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"The King of Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Red Barry (1938)"
VCI Entertainment and Universal Pictures present..."Red Barry" (1938) (Dolby digitally remastered), based on the Will Gould comic strip distributed by King Features Syndicated, Inc.with 13 Chapter plays of vintage serial episodes jam packed with thrilling action sequences and stunts that will keep you on the edge of your seat...story line has the entire Universal cast and crew searching for $2,000,000 in stolen bonds from a friendly Asian country...can Red Barry (Buster Crabbe) and girl reporter Mississippi (Frances Robinson) discover the evil plan of number villain of 1938 Quong Lee (Frank Lackteen) and his cohort ballet dancer Natacha (Edna Sedgewick)...are the Russians involved through Natacha's undercover work steal the bonds to purchase war planes...who is Wing Fu (Cyril Delevanti) and is Hong Kong Cholly (Philip Ahn) an agent for him, are we getting dizzy yet with the game of "keep away bonds"...and when does Red Barry get a minutes rest with lions, speed boats and trap doors opening at every opportune moment....must make mention that actress Frances Robinson who portrays Mississippi steals the show with every scene she appears in....meanwhile don't leave the theater until the final chapter is over and done with "Mission of Mercy", when we find out who winds up with the bonds....just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss a single spine thrilling episode..return next week to this local theater for another episode of action and adventure that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter.
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"The King of Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Scouts to the Rescue (1939)"
VCI Entertainment and Universal Pictures present..."Scouts to the Rescue" (1939) (Dolby digitally remastered), a 12 Chapter cliffhanger from a thrilling adventure of breath taking exploits and suspenseful Universal serial featuring a good cast...story line has the leader of Martinsville Troop No. One, Eagle Scout Bruce Scott (Jackie Cooper) searching for buried treasure with a map supplied by new scout Skeets Scanlon (Bill Cody Jr)....whatis this hidden treasure in "Ghost Town" that the scout pack have uncovered, and why are the counterfeiters also interested in this new find...what tribe of Indians are living in the mountains who have been lost for centuries and are now witnessing civilization closing in on them....can G-Man Hal Marvin (William Ruhl) breakup this counterfeiting ring of Pug O'Toole (Ralph Dunn) and Doc (Jason Robards Sr) who are ready to go to press...will Jackie Cooper save the bacon of everyone concerned in this 12 chapter play and keep Universal Pictures in the forefront of weekly serial cliffhangers...don't leave the theater until the final chapter is over and done with "The Boy Scouts Triumph"....just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss a single spine thrilling episode..return next week to this local theater for another episode of action and adventure that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter.
Boy Scout series
This was good, a 12 part boy scout action/adventure series.If you are involved in Boy Scouts you will appreciate.We showed this at a YMCA Lock in our Troop did, and a lot of the boys really got into it.I purchase all of these old scout videos I find, this one was definetely unique. ... Read more

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"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ... Phantom Thunderbolt (1933) & Lightning Strkes West(1933)"
VCI Entertainment present "Ken Maynard Double Feature Vol. 1" (Lightning Strikes West (1933) & Phantom Thunderbolt (1933) (Dolby digitally remastered) ... relive those thrilling days when Ken Maynard took us down the dusty trails with hard riding and straight shooting hitting the bull's eye with excitement everytime ... the Ken Maynard series of B-Westerns were a staple of Saturday matinees in the 1930s and 1940s ... don't miss any of the Ken Maynard features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures. Read more

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Where are the last six chapters?
This is one of the first cliff hangers available on DVD, and (I truly hope), one of many future Republic Studios serials. It is quite good forthe genre and evokes the pre-War atmosphere of America, as well as the oldautos, fashions, argot and naive fears of things scientific in the late1930's. However, try as I may, I cannot access the last six chapters. Ihave checked the case the DVD came in for another disk, tried the singledisk on the other side, tried to scroll down after Chapter six on thesingle disk, but I cannot (or do not have)the last six chapters. Non-stop action...really!
S.O.S. COAST GUARD is a flavorful 12-chapter serial featuring Ralph "Dick Tracy" Bird as eager Coast Guard Lieutenant Terry Kent andBela Lugosi as his adversary Boroff. The nasty Boroff has invented adisintegration gas and is trying desperately to sell it to foreign powers.Boroff employs the services of Thorg (Richard Alexander), a burly henchmanwith a good talent for swimming. On Kent's side, ace reporter Jean Norman(Maxine Doyle in a spirited performance) and photographer Snapper McGee(Lee Ford providing comic relief) help move things along. Lugosi's Finest Serial
"S.O.S. Coast Guard" is one of the finest Republic serials and a terrific showcase for Bela Lugosi. Most of Lugosi's serials were low-budget affairs -- except for this 1937 effort.In "S.O.S. Coast Guard,"Lugosi plays the diabolical Boroff, who wants to control the world with hisdeadly disintegrating gas.He certainly gives the heroic Ralph Byrd a runfor his money in 12 episodes of serial excitement. Lugosi is in his elementas Boroff and the action scenes are first-rate. Bela never made a betterchapterplay than this one. ... Read more

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A Strange Serial
As serials go, this isn't bad, although it would be nice if the picture quality were a little less fuzzy. This is a very strangely constructed serial, unlike any other I can recall. There's no carry-over from chapter to chapter. There's an overlap: each chapter ends with a fake cliff-hanger which is resolved in the beginning of the following chapter(usually by some deus-ex-machina that we just didn't happen to see in the previous chapter), but whatever the previous chapter was about is resolved and each new chapter poses a new problem. It's the same good guys and bad guys throughout, but each time, the bad guys are after something different, like the plans for a supersonic plane or a treasury engraver who can forge counterfeit plates or (even!) a shipment of stolen furs! Obviously there's nothing deep or meaningful here; just fun. If you like old serials (not that there are too many new ones!), go for this.

