Dick Tracy 1937  N/R, 290 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery
Director: Alan James, Ray Taylor
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Carleton Young, Kay Hughes, Lee Van Atta, Smiley Burnette, Francis X. Bushman, John Holland, John Dilson, John Picorri, Richard Beach, Fred Hamilton, Wedgwood Nowell, Byron Foulger, Ed "Oscar" Platt, Lou Fulton
In this, the first of four serials, Ralph Byrd plays Dick Tracy who is on the trail of a mysterious criminal, "The Spider." The Spider has captured Tracy's brother (Carleton Young) and tries to turn the brother against Tracy. This film contains some good action sequences in its 15 episodes.
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False Pretenses 1935  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Irene Ware, Sidney Blackmer, Russell Hopton, Betty Compson, Edward Gargan, Herbert Clifton, Lucy Beaumont, Marshall Ruth, John Picorri, Dot Farley, William Humphrey, Wilson Benge
Pretty waitress Mary Beekman (Irene Ware) yearns to find a wealthy husband and work her way up the social ladder. She convinces millionaire Kenneth Alden (Sidney Blackmer), who is secretly in love with her, to help her find the man of her dreams. In a comedy of errors, Mary ends up with retired bootlegger Pat Brennan (Russell Hopton) who has used his own social deceptions and believes Mary is the daughter in a wealthy family.
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Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island 1937 N/R, 260 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Ray Taylor, Mack V. Wright
Cast: Mala, Mamo Clark, Herbert Rawlinson, William Newell, John Ward, Selmer Jackson, John Dilson, John Picorri, George Chesebro, Bob Kortman, George Cleveland, Lloyd Whitlock, Tracy Roebuck, Herbert Weber, Anthony Pawley
A U.S. Intelligence Agency sends Agent Mala (Mala) to a South Pacific island to investigate the destruction of a dirigible, which had stopped for refueling. Mala finds that spies on the island are using their technology to cause volcanic eruptions to keep the natives in line while they do their spy work. A 14-episode serial.
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S.O.S. Coast Guard 1937 N/R, 220 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Alan James, William Witney
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Maxine Doyle, Herbert Rawlinson, Lee Ford, John Picorri, Lawrence Grant, Thomas Carr, Carleton Young, George Chesebro, Yakima Canutt, Jack Ingram
Mad scientist Boroff (Bela Lugosi) invents a gas that disintegrates everything in its path and sets out to market it to foreign governments. He also searches for the rare ingredients that will allow for large-scale production. But fear not. Lt. Terry Kent (Ralph Byrd), U.S. Coast Guard, and news woman Jean Norman (Maxine Doyle) stand in Boroff's way in this 12-episode serial.
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| 1. Dick Tracy (1937)
2. False Pretenses (1935)
3. Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1937)
4. S.O.S. Coast Guard (1937)
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