List of film serials

For a list of serials by studio, see List of film serials by studio.

A list of film serials by year of release.

## 1910s

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1910
Deutsche Vitaskop GmbH  | Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes | 5  | Mystery  | Viggo Larsen  | Paul Otto as Lupin and Viggo Larsen as Holmes  | German;
based on the novel Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc;
Survival status is unknown.[1][2]
1912
Edison Studios | What Happened to Mary | 12  | Drama  | Charles Brabin | Mary Fuller | Episodes 1–4: Survival status unclear.[3]

Episodes 5–8, 10, 11: Museum of Modern Art[4]

Episode 9: Library of Congress[4]

Episode 12: Survival status unclear[3]

Other sources indicate a print exists yet provide no specifics[5]

1913
Selig Polyscope Company | The Adventures of Kathlyn | 13  | Adventure  | Francis J. Grandon | Kathlyn Williams | Presumed lost. Considered to be the first "cliffhanger" serial.[6]
Edison Studios | Who Will Marry Mary? | 6  | Drama  | Walter Edwin  | Mary Fuller | Incomplete prints of episodes one and five survive[7]
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Fantômas | 5  | Mystery  | Louis Feuillade | René Navarre | French
Based on Fantômas by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre
Print exists.[8][9] Released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber 2016.[10]
1914
Pathé | The Perils of Pauline | 20  | Adventure  | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | Pearl White | First Pathé serial; known to exist only in a shortened 9-chapter version (approx. 214 minutes)[11]
Wharton Studio | The Exploits of Elaine | 14  | Mystery  | George B. Seitz | Pearl White, Arnold Daly, Sheldon Lewis | Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive [incomplete 35mm positive]; and (of some of the episodes, including episodes 8-10) [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives][12]
Kalem Company | The Hazards of Helen | 119  | Railroad  | J. P. McGowan and James D. Davis | Helen Holmes and Helen Gibson | 119 chapters – At 23.8 hours, this is considered to be the longest serial ever made. Each episode was about 12 minutes. Very little of it survives.[13]
Edison Studios | The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies | 12  | Girl Reporter  | Walter Edwin | Mary Fuller | Only two episodes, 5 & 10, are known to exist.
| The Man Who Disappeared | 12  | Drama  | Charles Brabin | Marc McDermott | (considered lost)
Reliance Motion Picture Studio/Mutual Film | Our Mutual Girl | 52  | Drama  | John W. Noble, Oscar Eagle | Norma Phillips | Survival status is unknown
Thanhouser Film Corporation | The Million Dollar Mystery | 23  | Mystery  | Howell Hansel | Florence La Badie, Marguerite Snow, James Cruze, Sidney Bracey | (considered lost)
| Zudora | 20  | Drama  | Howell Hansel | Marguerite Snow, James Cruze |
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery | 15  | Spy  | Francis Ford | Grace Cunard, Francis Ford | First Universal serial; an incomplete print of 4 chapters exists
| The Master Key | 15  | Adventure  | Robert Z. Leonard | Robert Z. Leonard, Ella Hall | (only episode 5 survives in the Library of Congress)
Universal Pictures | The Trey o' Hearts | 15  | Crime  | Wilfred Lucas and Henry MacRae | Cleo Madison, George Larkin | Based on a novel by Louis Joseph Vance
(considered lost)
Lubin Manufacturing Company | The Beloved Adventurer | 15  | Drama  | Arthur V. Johnson | Arthur V. Johnson, Lottie Briscoe |
1915
Pathé & Wharton Studio | The New Exploits of Elaine | 10  | Crime  | Louis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Pearl White | (considered lost)
| The Romance of Elaine | 12  | Spy  | George B. Seitz, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Pearl White, Lionel Barrymore, Creighton Hale | Based on the novel by Arthur B. Reeve
(considered lost)
Balboa Amusement Producing Company  | Neal of the Navy | 14  | Maritime  | William Bertram and W.M. Harvey | Lillian Lorraine, William Courtleigh Jr. | (considered lost)
| The Red Circle | 14  | Drama  | Sherwood MacDonald | Ruth Roland | (only a brief trailer survives)
American Film Manufacturing Company | The Diamond From the Sky | 30  | Adventure | Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor | Lottie Pickford | (considered lost)
Reliance Film Company  | Runaway June | 15  | Drama  | Oscar Eagle | Norma Phillips |
Kalem Company | The Ventures of Marguerite | 16  | Crime  | Robert Ellis, John Mackin and Hamilton Smith | Marguerite Courtot |
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Black Box | 15  | Mystery  | Otis Turner | Herbert Rawlinson | written by E. Phillips Oppenheim; a novelization of the serial with photos was published
(considered lost)
| Under the Crescent | 6  | Adventure  | Burton L. King | Ola Humphrey | Based on the biography of actress Ola Humphrey
(considered lost)
| The Broken Coin | 22  | Adventure | Francis Ford | Grace Cunard, Francis Ford | Based on a story by Emerson Hough
(considered lost)
| Graft | 20  | Crime  | George Lessey and Richard Stanton | Hobart Henley, Jane Novak | (considered lost)
Power Picture Plays  | The Mysterious Lady Baffles and Detective Duck | 11  | Comedy  | Allen Curtis | Gale Henry, Max Asher |
Lubin Manufacturing Company | The Road o'Strife | 15  | Drama  | Howell Hansel and John Ince | Crane Wilbur, Mary Charleson, Jack Standing |
Signal Film Corporation  | The Girl and the Game | 15  | Railroad  | J. P. McGowan | Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, J. P. McGowan |
Vitagraph Company of America | The Goddess | 15  | Drama  | Ralph Ince | Anita Stewart |
| The Fates and Flora Fourflush | 3  | Comedy  | Wally Van | Clara Kimball Young |
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Les Vampires | 10  | Mystery | Louis Feuillade | Musidora | French
(available on DVD)
1916
Wharton Studio | The Iron Claw | 20  | Mystery  | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | A print of episode 7 exists[14]