CALLING ALL CARS
IF YOU ARE A SERIAL FAN... THEN THIS IS A GREAT DVD FOR YOU. THERE ARE ENOUGH CLIFF-HANGERS TO SATISIFY ANY BUFF AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THESE OLD MOVIES MAKING A COMEBACK ON DVD. MARENGO FILMS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF RESTORING THIS OLD FILM THE VIDEO PORTION IS NEARLY PERFECT AND THE SOUND QUALITY IS EXCELLENT... I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE WHO LOVES SERIALS.

The Flying Wing Was Ahead Of Its Time
DICK TRACY was a serial produced by Republic only six years after the popular comic strip hero made his first appearance in the Chicago Tribune- New York News Syndicate Newspapers. Throughout fifteen chapters the detective dueled with the Spider Gang whose leader was known as the Lame One. DICK TRACY was one of the better serials made during the 1930's.Read more

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William Witney's First
This was William Witney's first turn as a director.He replaced Ray Taylor, who had a drinking problem and apparently caused a huge problem the first day on location.Witney, then an editor, was rushed in to replace him, and the rest is history.At age 21 Witney became the youngest director ever in Hollywood.During his career he directed hundreds of movies and television Westerns.Witney's serials always had lots of action, and were especially known for their fistfights.He himself described his directorial style as "In a door, into a fight; out a door, into a chase," and that's the title of his excellent book describing his experiences in serials.
Ten stars out of five - great ridin', shootin', and mystery.
This one has some of the best riding sequences I have seen, especially by Crash. I paused a lot during his riding and a lot of the stills look like Frederick Remington paintings. And check out Crash's thigh-high boots! Great stuff Crash, wherever you are. Lots of shootin' too. The characters include Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett and a young Kit Carson who gets his training as a scout during the first wagon train heading west for Santa Fe (pronounced "Santa Fee" - nice touch) under the guidance of Hoot Gibson. Bye the way, the guns look authentic, not the cap pistol looking ones of most westerns. Little touches like that really make it. I saw the same looking guns in another Hoot Gibson western; was he responsible for them? Yakima Canutt does his falling-under-the-horses-and-wagon stunt and Charlie King is one of the bad guys. Any movie with Charlie and Yak is a keeper. Duncan Renaldo is another bad guy. The pluses just keep on coming in this serial. Madacy's reproduction is decent, too. It looks pretty good even on a computer monitor.
Early Republic Western Serial
There is no other product available for this early Republic serial. Thus, one has to live with this one. But this transfer to DVD is NOT that bad. The picture quality is not pristine.But the copy which Madacy worked on to put to DVD is not deteriorated, as is the case on other "economical" serials hastily put on the market for a fast profit. It is the sound which is bad. It cracks and and appears muffled. The actors spoke as if they were eating their words. Sometimes it's difficult trying to understand what is being said. But then, this is a 1937 serial and we should count ourselves lucky that Madacy put this on the market. The story is typical serial, simple and long drawn out with preposterous premises. But that is what make these features enjoyable, vain attempts to project reality resulting in absurdity. Note the sound of the gunfire. It does not have the characteristic "Republic serial gunfire sound" heard in later productions. Again, this is because it was a 1937 feature. Get one and enjoy. ... Read more

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"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ... Fargo Express (1933) & Harmony Trail (1944)"
VCI Entertainment present "Ken Maynard Double Feature Vol. 4"(Fargo Express (1933) & Harmony Trail (1944) ( (Dolby digitally remastered) ... relive those thrilling days when Ken Maynard took us down the dusty trails with hard riding and straight shooting hitting the bull's eye with excitementevery time... the Ken Maynard series of B-Westerns were a staple of Saturday matinees in the 1930s and 1940s ... don't miss any of the Ken Maynard features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures.
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A Strange Serial
As serials go, this isn't bad, although it would be nice if the picture quality were a little less fuzzy. This is a very strangely constructed serial, unlike any other I can recall. There's no carry-over from chapter to chapter. There's an overlap: each chapter ends with a fake cliff-hanger which is resolved in the beginning of the following chapter(usually by some deus-ex-machina that we just didn't happen to see in the previous chapter), but whatever the previous chapter was about is resolved and each new chapter poses a new problem. It's the same good guys and bad guys throughout, but each time, the bad guys are after something different, like the plans for a supersonic plane or a treasury engraver who can forge counterfeit plates or (even!) a shipment of stolen furs! Obviously there's nothing deep or meaningful here; just fun. If you like old serials (not that there are too many new ones!), go for this.

