ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL (1941)(12 CHAPTERS)

Details

• Release Year: 1941
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy
• Plot: Newly Re-mastered from a 4K Scan by Paramount Pictures Archives! One of the Greatest Serials of All Time! Considered by many to be the finest serial ever made, Adventures of Captain Marvel chronicles the exploits of Captain Marvel (Tom Tyler, The Phantom), the world's mightiest mortal, as he combats the Scorpion, a hooded villain intent on obtaining six optical lenses that turn ordinary stones into gold! Highlighting the serial are the fabulous flying sequences by Republic's ace special effects team, Howard Lydecker and Theodore Lydecker. Combining a wired dummy photographed against real backgrounds in natural sunlight, with spectacular take-off leaps and landings supplied by action ace David Sharpe, the final effects are still as fascinating today as they were in 1941. Adventures of Captain Marvel marked the very first time a comic book superhero's exploits were transferred to the silver screen, and the resulting 12-chapter serial has yet to be equaled in excitement and entertainment. Directed by the great team of William Witney and John English, responsible for making some of the greatest serials of all time including the legendary Daredevils of the Red Circle.
• Cast: Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr., William 'Billy' Benedict, Louise Currie, Robert Strange, Harry Worth, Bryant Washburn, John Davidson, George Pembroke, George Lynn, Reed Hadley, Jack Mulhall, Kenne Duncan, Nigel De Brulier, John Bagni, Carleton Young, Leyland Hodgson, Stanley Price, Ernest Sarracino, Tetsu Komai, Wilson Benge, Lynton Brent, Earle D. Bunn, Ed Cassidy, Steve Clemente, Armand Cortes, Victor Cox, Dick Crockett, Joe De La Cruz, Eddie Dew, Curley Dresden, James Fawcett, Bud Geary, Augie Gomez, Ray Hanson, Sam Harris, Jerry Jerome, Al Kikume, Marten Lamont, Paul Lopez, Stanley Mack, Ted Mapes, Frank Marlowe, Gerald Mohr, Chuck Morrison, Loren Riebe, Francis Sayles, George Suzanne, Al Taylor, Duke Taylor, Ken Terrell, Frank Wayne, Henry Wills, Carl Zwolsman, William Witney, Ronald Davidson, Norman S. Hall, Arch Heath, Joseph F. Poland, Sol Shor, C.C. Beck, Bill Parker
• Director: William Witney
• Runtime: 3:36
• Company: Kino Lorber, Paramount Pictures
• Media Format: Series