| The Mysteries of Myra | 15  | Horror  | Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Howard Estabrook, Jean Sothern | Segments of only three chapters exist
| The Grip of Evil | 14  | Drama  | W.A.S. Douglas and Harry Harvey | Jackie Saunders, Roland Bottomley |
Wharton Studio/Hearst | Beatrice Fairfax | 15  | Girl Reporter  | Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Grace Darling, Harry Fox | (Available on DVD)
Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | The Shielding Shadow | 15  | Mystery  | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | Grace Darmond, Ralph Kellard, Léon Bary | (Only chapters 4, 10, 11, 14 and 15 exist)[15]
| Pearl of the Army | 15  | War | Edward José | Pearl White | (Available on DVD)
Erbograph/Consolidated Film Company  | The Crimson Stain Mystery | 16  | Horror | T. Hayes Hunter | Maurice Costello, Ethel Grandin | (Exists in incomplete form)[15]
Kleine Productions Inc.  | Gloria's Romance | 20  | Drama  | Colin Campbell and Walter Edwin | Billie Burke | (considered lost)
Metro Pictures Corporation  | The Great Secret | 18  | Mystery  | Christy Cabanne | Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne | (considered lost)
Deutsche Bioscop | Homunculus | 6  | Science fiction | Otto Rippert | Olaf Fønss | German
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | L'X Noir | 1 chapter (40 minutes)  | Crime drama  | Léonce Perret | Fabienne Fabreges, Paul Manson  | French
| Judex | 12  | Crime | Louis Feuillade | René Cresté, Musidora | French
(available on DVD)
Niagara Film Studios  | Perils of Our Girl Reporters | 15  | Girl reporter  | George Terwilliger |  |
American Film Manufacturing Company | The Secret of the Submarine | 15  | Spy  | George L. Sargent | Juanita Hansen, Tom Chatterton | (considered lost)
| The Scarlet Runner | 12  |  | William P. S. Earle and Wally Van | Earle Williams | (considered lost)
| The Sequel to the Diamond From the Sky | 4  | Drama  | Edward Sloman | Rhea Mitchell | (considered lost)
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company.  | The Strange Case of Mary Page | 15  | Mystery  | J. Charles Haydon | Henry B. Walthall, Edna Mayo | (considered lost)
Signal Film Corporation  | The Yellow Menace | 16  |  | William Steiner | Edwin Stevens |
| Lass of the Lumberlands | 15  | Western | J. P. McGowan | Helen Holmes | (considered lost)
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring | 15  | Circus  | Francis Ford and Jacques Jaccard | Grace Cunard, Francis Ford | (considered lost)
| Liberty | 20  | Western | Henry MacRae | Marie Walcamp | First purely Western Serial ever made
(considered lost)[16]
Vitagraph Company of America | The Purple Mask | 16  | Mystery  | Francis Ford and Grace Cunard | Grace Cunard, Francis Ford |
1917
Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | The Mystery of the Double Cross | 15  | Mystery  | Louis J. Gasnier and William Parke | Mollie King, Léon Bary | (Available on DVD)
| The Fatal Ring | 20  | Crime  | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | (A complete print may exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive)[17]
| The Seven Pearls | 15  | Adventure  | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | Mollie King, Creighton Hale, Léon Bary | (only fragments exist in the Library of Congress)
| The Hidden Hand | 15  | Mystery  | James Vincent | Doris Kenyon | (considered lost)
Balboa Amusement Producing Company  | The Neglected Wife | 15  | Drama  | William Bertram | Ruth Roland | (A complete print exists)[18]
Wharton Studio/International Film Service Inc.  | Patria | 15  | War  | Jacques Jaccard, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Irene Castle | Based on the novel The Last of the Fighting Channings by Louis Joseph Vance; only episodes 1-4 and 10 exist.[19]
Signal Film Corporation  | The Railroad Raiders | 15  | Railroad  | J. P. McGowan | Helen Holmes |
| The Lost Express | 15  | Railroad  | J. P. McGowan | Helen Holmes |
Monmouth Film Corporation  | Jimmie Dale Alias the Grey Seal | 16  | Mystery | Harry McRae Webster | E.K. Lincoln, Doris Mitchell, Edna Hunter, Paul Panzer |
Paramount Pictures | Who Is Number One? | 15  | Mystery | William Bertram | Kathleen Clifford | (considered lost)
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | Voice on the Wire | 15  | Mystery  | Stuart Paton | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber, Joseph W. Girard | (considered lost)
| The Gray Ghost | 16  | Mystery  | Stuart Paton | Harry Carter, Priscilla Dean, Emory Johnson, Eddie Polo | (considered lost)
| The Red Ace | 16  | War  | Jacques Jaccard | Marie Walcamp | (Only 11 of the 15 chapters exist in the Library of Congress)[20]
| The Mystery Ship | 18  | Maritime  | Henry MacRae | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber | (considered lost)
Vitagraph Company of America | The Secret Kingdom | 15  | Fantasy | Charles Brabin | Charles Richman, Dorothy Kelly, Arline Pretty, Joseph Kilgour |
| The Fighting Trail | 15  | Western | William Duncan | William Duncan, Carol Holloway | (considered lost)[21]
| Vengeance and the Woman | 15  |  | William Duncan and Laurence Trimble | William Duncan, Carol Holloway |
1918
Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | The House of Hate | 20  | Mystery | George B. Seitz | Pearl White, Antonio Moreno | (A restored version is available on DVD)
| Hands Up! | 15  | Western  | Louis J. Gasnier and James W. Horne | Ruth Roland | (considered lost)
Western Photoplays Inc.  | Wolves of Kultur | 15  | War  | Joseph A. Golden | Leah Baird, Sheldon Lewis, Charles Hutchison | (Only 7 of the 15 chapters still exist)[22]
Jaxon Film Corporation  | A Daughter of Uncle Sam | 12  | War  | James C. Morton |  |
Wharton Studio | The Eagle's Eye | 20  | War  | George Lessey, Wellington A. Playter, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | King Baggot, Marguerite Snow | (considered lost)
Rolfe Photoplays | The Master Mystery | 15  | Mystery, Science fiction | Harry Grossman and Burton L. King | Harry Houdini | (Incomplete, reconstructed version available on DVD)[23]
