See this site's feature on the Greatest Series Franchise Films of All- Time. These are not pure serials, but stand- alone. Many modern- day soap operas and well- known TV series, such as Lost. Space and the soapish Dallas, have used the cliffhanger ending. Serials in Europe: There. United States and in Europe. France, with pioneering auteur director Louis Feuillade, provided several magnificent chapter. Fantomas (1. 91. 3- France), the influential. Les Vampires (1. 91. France) with Musidora as villainous. Irma Vep, the 1. 2- episode Judex (1. Can't get enough of movies and TV shows that scare up a good fright? Check out Scary Good, IMDb's Horror Entertainment Guide.France), and Tih Minh (1. France). Also, in the 1. Fritz Lang made the following two silent. Dr. Mabuse (1. 92. Die. Nibelungen (1. Serial Films are some of the earliest forms of film during the silent era through to the 1950s, often episodic in form (usually with 12-15 parts) and. Both film versions of Phillip Barry's stage comedy +Holiday have their merits, but the 1938 version has the added advantage of supercharged star power. The Buccaneer is a 1938 American adventure film made by Paramount Pictures based on Jean Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. Natalie Wood, Actress: West Side Story. Natalie Wood was born on July 20, 1938, in San Francisco, California, as Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko. George 'Gabby' Hayes was a famous character actor in movies during the 1930's and 1940's and later on television. He made his name in Western movies playing the. La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, based on the. Siegfried, and Kriemhilds Rache. Kriemhilde's Revenge) The Earliest US Serials: The first American serial was the groundbreaking 1. What Happened. to Mary? Edison's Company, that starred. Mary Fuller (the first true serial queen), and was released concurrently with. Each film chapter was released simultaneously with the corresponding story in the magazine, one story per month, beginning July 2. The series was followed with the six- episode Who. Will Marry Mary? Over sixty serial- queen melodramas. From 1. 91. 2 to 1. Louise Lester portrayed. Calamity Anne in a series of comic westerns. The 1. 3- episode action serial The Adventures of Kathlyn (1. American serial, produced. Selig, starred blonde actress Kathlyn Williams - its first episode was released on December 2. Harold Mac. Grath's novel The Adventures of Kathlyn was published in early 1. Pearl. White as Pauline in Peril: The most famous star of the silent serials was Pearl White. The daring, athletic and active female star performed. Her most famous stunt was reportedly in this serial - in which she was tied to railroad. The scene. was supposedly filmed near New Hope, PA at a place now known as . More famously, a year earlier in 1. Mabel Normand was tied to train tracks and cried out for rescue in the Keystone comedy Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1. Mack Sennett's Teddy at the Throttle (1. Following her success in 1. White was also featured the. Elaine'. films: the 1. The Exploits of Elaine (1. Ford was an actor before serving an apprenticeship as a director. Thomas Ince in the early 1. In 1. 91. 3, he transferred to Universal. Some of their best- known serials included the 1. Western serial Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery (1. Universal's first. The Broken Coin (1. The. Adventures of Peg o' The Ring (1. Another. female queen of the serials was Ruth Roland, who appeared in serials such. The Red Circle (1. The Adventures of Ruth. The Timber Queen (1. And Universal. star Marie Walcamp starred in a series of . One of the longest running serials was the melodramatic, 1. The Hazards of Helen from the Kalem Film Manufacturing Company, which. In almost half of the installments, the plucky heroine. Helen Holmes, followed by Helen (Rose) Gibson, Elsie Mc. Leod. and briefly by Anna Q. Some of the sub- titles of the series were: In Danger's Path, The Pay Train, The Leap From the Water. Tower, Wild Engine, and The Open Track. The scene of a heroine. Serials During the Talkie Era: By. US serials featured male heroes. Joe Bonomo, Jack Mulhall. Francis Ford, William Desmond, Franklyn Farnum, and Walter Miller. Four studios. including several independent ones, were responsible for producing most of. Mascot, Universal, Columbia, and Republic. MGM, Fox, Warners, and Paramount) declined to. RKO- Radio's sole sound serial was The Last Frontier. Released as a silent film with talking sequences, Mascot Pictures. Corporation's first serial, the 1. The King of the Kongo. Walter Miller, was a big success. The first all- talkie. Universal's 1. 