Missile Monsters

Missile Monsters 1958

3.00

A warlord from Mars recruits an Earth industrialist with a Nazi past to manufacture weapons by means of which Mars can take over the Earth. Feature version of the 1951 movie serial "Flying Disc Man from Mars".

1958

Planet Outlaws

Planet Outlaws 1953

4.60

A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Feature version of the film serial Buck Rogers by Universal Pictures, 1940.

1953

The New Adventures of Tarzan

The New Adventures of Tarzan 1935

4.00

A feature film. Tarzan, who has returned to Africa after living in England, sets off to Guatemala in search of an old friend who may have survived a plane crash there. Also in Guatemala are Ula Vale and Major Martling who are out to find the riches of the Green Goddess. They join forces after they learn that a competitor, Raglan, has already set out ahead of them. Tarzan has to rescue everyone after they are taken prisoner. When they get to the hidden city, Tarzan finds his friend alive and the fabulous treasure.

1935

The Spider Returns

The Spider Returns 1943

1

Feature version of the American serial film of the same name, edited for exhibition overseas only, never exhibited in the USA in any medium, and evidently a lost film.

1943

The Lost Jungle

The Lost Jungle 1934

3.40

Clyde Beatty, an animal trainer and circus star, leads a search for his missing girlfriend and her father who were on an expedition looking for a lost tropical island. Using a dirigible as his mode of transportation, Beatty and his band head off in search of the missing explorers only to crash their airship on the same island their friends are located. Battling wild animals and a gang of greedy men searching for gold, Beatty and his party must rescue his girlfriend and father all the while trying to escape their jungle island. Feature version of the same-title serial of the same year, with refilmed sequences substantially altering the plot and characters of the original chapterplay.

1934

Hi-Yo Silver

Hi-Yo Silver 1940

1

Edited version of the 1938 Republic serial "The Lone Ranger."

1940

Destination Saturn

Destination Saturn 1966

1

Made-for-TV feature version of the 1940 movie serial, Buck Rogers.

1966

The Secret Code

The Secret Code 1944

1

Feature version of the 1942 American serial film of the same title, prepared for the export market, never seen in any media format in the United States, and apparently a lost film.

1944

Hawk of the Hills

Hawk of the Hills 1929

4.00

Hawk of the Hills (1927), a ten episode serial, re-edited into a five-reel feature length version released in 1929. Newhall, California. A band of Indians led by the half-breed 'The Hawk' terrorizes prospectors in a valley. When the old prospector Clyde Selby hits the mother lode, The Hawk plans to kidnap his pretty blond daughter Mary Selby. This kidnapping actually proves one of the lesser of the perils faced by the poor Mary. Laramie, a government agent, wants with the help of his friendly Shoshone Indian friends to extricate the damsel-in-distress.

1929

Satan's Satellites

Satan's Satellites 1958

4.50

Feature version of the 1951 American serial film, "Zombies of the Stratosphere".

1958

Tarzan and the Green Goddess

Tarzan and the Green Goddess 1938

4.80

Tarzan retells the story of a trip to Guatemala in which the ape-man had gone to aid a friend in searching for a very valuable totem pole called the Green Goddess. Second of two feature versions of the 1935 serial film "The New Adventures Of Tarzan", culled from the serial's last 10 episodes.

1938

Sakima and the Masked Marvel

Sakima and the Masked Marvel 1966

6.00

Feature version of the 1943 serial "The Masked Marvel", q.v., edited for television syndication and 16mm rental only.

1966

Drums of Fu Manchu

Drums of Fu Manchu 1943

3.80

Feature version of the 1940 Republic serial, about Fu Manchu's attempt to conquer Asia.

1943

Lost Planet Airmen

Lost Planet Airmen 1951

6.00

Feature version of the 1949 serial, KING OF THE ROCKETMEN: Young member of scientific group uses new rocket-powered flying suit to thwart shadowy saboteur known only as "Dr. Vulcan".

1951

The Phantom Creeps

The Phantom Creeps 1949

3.20

An edited version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.

1949

Chandu on the Magic Island

Chandu on the Magic Island 1935

4.80

On the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to sacrifice so that their goddess Ossana, whose soul resides in Nadji's body, may be resurrected by Black Magic. Nadji is located in the Far East port of Suva, but shielded by the White Magical powers of Frank Chandler, an American raised by Eastern mystics who is also known as Chandu. When Chandu takes a voyage alone, however, the evil Voice of Ubasti is able to magically spirit her to Lemuria, where Black Magic reigns supreme. Chandu sets out in pursuit with his sister Dorothy, niece Betty and nephew Bob; but, shipwrecked on the magic island, Chandu finds his family also held prisoner for sacrifice while he is plunged into an endless maze of caverns beneath the evil temple, where both his mortal and magical strength seem rendered useless.

1935

Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake the Magician 1940

5.00

Feature version of the American serial film, produced for export only, never exhibited in the USA, and believed to be a lost film.

1940

Custer's Last Stand

Custer's Last Stand 1936

1

The feature length version of the serial by the same name. A mystical medicine arrow, the key to a lost gold treasure, is lost in one of many Indian attacks. It is recovered by the only two survivors, a Major and his daughter, who become the targets of those who wish to possess it. General George Armstrong Custer and army scout Kid Cardigan attempt to stop the ensuing war over the arrow, but fail in their efforts, which becomes the historic Custer's Last Stand.

1936

Rocket Ship

Rocket Ship 1938

4.80

A heavy condensation of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth.

1938

Holt of the Secret Service

Holt of the Secret Service 1944

1

Feature version of the 1941 American serial film of the same name, made for export only, never shown in the USA in any medium, and evidently a lost film.

1944