Burston Films Inc.  | The Silent Mystery | 15  | Mystery  | Francis Ford | Francis Ford, Mae Gaston, Rosemary Theby | (considered lost)
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Red Glove | 18  | Western  | J. P. McGowan | Marie Walcamp | (considered lost)
| The Lion's Claws | 18  | Adventure  | Harry Harvey and Jacques Jaccard | Marie Walcamp | (considered lost)
| The Brass Bullet | 18  | Maritime  | Ben F. Wilson | Juanita Hansen, Jack Mulhall | (considered lost)
| Lure of the Circus | 18  | Circus  | J. P. McGowan | Eddie Polo | (Only an edited feature version exists)[24]
| Bull's Eye | 18  | Western  | James W. Horne | Eddie Polo | (considered lost)
Vitagraph Company of America | A Woman in the Web | 15  |  | Paul Hurst and David Smith | Hedda Nova | (considered lost)
| A Fight for Millions | 15  | Western  | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson, Joe Ryan  |
| The Iron Test | 15  | Circus  | Robert North Bradbury and Paul Hurst | Antonio Moreno, Carol Holloway |
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Tih Minh | 12  | Mystery  | Louis Feuillade | René Cresté, Mary Harald  | French
(A complete print exists)[25]
1919
Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | The Lightning Raider | 15  | Crime  | George B. Seitz | Pearl White, Boris Karloff | Survives in an incomplete state preserved at the Library of Congress[26]
| Terror of the Range | 7  | Western | Stuart Paton | George Larkin, Betty Compson | (considered lost)
| The Tiger's Trail | 15  | Mystery  | Robert Ellis, Louis J. Gasnier and Paul Hurst | Ruth Roland |
| Bound and Gagged | 10  | Comedy  | George B. Seitz | George B. Seitz, Marguerite Courtot | Four episodes survive in the Library of Congress[27]
| The Adventures of Ruth | 15  | Crime  | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | (considered lost)
George B. Seitz Productions | The Black Secret | 15  | Spy  | George B. Seitz | Pearl White |
Western Photoplays Inc.  | The Great Gamble | 15  | Crime  | Joseph A. Golden | Charles Hutchison, Anna Luther |
Oliver Films Inc.  | The Carter Case | 15  | Mystery  | William F. Haddock and Donald MacKenzie | Herbert Rawlinson, Marguerite Marsh | A Craig Kennedy mystery
Great Western Film Producing Company  | Elmo the Mighty | 18  | Northern | Henry MacRae | Elmo Lincoln, Grace Cunard |
SLK Serial Corporation  | The Fatal Fortune | 15  | Maritime  | Donald MacKenzie and Frank Wunderlee | Helen Holmes |
National Film Corporation of America  | Lightning Bryce | 15  | Western, Horror | Paul Hurst | Ann Little, Jack Hoxie |
Wisteria Productions  | The Lurking Peril | 15  | Horror  | George Morgan | George Larkin, Anna Luther |
Burston Films Inc.  | The Mystery of 13 | 15  | Mystery  | Francis Ford | Francis Ford, Rosemary Theby |
American Lifeograph Company  | The Perils of Thunder Mountain | 15  | Northern | Robert North Bradbury and W.J. Burman | Antonio Moreno, Carol Holloway |
Serico Producing Company Inc.  | A Woman in Grey | 15  | Mystery | James Vincent | Arline Pretty, Henry G. Sell |
Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Midnight Man | 18  |  | James W. Horne | James J. Corbett |
| The Lion Man | 18  | Mystery  | Albert Russell and Jack Wells | Kathleen O'Connor, Jack Perrin, J. Barney Sherry, Gertrude Astor |
| The Great Radium Mystery | 18  | Mystery | Robert Broadwell and Robert F. Hill | Eileen Sedgwick, Cleo Madison, Robert Reeves |
Shamrock Photoplay Corporation  | The Masked Rider | 15  | Western | Aubrey M. Kennedy | Harry Myers, Ruth Stonehouse, Paul Panzer, Boris Karloff |
Hallmark Pictures Corporation  | The Trail of the Octopus | 15  | Mystery | Duke Worne | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber |
Vitagraph Company of America | Man of Might | 15  | Maritime  | William Duncan and Clifford Smith | William Duncan |
| Smashing Barriers | 15  | Western  | William Duncan | William Duncan |
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Barrabas | 12  |  | Louis Feuillade |  | French

## 1920s

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1920
Allgood Pictures Corporation | The Whirlwind | 15  |  | Joseph A. Golden | Charles Hutchison |
Arrow Film Corporation | The Fatal Sign | 14  | Mystery | Stuart Paton | Claire Anderson, Harry Carter
Berwilla Film Corporation | Thunderbolt Jack | 10  | Western | Francis Ford and Murdock MacQuarrie | Jack Hoxie, Marin Sais |
Burston Films Inc. | The Hawk's Trail | 15  | Crime | W. S. Van Dyke | King Baggot, Grace Darmond, Rhea Mitchell |
Canyon Pictures Corporation | Vanishing Trails | 15  | Western | Leon De La Mothe | Franklyn Farnum, Mary Anderson |
Fox Film Corporation | Bride 13 | 15  | Maritime  | Richard Stanton |  |
| Fantômas | 20  | Crime | Edward Sedgwick |  | Based on Fantômas by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre
Frohman Amusement Corporation | The Invisible Ray | 15  | Science fiction | Harry A. Pollard | Ruth Clifford, Jack Sherrill  |
George B. Seitz Productions | Velvet Fingers | 15  |  | George B. Seitz | George B. Seitz, Marguerite Courtot
Great Western Film Producing Corporation | Elmo the Fearless | 18  |  | J. P. McGowan | Elmo Lincoln |
Grossman Pictures | The $1,000,000 Reward | 15  |  | Harry Grossman and George Lessey | Lillian Walker |
Hallmark Pictures Corporation | The Screaming Shadow | 15  | Horror  | Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber |
| The Evil Eye | 15  |  | J. Gordon Cooper and Wally Van | Benny Leonard |
Holmes Producing Corporation | The Tiger Band | 15  |  | Gilbert P. Hamilton | Helen Holmes |
National Film Corporation of America | The Son of Tarzan | 15  | Jungle
Fantasy | Arthur J. Flaven and Harry Revier | Kamuela C. Searle | Based on the Tarzan character created by novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs
Pathé & Astra Film Corporation | Daredevil Jack | 15  |  | W. S. Van Dyke | Jack Dempsey |
| Trailed by Three | 15  | Western | Perry N. Vekroff | Stuart Holmes, Frankie Mann  |
| The Third Eye | 15  |  | James W. Horne | Warner Oland, Eileen Percy |
