
05 Jan 1943

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.
DON'T miss EDDIE POLO'S thrilling battle with the leopard while tied by the feet to a jungle tree. See it in this tremendous, globe-circling picture, starring the World Famous POLO, himself.
Adventure serial starring Eddie Polo in 18 chapters. 1. The Scarlet Confession; 2. The Night of Terror; 3. In Death's Clutches; 4. On the Trail of the Dagger; 5. The End of the Rustlers; 6. A Terrible Calamity; 7. Plunged to His Doom; 8. In Unmerciful Hands; 9. THe Lights of Liverpool (aka Ferocious Foes): 10. When London Sleeps; 11. A Race to Scotland; 12. An Evil Plot; 13. Spears of Death; 14. Walls of Doom; 15. The Great Pendulum; 16. Beneath the Sea; 17. Beasts of the Jungle; 18. The Vanishing Dagger (aka Silver Linings).

John Edward Grant

Sir George Latimer

Lady Mary Latimer

Nell
Elizabeth Latimer
Prince Narr

05 Jan 1943

A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.

06 Apr 1936

Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.

01 Nov 1922

In medieval Italy, a group of men plot to kill a cruel and despotic duke.

29 Dec 1913

The serial detailed the experiences of Kathlyn Hare, the pretty daughter of an explorer. Kathlyn resided in a mythical India, fighting off unwanted advances from a handsome native, Umballah, when not battling an endless array of ferocious jungle fauna.

23 Sep 1908

L. Frank Baum would appear in a white suit and present his live actors, slide shows and films as a live travelogue presentation of his popular fantasies. Highlights include Dorothy being swept to Oz in various ways, such as with back-projection tornadoes and storms in a chicken coop. Lack of financial backing forced the show to fold after appearing in only two cities, despite being a critical and commercial success. This film is lost.

02 Jan 1916

A 1916 movie serial.

02 Jan 1915

Five-episode adaptation of the eponymous Russian novel, directed by Pyotr Chardynin et al.

02 Jan 1914

This twenty-three episode serial told the story of a secret society called The Black Hundred and its attempts to gain control of a lost million dollars.

02 Jan 1917

Considered as the one of the first feature-length Turkish movies produced during the reign of the Ottoman Empire, Casus is about a spying adventure which took place in the First World War. The copy of the movie did not survive to the present day.

30 May 1926

Jack Pepper accidentally fires his gun while forcing a newspaper editor to retract his statement regarding Miss Tulip Hellier, and the sheriff goes after Jack. While hiding out, Jack finds a liquor cache on the Hellier ranch and knows it was placed there as a ruse to distract the sheriff while an outlaw gang runs dope across the border.
31 Aug 1917
An Italian spy infiltrates a weapons factory in Germany.
01 Jan 1929
The story of two half-brothers, Jason and Michael, who travel between Iceland and the Isle of Man experiencing political revolutions, natural disasters, and personal upheavals. The plot is loosely based on the Biblical story of Jacob and Esau.

01 Mar 1931

Richard Grant, imprisoned in India for a crime he did not commit, escapes and makes his way to Africa.

13 Dec 1940

A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer America. The only one standing in his way is Bob Wayne, who fights Satan as the enigmatic Copperhead. Mysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 film serial named after its chief villain. Doctor Satan's main opponent is the masked mystery man, "The Copperhead", whose secret identity is Bob Wayne, a man searching for justice and revenge on Satan for the death of his step-father. The serial charts the conflict between the two as Bob Wayne pursues Doctor Satan, while the latter completes his plans for world domination.

21 May 1935

A serial in 12 chapters. Tarzan goes to Guatemala to find his lost friend, D'Arnot. On the way he helps Major Matling search Mayan ruins for hidden jewels and an idol containing the formula for a powerful explosive. D'Arnot and the idol are rescued, but the idol falls into the clutches of the explorer Raglan.

01 Mar 1928

No overview found

15 Dec 1924

A cowboy sets out to help a pretty young girl who is about to lose her ranch when crooks plan to foreclose on it because she doesn't have enough money to make her mortgage payment. He puts together a cattle drive in order to sell the herd to raise the money to pay off the note, but when the crooks hear about this, they make plans to stampede the herd along the way.

25 Nov 1932

A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.

21 Jan 1953

In Africa, a deceased medical missionary's daughter in Africa carries on her father's work. Before long, she finds herself in danger from crooks and a local witch doctor.

08 Jun 1949

Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair raising rescue to the next in order to keep the newly invented Decimator out of the clutches of Vulcan and his minions.