CALLING ALL CARS
IF YOU ARE A SERIAL FAN... THEN THIS IS A GREAT DVD FOR YOU. THERE ARE ENOUGH CLIFF-HANGERS TO SATISIFY ANY BUFF AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THESE OLD MOVIES MAKING A COMEBACK ON DVD. MARENGO FILMS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF RESTORING THIS OLD FILM THE VIDEO PORTION IS NEARLY PERFECT AND THE SOUND QUALITY IS EXCELLENT... I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE WHO LOVES SERIALS.

The Flying Wing Was Ahead Of Its Time
DICK TRACY was a serial produced by Republic only six years after the popular comic strip hero made his first appearance in the Chicago Tribune- New York News Syndicate Newspapers. Throughout fifteen chapters the detective dueled with the Spider Gang whose leader was known as the Lame One. DICK TRACY was one of the better serials made during the 1930's.Read more

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doesnt turn out like you would expect it would
early movie with a different twist with ken wearing his black ha ... Read more

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A Strange Serial
As serials go, this isn't bad, although it would be nice if the picture quality were a little less fuzzy. This is a very strangely constructed serial, unlike any other I can recall. There's no carry-over from chapter to chapter. There's an overlap: each chapter ends with a fake cliff-hanger which is resolved in the beginning of the following chapter(usually by some deus-ex-machina that we just didn't happen to see in the previous chapter), but whatever the previous chapter was about is resolved and each new chapter poses a new problem. It's the same good guys and bad guys throughout, but each time, the bad guys are after something different, like the plans for a supersonic plane or a treasury engraver who can forge counterfeit plates or (even!) a shipment of stolen furs! Obviously there's nothing deep or meaningful here; just fun. If you like old serials (not that there are too many new ones!), go for this.

CALLING ALL CARS
IF YOU ARE A SERIAL FAN... THEN THIS IS A GREAT DVD FOR YOU. THERE ARE ENOUGH CLIFF-HANGERS TO SATISIFY ANY BUFF AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THESE OLD MOVIES MAKING A COMEBACK ON DVD. MARENGO FILMS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF RESTORING THIS OLD FILM THE VIDEO PORTION IS NEARLY PERFECT AND THE SOUND QUALITY IS EXCELLENT... I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE WHO LOVES SERIALS.

The Flying Wing Was Ahead Of Its Time
DICK TRACY was a serial produced by Republic only six years after the popular comic strip hero made his first appearance in the Chicago Tribune- New York News Syndicate Newspapers. Throughout fifteen chapters the detective dueled with the Spider Gang whose leader was known as the Lame One. DICK TRACY was one of the better serials made during the 1930's.Read more

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doesnt turn out like you would expect it would
early movie with a different twist with ken wearing his black ha ... Read more

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A Strange Serial
As serials go, this isn't bad, although it would be nice if the picture quality were a little less fuzzy. This is a very strangely constructed serial, unlike any other I can recall. There's no carry-over from chapter to chapter. There's an overlap: each chapter ends with a fake cliff-hanger which is resolved in the beginning of the following chapter(usually by some deus-ex-machina that we just didn't happen to see in the previous chapter), but whatever the previous chapter was about is resolved and each new chapter poses a new problem. It's the same good guys and bad guys throughout, but each time, the bad guys are after something different, like the plans for a supersonic plane or a treasury engraver who can forge counterfeit plates or (even!) a shipment of stolen furs! Obviously there's nothing deep or meaningful here; just fun. If you like old serials (not that there are too many new ones!), go for this.

CALLING ALL CARS
IF YOU ARE A SERIAL FAN... THEN THIS IS A GREAT DVD FOR YOU. THERE ARE ENOUGH CLIFF-HANGERS TO SATISIFY ANY BUFF AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THESE OLD MOVIES MAKING A COMEBACK ON DVD. MARENGO FILMS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF RESTORING THIS OLD FILM THE VIDEO PORTION IS NEARLY PERFECT AND THE SOUND QUALITY IS EXCELLENT... I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE WHO LOVES SERIALS.

The Flying Wing Was Ahead Of Its Time
DICK TRACY was a serial produced by Republic only six years after the popular comic strip hero made his first appearance in the Chicago Tribune- New York News Syndicate Newspapers. Throughout fifteen chapters the detective dueled with the Spider Gang whose leader was known as the Lame One. DICK TRACY was one of the better serials made during the 1930's.Read more

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doesnt turn out like you would expect it would
early movie with a different twist with ken wearing his black ha ... Read more

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"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ... Fargo Express (1933) & Harmony Trail (1944)"
VCI Entertainment present "Ken Maynard Double Feature Vol. 4"(Fargo Express (1933) & Harmony Trail (1944) ( (Dolby digitally remastered) ... relive those thrilling days when Ken Maynard took us down the dusty trails with hard riding and straight shooting hitting the bull's eye with excitementevery time... the Ken Maynard series of B-Westerns were a staple of Saturday matinees in the 1930s and 1940s ... don't miss any of the Ken Maynard features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures.
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