| Pirate Gold | 10  | Maritime  | George B. Seitz | George B. Seitz, Marguerite Courtot |
| The Phantom Foe | 15  | Mystery  | Bertram Millhauser | Juanita Hansen, Warner Oland |
Pathé & Ruth Roland Serials | Ruth of the Rockies | 15  | Western | George Marshall | Ruth Roland |
Select Pictures Corporation | The Branded Four | 15  |  | Duke Worne | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber |
Supreme Pictures Corporation | The Mystery Mind | 15  |  | Will S. Davis and Fred Sittenham | J. Robert Pauline  |
Torquay & Paignton Photoplay Productions | The Great London Mystery |  | Horror mystery | Charles Raymond | David Devant | British
Universal Pictures | The Moon Riders | 18  | Western | B. Reeves Eason and Theodore Wharton | Art Acord, Mildred Moore  |
| The Vanishing Dagger | 18  |  | Edward A. Kull, J. P. McGowan and Eddie Polo | Eddie Polo |
| The Dragon's Net | 12  |  | Henry MacRae | Marie Walcamp, Harland Tucker  |
| The Flaming Disc | 18  |  | Robert F. Hill | Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine |
| King of the Circus | 18  |  | J. P. McGowan | Eddie Polo |
Vitagraph Company of America | The Invisible Hand | 15  | Western | William Bowman | Antonio Moreno |
| The Silent Avenger | 15  |  | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson |
| Hidden Dangers | 15  |  | William Bertram | Joe Ryan, Jean Paige |
| The Veiled Mystery | 15  | Western | William Bowman, Webster Cullison, Francis J. Grandon and Antonio Moreno | Antonio Moreno |
Warner Bros. | The Lost City | 15  | Jungle  | E.A. Martin | Juanita Hansen |
1921
Arrow Film Corporation | The Blue Fox | 15  | Northern | Duke Worne | Ann Little | An incomplete print of the film exists at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[28]
Burston Films Inc. | The Great Reward | 15  |  | Francis Ford | Francis Ford |
Films Diamant  | Les Trois Mousquetaires |  |  | Henri Diamant-Berger | Aimé Simon-Girard, Henri Rollan | French
Based on The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Ermolieff Films  | La pocharde | 12  |  | Henri Étiévant |  | French
Based on a novel by Jules Mary
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Les Deux Gamines | 12  |  | Louis Feuillade | Sandra Milovanoff | French
| Parisette |  |  | Louis Feuillade | Sandra Milovanoff, Georges Biscot | French
George B. Seitz Productions | The Sky Ranger | 15  |  | George B. Seitz | June Caprice, George B. Seitz |
| Hurricane Hutch | 15  |  | George B. Seitz | Charles Hutchison, Warner Oland |
Kosmik | The Hope Diamond Mystery | 15  |  | Stuart Paton | Grace Darmond, Boris Karloff |
Pathé | Double Adventure | 15  |  | W. S. Van Dyke | Charles Hutchison |
| The Avenging Arrow | 15  |  | William Bowman and W. S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland |
Phocea Film | L'Essor |  |  | Charles Burguet | Suzanne Grandais, Maurice Escande | French
Photoplay Serial Company | Mysterious Pearl | 15  |  | Ben F. Wilson | Neva Gerber, Ben F. Wilson |
UFA GmbH | Peter Voss, Thief of Millions | 6  |  | Georg Jacoby | Harry Liedtke | German
Alternative title: The Man Without a Name
Based on Peter Voss, Thief of Millions by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger
Universal Pictures | The Diamond Queen | 18  |  | Edward A. Kull | Eileen Sedgwick | Based on the novel The Diamond Master by Jacques Futrelle
| Do or Die | 18  |  | J. P. McGowan | Eddie Polo |
| The White Horseman | 18  | Western | Albert Russell | Art Acord |
| Terror Trail | 18  | Western | Edward A. Kull | Eileen Sedgwick |
| Winners of the West | 13  | Western | Edward Laemmle | Art Acord |
| The Secret Four | 15  |  | Albert Russell and Perry N. Vekroff | Eddie Polo |
Vitagraph Company of America | Breaking Through | 15  |  | Robert Ensminger  |  |
| Fighting Fate | 15  |  | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson |
Warner Bros. | Miracles of the Jungle | 15  | Jungle/Adventure  | James Conway and E.A. Martin |  | Lost film
Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation  | The Adventures of Tarzan | 15  | Jungle
Fantasy | Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney | Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine | Based on the Tarzan character created by novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs
1922
Arrow Film Corporation | Nan of the North | 15  | Northern | Duke Worne | Ann Little |
George B. Seitz Productions | Go Get 'Em Hutch | 15  |  | George B. Seitz | Charles Hutchison |
| Speed | 15  |  | George B. Seitz | Charles Hutchison, Lucy Fox  |
Hal Roach Studios Inc. & Ruth Roland Serials | White Eagle | 15  | Western | Fred Jackman and W. S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland |
| The Timber Queen | 15  |  | Fred Jackman | Ruth Roland |
Société des Cinéromans | Rouletabille chez les bohémiens | 10  |  | Henri Fescourt | Gabriel de Gravone | French
Based on Rouletabille by Gaston Leroux
Star Serial Corporation  | Captain Kidd | 15  | Pirate | Burton L. King and J. P. McGowan | Eddie Polo |
Universal Pictures | With Stanley in Africa | 18  | Jungle  | William James Craft and Edward A. Kull | George Walsh, Louise Lorraine |
| The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe | 18  | Maritime  | Robert F. Hill | Harry Myers, Gertrude Olmstead, Noble Johnson | Based on Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Lost film
| Perils of the Yukon | 15  | Northern | Jay Marchant, J. P. McGowan and Perry N. Vekroff | William Desmond |
| In the Days of Buffalo Bill | 18  | Western  | Edward Laemmle | Art Acord |
| The Radio King | 10  |  | Robert F. Hill | Roy Stewart |
Vitagraph Company of America | The Purple Riders | 15  | Western | William Bertram | Joe Ryan  |
Warner Bros. | A Dangerous Adventure | 15  | Jungle  | Jack L. Warner and Sam Warner | Grace Darmond | Lost film
William N. Selig Productions | The Jungle Goddess | 15  | Jungle  | James Conway | Elinor Field, Truman Van Dyke  |
1923
Arrow Film Corporation | The Fighting Skipper | 15  | Maritime  | Francis Ford | Jack Perrin, Peggy O'Day  |
