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The Return of Chandu - 12-part movie serial starring Bela Lugosi

The Return Of Chandu

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Oddly, in this sequel to Chandu the Magician, Bela Lugosi is “promoted” from the villain of the first movie serial to the hero, Chandu! Here, his true love, the Egyptian Princess Nadji, is in danger of being kidnapped by a cult from the ancient continent of Lemuria. And become a human sacrifice, to revive an ancient, evil, high priestess — and raise the sunken continent! The home of black magic …

Flash Gordon – Spaceship to the Unknown

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Flash Gordon – Spaceship to the Unknown (1936) starring Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton Product Description  The planet Mongo is on a collision course with Earth! Flash Gordon and Dale Arden join Dr. Zarkov… 

Batman 1943 serial

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Batman 1943 movie serial, starring Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft

Review

In many ways, Batman is an interesting, but unremarkable, movie serial from the 1940’s. It’s noteworthy for being the very first Batman movie. Batman/Bruce Wayne and Robin/Dick Grayson are government agents, fighting against Japanese saboteurs.

The Master Mystery

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The Master Mystery (1920) starring Harry Houdini

The Master Mystery stars Harry Houdini as Justice Department agent Quentin Locke, who is investigating a powerful cartel that’s protected by a “menacing” robot (referred to in the film as “the Automaton‘); the cartel is using a gas weapon called “the Madagascar Madness” — and, given that this is an old-time silent film serial, there’s a cliffhanger ending at the end of each chapter.  And, since this is a Houdini film, there’s plenty of escape artistry to get out of them. The Master Mystery is available on DVD as part of the DVD collection, Houdini: The Movie Star.

The Grim Game

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movie review of The Grim Game (1919) starring Harry Houdini

The Grim Game was a silent film starring the great magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. He stars as Harvey Hanford, a man wrongly convicted of crimes that he didn’t commit.  Using Houdini’s renowned escape abilities, Houdini quickly escapes out of jail. Harvey pursues the true criminal, who kidnapped his love interest.

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