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[Cat-Man_America]

This thread is about those thrilling days of yesteryear, when Saturdays were ruled by "B" western double features, short subjects, cartoons and best of all serial chapters.  Alas, I don't have memories of any of this because it was well before my time, but it's not hard to imagine the excitement kids must've had anticipating each week's cliffhanger resolution leading to the next unsurvivable peril.  My ulterior motive in posting this now is to alert fellow GA fans to the forthcoming 4K mastered release of one of Republic's greatest classics to Blu-ray on April 25th, ...Daredevils of The Red Circle!

If you like serials, this is a good place to start.  Monstrous plots notwithstanding, if this thread develops I'll post a few more from my collection.    

 

Edited February 26, 2017 by Cat-Man_America

[Sqeggs]

11 hours ago, Cat-Man_America said:

This thread is about those thrilling days of yesteryear, when Saturdays were ruled by "B" western double features, short subjects, cartoons and best of all serial chapters.  Alas, I don't have memories of any of this because it was well before my time, but it's not hard to imagine the excitement kids must've had anticipating each week's cliffhanger resolution leading to the next unsurvivable peril.  My ulterior motive in posting this now is to alert fellow GA fans to the forthcoming 4K mastered release of one of Republic's greatest classics to Blu-ray on April 25th, ...Daredevils of The Red Circle!

If you like serials, this is a good place to start.  Monstrous plots notwithstanding, if this thread develops I'll post a few more from my collection.    

 

Post, man, post!

[telerites]

Yep, post away.  I am a serial fanatic.  Have a ton of 60s and 70s fanzines on the serials plus many hardcovers.  Although worthless, I also have a collection of countless serials I bought on VHS.  And a small smattering of lobby cards as well.

Throw out some Buster Crabbe, Tom Tyler, Bela Lugosi...

By the way I picked a copy of A Job for Superman by Kirk Alyn.  The copy is signed by Alyn - don't have a scan of mine but for those who have not seen the book - here is a pic of the front cover.

[Larryw7]

A 4k restoration of a serial? I'm there!

 

No serial cards, but I have some from the feature films that probably played after the chapter play.

[Sqeggs]

15 minutes ago, Larryw7 said:

A 4k restoration of a serial? I'm there!

 

No serial cards, but I have some from the feature films that probably played after the chapter play.

Very cool lobby cards. 

[Larryw7]

Thanks, Sqeggs!

[Cat-Man_America]

1 hour ago, Larryw7 said:

A 4k restoration of a serial? I'm there!

Yep! Paramount must've mastered this early classic Republic serial from the best surviving elements (negative or fine grain 35mm print) for KINO-Lorber's release in April.  Republic's archived films and serials have apparently survived in better shape than other studios which is spectacular news for fans of the genre since many of there serials are regarded as the very best produced.

This bodes well for their next Republic, The Adventures of Captain Marvel ... 

[Ameri]

Great book from 1972 on the subject

[Cat-Man_America]

17 minutes ago, Ameri said:

Great book from 1972 on the subject

+1  Absolutely! That's a well respected early book on the topic.  

Speaking of great books, here's the Holy Grail of serial books...

This self-published ode to Republic's legacy is from '75, by late serial fan/ad exec Jack Mathis.

 

[Cat-Man_America]

On February 26, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Sqeggs said:

Post, man, post!

As you wish... 

 

[porcupine48]

Marty Mann would LOVE this...

 

[MrBedrock]

10 hours ago, Cat-Man_America said:

As you wish... 

 

[Robot Man]

[MrBedrock]

1 hour ago, Robot Man said:

That is cool. Was it a premium from the book publisher?

 

[Robot Man]

31 minutes ago, MrBedrock said:

That is cool. Was it a premium from the book publisher?

 

I believe it was given to kids at the theatres when they went to watch the serials. There are two I know of. One for the "Drums of Fu Manchu" and this one for the "Shadow of Fu Manchu" just different lettering.

[Cat-Man_America]

This is another hum-dinger that'd be perfectly suited for 4K mastering and Blu-ray...   

 

Edited March 2, 2017 by Cat-Man_America
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[OtherEric]

I'm afraid my selection of Lobby Cards is rather limited... All I've got is a set of 8 from the original release of Bridge on the River Kwai.  I'll see if I can get a picture of them after ECCC.

[Cat-Man_America]

2 hours ago, OtherEric said:

I'm afraid my selection of Lobby Cards is rather limited... All I've got is a set of 8 from the original release of Bridge on the River Kwai.  I'll see if I can get a picture of them after ECCC.

Well, I don't have that many myself.  I'm a big serial fan, but never seriously got into film memorabilia.  Wish I'd collected more of'em now though.  

Here is one of the last serial cards from my collection, and it's a rare one.  This Mascot serial from 1930 featured a major actor in the credits ...but not on this card... and obviously none of these folks.  The actor would be famous within two years, but is second billed and only listed on some cards.  

...Yes, I'm toying with folks to see if anyone can figure out who without looking the actor up.  

[Crowzilla]

3 hours ago, Cat-Man_America said:

Here is one of the last serial cards from my collection, and it's a rare one.  This Mascot serial from 1930 featured a major actor in the credits ...but not on this card... and obviously none of these folks.  The actor would be famous within two years, but is second billed and only listed on some cards.  

I almost thought that was him on this card for a minute but he wears a different thawb in it.

 

[Ameri]

On ‎2‎/‎28‎/‎2017 at 3:44 AM, Cat-Man_America said:

As you wish... 

 

Ahhh Henry Brandon. Barnaby in Laurel and Hardy's March of the Wooden Soldiers aka Babes in Toyland and Our Gang Follies of 1938 among other things. He used to attend Sons of the Desert Laurel and Hardy conventions.