| The Santa Fe Trail | 15  | Western | Ashton Dearholt and Robert Dillon | Neva Gerber, Jack Perrin |
Ermolieff Films  | The House of Mystery | 10  |  | Alexandre Volkoff | Ivan Mosjoukine, Charles Vanel | French
Based on a novel by Jules Mary
George B. Seitz Productions | Plunder | 15  |  | George B. Seitz | Pearl White |
Hal Roach Studios Inc. | Haunted Valley | 15  |  | George Marshall | Ruth Roland |
| Her Dangerous Path | 10  |  | Roy Clements | Edna Murphy |
Ruth Roland Serials | Ruth of the Range | 15  |  | Ernest C. Ward, Frank Leon Smith and W. S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland |
Universal Pictures | Around the World in Eighteen Days | 12  |  | Robert F. Hill and B. Reeves Eason | William Desmond |
| Beasts of Paradise | 15  |  | William James Craft | William Desmond, Eileen Sedgwick |
| The Eagle's Talons | 15  |  | Duke Worne | Fred Thomson, Ann Little |
| The Ghost City | 15  | Western | Jay Marchant | Pete Morrison, Margaret Morris, Al Wilson |
| In the Days of Daniel Boone | 15  | Western | William James Craft | Jack Mower, Eileen Sedgwick |
| The Oregon Trail | 18  | Western | Edward Laemmle | Art Acord, Louise Lorraine |
| The Phantom Fortune | 12  |  | Robert F. Hill | William Desmond |
| The Social Buccaneer | 10  |  | Robert F. Hill | Jack Mulhall | Based on a novel by Frederic S. Isham
| The Steel Trail | 15  |  | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson |
1924
Arrow Film Corporation | Riders of the Plains | 15  | Western | Jacques Jaccard | Jack Perrin, Boris Karloff  |
Pathé | The Fortieth Door | 10  | Adventure  | George B. Seitz | Allene Ray |
| Galloping Hoofs | 10  | Western | George B. Seitz | Allene Ray |
| Into the Net | 10  |  | George B. Seitz | Edna Murphy, Jack Mulhall |
| Leatherstocking | 10  | Western | George B. Seitz | Edna Murphy, Harold Miller  | Based on The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
| Ten Scars Make a Man | 10  |  | William Parke | Allene Ray |
| The Way of a Man | 10  | Western | George B. Seitz | Allene Ray, Harold Miller  | Screenplay by Emerson Hough
Rayart Pictures Corporation | Battling Brewster | 15  | Western/ Boxing  | Dell Henderson | Franklyn Farnum, Helen Holmes |
Universal Pictures | The Fast Express | 15  |  | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson |
| The Fighting Ranger | 18  | Western | Jay Marchant | Jack Dougherty, Al Wilson, Eileen Sedgwick |
| The Iron Man | 15  | Crime drama  | Jay Marchant | Luciano Albertini, Margaret Morris, Joe Bonomo, Jack Dougherty |
| The Riddle Rider | 15  | Western | William James Craft | William Desmond, Eileen Sedgwick | Considered a lost film; followed by a 1927 sequel Return of the Riddle Rider
| Wolves of the North | 10  | Northern | William Duncan | William Duncan, Edith Johnson |
1925
Adventure Pictures | Perils of the Wild | 15  | Maritime  | Francis Ford | Joe Bonomo, Boris Karloff  | Based on The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
J. Charles Davis Productions | The Mystery Box | 10  |  | Alan James | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber |
| The Power God | 15  | Science fiction | Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber |
Pathé | The Green Archer | 10  | Mystery | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | Based on a novel by Edgar Wallace
| The House Without a Key | 10  | Mystery | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | First onscreen appearance of "Charlie Chan";[29] based on The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers
| Idaho | 10  | Western | Robert F. Hill | Mahlon Hamilton, Vivian Rich  |
| Sunken Silver | 10  |  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | Based on a novel by Albert Payson Terhune
| Wild West | 10  | Western | Robert F. Hill | Helen Ferguson, Jack Mulhall |
| Play Ball | 10  |  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller |
Rayart Pictures Corporation | The Flame Fighter | 10  |  | Robert Dillon | Herbert Rawlinson |
| Secret Service Sanders | 15  |  | Duke Worne | Ashton Dearholt, Ann Little |
Société des Cinéromans | Surcouf | 8  | Maritime  | Luitz-Morat | Jean Angelo | French
Universal Pictures | Ace of Spades | 15  | Western | Henry MacRae | William Desmond |
| The Great Circus Mystery | 15  |  | Jay Marchant | Joe Bonomo, Louise Lorraine |
Wild West Productions | Days of '49 | 15  | Western | Jacques Jaccard and Ben F. Wilson | Neva Gerber, Edmund Cobb |
1926
Goodwill Pictures | Officer 444 | 10  |  | Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber |
| The Radio Detective | 10  |  | William James Craft and William A. Crinley | Jack Dougherty, Margaret Quimby  |
Holmes Producing Corporation | Lightning Hutch | 10  |  | Charles Hutchison | Charles Hutchison |
| The Mystery Pilot | 10  |  |  |  |
Pathé | The Bar-C Mystery | 10  | Western | Robert F. Hill | Dorothy Phillips, Wallace MacDonald |
| Casey of the Coast Guard | 10  | Maritime  | William Nigh | George O'Hara, Helen Ferguson |
| The Fighting Marine | 10  |  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Gene Tunney |
| Snowed In | 10  |  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller |
Rayart Pictures Corporation | The Phantom Police | 10  |  | Robert Dillon | Herbert Rawlinson |
| Scotty of the Scouts | 10  | Boy scouts  | Duke Worne | Ben Alexander |
| Trooper 77 | 10  |  | Duke Worne | Herbert Rawlinson |
Sierra Pictures | Vanishing Millions | 15  |  | Alan James |  |
Universal Pictures | The Scarlet Streak | 10  |  | Henry MacRae | Jack Dougherty, Lola Todd |
| Fighting With Buffalo Bill | 10  | Western | Ray Taylor | Wallace MacDonald |
| Strings of Steel | 10  |  | Henry MacRae | William Desmond, Eileen Sedgwick |
| The Winking Idol | 10  | Western | Francis Ford | William Desmond, Eileen Sedgwick |
| The Silent Flyer | 10  | Northern | William James Craft | Silver Streak the dog, Louise Lorraine | This serial led to the founding of Mascot Pictures and is often listed as Mascot's first serial; it was produced by Nat Levine but released by Universal.