2- chapter western The Indians. Are Coming (1. 93. Francis Ford. And. Tom Tyler starred in the early 1. B- Western serial The Phantom. West (1. 93. 1), Mascot's first all- talking serial. Jungle and Aviator Adventure Serials: Jungle and aviator adventure serials were also popular. Famed. animal trainer Clyde Beatty encountered the dangers of the jungles of Africa. Republic's 1. 2- chapter serial The Lost Jungle (1. Darkest Africa (1. To counter their popularity, Frank (nicknamed. Bring 'Em Back Alive') Buck starred in Columbia's 1. The Jungle Menace. One of the best jungle serials was the 1. Jungle Girl. (1. 94. Edgar Rice Burroughs novel and starring Frances Gifford. A submarine voyage to the underwater. Atlantis was featured in the 1. The Undersea Kingdom. William. Desmond appeared in Universal's 1. Tailspin Tommy. (1. Tom Tyler starred. Univeral's leading aviation serial The Phantom of the Air (1. The thrilling. Universal serial The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1. Smilin' Jack (Tom Brown). Republic's 1. 2- chapter. Fighting Devil Dogs(1. Lightning. Western Serials: Westerns became the staple subject matter for serials (and. He starred in 1. 9. Columbia from 1. 93. Universal. from 1. Jones' best known 1. Universal. included: The Red Rider (1. W. Tuttle's novel The Redhead from Sun Dog, with Buck Jones. Sheriff Red Davidson (who lays down his tin star), and Walter Miller. Miller had usually been cast as the hero in the. The Roaring West (1. Buck as Montana Larkin. The Phantom Rider (1. Buck as Buck Grant. Another major western serial star (and star of B- grade westerns. Johnny Mack Brown who found himself turning to. Mascot, Supreme Pictures, and Monogram) after appearing in. MGM's semi- successful, big- budget feature film Billy the Kid (1. Walter Noble Burns) with director King Vidor. He starred. in 1. Supreme Pictures in the mid- to- late 1. Universal. Some of his more notable serial films included the 1. Fighting with Kit Carson (1. Flaming Frontiers. The Oregon Trail (1. In the late 3. 0s and early 4. Tim Mc. Coy. was famous for his serials in which he portrayed the 'Lightning Bill Carson'. Trigger Tim' in the early 4. Tom Mix was also one of the great American cowboy super- stars. Three of his best feature films were The. Great K& A Train Robbery (1. Riders of the Purple Sage (1. My Pal, The King (1. Ken Maynard experienced a short. Tarzan. His action- packed silent westerns included Senor Daredevil. Red Raiders (1. 92. Cheyenne (1. 92. 9). His career. faded into the 4. In Old Santa. Fe (1. Republic's 1. 2- episode serial western adventure The Adventures. Red Ryder (1. 94. Don . King of the Texas. Rangers (1. 94. 1) similarly was an adventure serial about the Texas Rangers. Early. Tarzan Serials: The first . There were a couple of 1. Tarzan silent serials: the 1. The Adventures of Tarzan (1. Elmo Lincoln, the 1. Tarzan the Mighty (1. Tarzan. the Tiger (1. Others who played Tarzan before Weissmuller were Gene. Pollar, P. Dempsey Tabler, Jim Pierce, and Frank Merrill. The first Tarzan serial talkie, Tarzan The Fearless (1. Principal, starred the 1. Summer Olympics gold- medal winner Larry . It was released in two forms: (1) as a. Of the almost 1. 00 Tarzan. English nobleman raised by apes in the African jungle, the. MGM- Johnny Weissmuller/Maureen O'Sullivan. To bring his own creation to the. Edgar Rice Burroughs formed his own movie company and produced The New Adventures of Tarzan (1. Tarzan's New Adventure). Actors and Real- Life Heroes in Serials: Soon- to- be- famous. Bela. Lugosi starred as the supernatural- powered mystic/magician Chandu in the 1. The Return of Chandu (1. Chandu on the Magic Island (1. The Return of Chandu, based on chapters. And Lugosi appeared as evil Dr. Zorka in the 1. 2- episode. The Phantom Creeps (1. Early in his film career, John Wayne appeared in many B- movie. The Big Trail (1. He appeared in the. The Hurricane Express (1. Shadow. of the Eagle (1. Wayne's last. serial was the 1. The Three Musketeers (1. French. Foreign Legion. Cowboy crooner Gene Autry (in his first starring film role) was featured. Mascot's influential, western/sci- fi 1. The Phantom Empire (1. Radio Ranch). A 1. The Galloping Ghost (1. Harold 'Red' Grange as a college football. Death- defying magician and illusionist Harry Houdini's first film was. The Master Mystery (1.
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