1927
Hercules Film Productions | King of the Jungle | 10  | Jungle  | Webster Cullison | Elmo Lincoln, Sally Long, Gordon Standing  | considered a lost film (only a trailer exists)
Mascot Pictures | Heroes of the Wild | 10  | Western | Harry S. Webb | Jack Hoxie, Joe Bonomo, Tornado the Wonder Dog, White Fury (the horse)  | First Mascot serial; considered a lost film
| Isle of Sunken Gold | 10  | Maritime, Pirates  | Harry S. Webb | Anita Stewart, Duke Kahanamoku, Jack Pierce (make-up artist) | Parts of chapters 4 through 7 were recently discovered
| The Golden Stallion | 10  | Western | Harry S. Webb | Lefty Flynn, Joe Bonomo, White Fury  | A complete print exists
William Steiner Prods.  | The Scarlet Brand | 10  | Western  | Neal Hart  | Neal Hart, Lucille Irwin, Wm. Quinn  |
Pathé | The Crimson Flash | 10  | Action  | Arch Heath | Cullen Landis, Eugenia Gilbert, J. Barney Sherry  | Considered a lost film[30]
| Hawk of the Hills | 10  | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller, Jack Ganzhorn  | A complete print exists
| The Masked Menace | 10  | Crime film  | Arch Heath | Larry Kent, Jean Arthur, Thomas Holding  | Based on a short story "Still Face" by Clarence Budington Kelland; a lost film
| Melting Millions | 10  | Crime film  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller, Eugenia Gilbert  | considered a lost film
| On Guard!  | 10  |  | Arch Heath | Cullen Landis, Muriel Kingston, Walter P. Lewis  | considered a lost film
Rayart Pictures Corporation | Fighting For Fame | 10  |  | Duke Worne | Ben Alexander |
Société des Cinéromans | Belphégor |  |  | Henri Desfontaines |  | French
Based on Belphégor by Arthur Bernède
Universal Pictures | Blake of Scotland Yard | 12  | Crime | Robert F. Hill | Hayden Stevenson, Grace Cunard, Monte Montague, Walter Brennan  | Followed by a sequel The Ace of Scotland Yard (1929)
| The Fire Fighters | 10  | Crime film  | Jacques Jaccard | Jack Dougherty, Helen Ferguson, Lafe McKee  | Considered a lost film[31]
| The Return of the Riddle Rider | 10  | Western  | Robert F. Hill | William Desmond, Grace Cunard, Lola Todd  | A sequel to The Riddle Rider (1924); Considered a lost film[32]
| The Trail of the Tiger | 10  | Crime film  | Henry MacRae | Jack Dougherty, Francis Teague, Jack Mower  | Considered a lost film
| Whispering Smith Rides | 10  | Western | Ray Taylor | Wallace MacDonald | Based on Whispering Smith by Frank H. Spearman; a lost film
Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation | Perils of the Jungle | 10  | Jungle  | Ray Taylor and Jack Nelson | Eugenia Gilbert, Frank Merrill, Bobby Nelson  |
William I. Pizor Productions | The Mansion of Mystery | 10  | Mystery | Robert J. Horner |  |
1928
Goodart | Pirates of the Pines | 10  | Maritime  | J.C. Cook | George O'Hara |
Mascot Pictures | The Vanishing West | 10  | Western | Richard Thorpe | Eileen Sedgwick, Jack Perrin, Jack Dougherty |
| Vultures of the Sea | 10  | Maritime  | Richard Thorpe | Boris Karloff |
William M. Pizor | The House of Terror | 10  | Horror  | Roland D. Reed | Pat O'Brien, Jack La Rue  |
Pathé | Eagle of the Night | 10  | Aviation  | James F. Fulton |  |
| The Man Without a Face | 10  |  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | Written by A. M. Williamson and C. N. Williamson
| Mark of the Frog | 10  |  | Arch Heath |  | Written by Edgar Wallace (considered lost)
| The Terrible People | 10  |  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | Based on The Terrible People by Edgar Wallace
| The Tiger's Shadow | 10  |  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Gladys McConnell, Hugh Allan  |
| The Yellow Cameo | 10  |  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Cyclone the Dog  |
Robert J. Horner | The Mystery Rider | 10  | Western | Robert J. Horner | William Desmond |
Syndicate Pictures | The Chinatown Mystery | 10  |  | J. P. McGowan | Joe Bonomo, Ruth Hiatt, Francis Ford |
Universal Pictures | A Final Reckoning | 12  | Western | Ray Taylor | Newton House, Louise Lorraine |
| Haunted Island | 10  | Fantasy | Robert F. Hill | Jack Dougherty | Remake of the 1918 Universal serial The Brass Bullet[33]
| The Scarlet Arrow | 10  | Northern | Ray Taylor | Francis X. Bushman Jr. |
| Tarzan the Mighty | 15  | Jungle
Fantasy | Ray Taylor and Jack Nelson | Frank Merrill, Natalie Kingston | Based on the novel Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs; considered a lost film
| The Vanishing Rider | 12  | Western | Ray Taylor | William Desmond, Ethlyne Clair, Boris Karloff | considered lost.[34]
Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation | The Mysterious Airman | 10  | Aviation  | Harry Revier | Walter Miller, Eugenia Gilbert  | Written by famed mystery novelist Arthur B. Reeve
Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation | Police Reporter | 10  |  | Jack Nelson | Walter Miller, Eugenia Gilbe  |
1929
Mascot Pictures | The Fatal Warning | 10  | Mystery | Richard Thorpe | Helene Costello, Ralph Graves, Boris Karloff | (considered lost)[35]
| The King of the Kongo | 10  | Jungle  | Richard Thorpe | Jacqueline Logan, Walter Miller, Boris Karloff | First serial with partial sound; a complete picture exists, but some of the sound has been lost.[36]
Pathé | The Black Book | 10  | Crime  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Allene Ray, Walter Miller | Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [episodes 1, 3, 5-10, 35mm positive].
| The Fire Detective | 10  | Crime  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Gladys McConnell, Hugh Allan  | (considered lost)
| Queen of the Northwoods | 10  | Northern | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Walter Miller, Ethlyne Clair | Incomplete print believed to exist
Universal Pictures | The Diamond Master | 10  | Crime  | Jack Nelson | Hayden Stevenson, Louise Lorraine | Based on a novel by Jacques Futrelle
(considered lost)
| The Pirate of Panama | 12  | Maritime  | Ray Taylor | Natalie Kingston, Buffalo Bill Jr.  | (considered lost)
| The Ace of Scotland Yard | 10  | Mystery | Ray Taylor | Crawford Kent, Monte Montague | First Partial Sound Universal serial; released in both silent and sound versions; considered a lost film
| Tarzan the Tiger | 15  | Jungle
Fantasy | Henry MacRae | Frank Merrill, Natalie Kingston | Based on the novel "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" by Edgar Rice Burroughs; two versions were released: one silent, the other with music & sound fx added; available on DVD

## 1930s

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(Film prints exist unless noted otherwise)

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1930
Ben Wilson Productions  | The Voice from the Sky | 10  | Science fiction | Ben F. Wilson | Wally Wales, Neva Gerber | First serial with full sound; print exists[37]
Mascot Pictures | The Lone Defender | 12  | Western | Richard Thorpe | Rin Tin Tin, Buzz Barton, Joe Bonomo, June Marlowe  | Print exists; also released as a feature version
Talking Picture Epics Inc.  | Across the World with Mr & Mrs Martin Johnson |  | Travelogue  | James Leo Meehan | Martin and Osa Johnson | Tour visits Australia, Hawaii, Tanganyika and the Belgian Congo
| Hunting Tigers in India | 82 minutes  | Documentary | James Leo Meehan | George Miller Dyott | Filmed in 1929; later re-edited into a 3-episode series
Universal Pictures | The Jade Box | 10  | Fantasy
Mystery | Ray Taylor | Jack Perrin, Louise Lorraine, Francis Ford, Jay Novello  | Partial sound; an incomplete print exists in Universal's vault
| The Lightning Express | 10  | Western, Railroad  | Henry MacRae | Louise Lorraine, Lane Chandler, Al Ferguson, James Pierce  | Based on the "Whispering Smith" character created by novelist Frank H. Spearman; Remake of Whispering Smith Rides (1927); considered a lost film
| Terry of the Times | 10  | Crime  | Henry MacRae | Reed Howes, Lotus Thompson, Sheldon Lewis,  | Universal's last partial sound serial; considered a lost film
| The Indians are Coming | 12  | Western | Henry MacRae | Tim McCoy, Allene Ray, Francis Ford  | First Universal all-talking serial; based on a novel The Great West That Was by "Buffalo Bill" Cody[38]
1931
Les Films Osso | Méphisto | 4  | Mystery  | Henri Debain and Georges Vinter | Jean Gabin | French
Based on a novel by Arthur Bernède
Mascot Pictures | The Phantom of the West | 10  | Western | D. Ross Lederman | Tom Tyler, Dorothy Gulliver, William Desmond, Joe Bonomo, Kermit Maynard  |
| King of the Wild | 12  | Jungle  | Richard Thorpe, B. Reeves Eason  | Walter Miller, Nora Lane, Boris Karloff, Mischa Auer  | Also released in South America as a feature version called "Bimi"
| The Vanishing Legion | 12  | Western | Ford Beebe and B. Reaves Eason | Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Rex King of the Wild Horses, Boris Karloff (voice only), Frankie Darro, Yakima Canutt, Joe Bonomo  |
| The Galloping Ghost | 12  | Sports | B. Reaves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline  | Football star Harold "Red" Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)  |
| The Lightning Warrior | 12  | Western, Animal adventure  | Benjamin H. Kline and Armand Schaefer | Rin Tin Tin, Frankie Darro, Lafe McKee  | This was Rin Tin Tin's last role, being replaced in 1932 by Rin Tin Tin Jr.[39]
Metropolitan Pictures | The Sign of the Wolf | 10  | Western | Forrest Sheldon and Harry S. Webb | Rex Lease, Virginia Brown Faire, Rex the Wonder Dog  |
Syndicate Pictures  | The Mystery Trooper | 10  | Western | Stuart Paton and Harry S. Webb | Robert Frazer, Buzz Barton  | Reissued in 1935 as "Trail of the Royal Mounted" with chapter titles all renamed
Universal Studios | Finger Prints | 10  | Crime  | Ray Taylor | Kenneth Harlan, Edna Murphy  | a lost film
| Heroes of the Flames | 12  | Crime/ Firefighters  | Robert F. Hill | Tim McCoy, Andy Devine, Joe Bonomo, Walter Brennan (uncredited)  | Print was rediscovered and preserved by Universal, but is not available on DVD
| Danger Island | 12  | Jungle  | Ray Taylor | Kenneth Harlan, Lucile Browne, Walter Miller, Andy Devine | a lost film
| Battling with Buffalo Bill | 12  | Western | Ray Taylor | Tom Tyler, Lucile Browne, Chief Thundercloud  | Based on a novel The Great West That Was by "Buffalo Bill" Cody[38]
| The Spell of the Circus | 12  | Crime  | Robert F. Hill | Francis X. Bushman Jr., Alberta Vaughn | considered a lost film
1932
Mascot Pictures | The Shadow of the Eagle | 12  | Crime, Aviation  | Ford Beebe | John Wayne's first serial  | Edited into a feature film version when released years later on video[40]
| The Last of the Mohicans | 12  | Western | Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason | Harry Carey, Hobart Bosworth  | Based on the novel by James Fenimore Cooper
| The Hurricane Express | 12  | Railroad  | J. P. McGowan and Armand Schaefer | John Wayne, Shirley Grey, Glenn Strange, Fred Toones  | Later released as a feature version as well[41]
| The Devil Horse | 12  | Western | Otto Brower | Harry Carey, Noah Beery, Frankie Darro, Lane Chandler  |
RKO Radio Pictures | The Last Frontier | 12  | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas L. Storey  | Lon Chaney Jr. (as The Black Ghost), Francis X. Bushman Jr.  | Based on a novel by Courtney Ryley Cooper; also released theatrically in 1932 as a 70-minute feature version called The Black Ghost.[42]
Universal Pictures | Detective Lloyd | 12  | Crime  | Ray Taylor and Henry MacRae | Jack Lloyd | US/British co-production with British cast, released in Europe as Lloyd of the C.I.D.; a.k.a. The Green Spot Mystery (the feature version); a lost film
| The Airmail Mystery | 12  | Aviation  | Ray Taylor | James Flavin, Lucile Browne, Al Wilson, Walter Brennan | a lost film
| Heroes of the West | 12  | Western | Ray Taylor | Noah Beery Jr., Onslow Stevens, Diane Duval | based on the novel "The Tie That Binds" by Peter B. Kyne; the novel was made into another serial in 1938 called Flaming Frontiers[43]
| Jungle Mystery | 12  | Jungle  | Ray Taylor | Tom Tyler, Noah Beery Jr., Cecilia Parker, William Desmond | based on a novel "The Ivory Trail" by Talbot Mundy;[44] A complete print exists but only in Universal's vault
| The Lost Special | 12  | Railroad  | Henry MacRae | Frank Albertson, Cecilia Parker | Based on a story The Lost Special by Arthur Conan Doyle
1933
Mascot Pictures | The Whispering Shadow | 12  | Mystery  | Colbert Clark and Albert Herman | Bela Lugosi's first sound serial  | Also exists as a feature version
| The Three Musketeers | 12  | Foreign Legion  | Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer | John Wayne, Jack Mulhall, Ruth Hall, Lon Chaney Jr., Raymond Hatton, Robert Frazer  | Chaney's appearance is mainly in the first chapter; Edited later into a 1946 feature version called Desert Command
| Fighting with Kit Carson | 12  | Western | Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer | Johnny Mack Brown, Noah Beery Sr., Noah Beery Jr., Lane Chandler  | Released theatrically as a feature film version in 1946
| The Wolf Dog | 12  | Western | Colbert Clark and Harry L. Fraser | Rin Tin Tin Jr., Frankie Darro, George Lewis  | Rin Tin Tin Jr.'s first serial film, having replaced the original dog star in 1932[45]
| The Mystery Squadron | 12  | Aviation  | Colbert Clark and David Howard | Bob Steele, J. Carrol Naish, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams |
Principal Pictures | Tarzan the Fearless | 12  | Jungle
Fantasy | Robert F. Hill | Buster Crabbe, Jacqueline Wells | Based on the Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs; only the edited feature version still exists
Universal Studios | Clancy of the Mounted | 12  | Northern | Ray Taylor | Tom Tyler, Jacqueline Wells, William Desmond  | ( Only the first 6 chapters are available on DVD, but the British Film Institute (BFI) holds a complete 35mm print of all 12 chapters)
| The Phantom of the Air | 12  | Aviation  | Ray Taylor | Tom Tyler, William Desmond, Walter Brennan  |
| Gordon of Ghost City | 12  | Western | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones, Madge Bellamy, William Desmond  | Based on the novel "Oh Promise Me!" by Peter B. Kyne
| The Perils of Pauline | 12  | Damsel in distress | Ray Taylor | Evalyn Knapp, William Desmond | Sound remake of the 1914 eponymous serial
1934
Mascot Pictures | The Lost Jungle | 12  | Jungle  | David Howard and Armand Schaefer | Clyde Beatty, Syd Saylor, Gabby Hayes  | Followed by a sequel Darkest Africa in 1936
| Burn 'Em Up Barnes | 12  | Sports (auto racing)  | Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer | Frankie Darro, Jack Mulhall, Lola Lane | Loose remake of the 1921 silent film of the same name[46]
| The Law of the Wild | 12  | Western, Animal adventure  | B. Reeves Eason and Armand Schaefer | Rin Tin Tin Jr., Rex the Wonder Horse, Bob Custer, Ben Turpin, Richard Alexander  |
| Mystery Mountain | 12  | Western | Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason | Ken Maynard, Syd Saylor, Tarzan the Wonder Horse, Gene Autry (uncredited)  |
Principal Pictures | The Return of Chandu | 12  | Fantasy | Ray Taylor | Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba  | Based on the popular Chandu the Magician radio program; later released as two separate feature versions[47]
Romance Productions Incorporated  | Young Eagles | 12  | Boy Scouts, Jungle  | Edward Laurier, Vin Moore | Bobby Cox, Jim Vance  |
Universal Pictures | Pirate Treasure | 12  | Maritime  | Ray Taylor | Richard Talmadge |
| The Vanishing Shadow | 12  | Science fiction | Lew Landers | Onslow Stevens, William Desmond  |
| The Red Rider | 15  | Western | Lew Landers | Buck Jones, Grant Withers, William Desmond  | Based on the short story "The Redhead from Sun Dog" by W. C. Tuttle; a remake of Buck Jones' earlier 1931 film The Range Feud[41]
| Tailspin Tommy | 12  | Aviation  | Lew Landers | Maurice Murphy, Noah Beery Jr., Grant Withers | Based on the "Tailspin Tommy" newspaper comic strip by Hal Forrest [48]
1935
Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises | The New Adventures of Tarzan | 12  | Jungle
Fantasy | Edward A. Kull | Herman Brix | Based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Mascot Pictures | The Phantom Empire | 12  | Western, Fantasy | Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason | Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Smiley Burnette  | Considered the first Science-Fiction Western[49]
| The Miracle Rider | 15  | Western | Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason | Tom Mix, Charles Middleton |
| The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | 12  | Crime, Animal adventure  | B. Reeves Eason and Ford Beebe | Kane Richmond, Smiley Burnette, Rin Tin Tin Jr., Rex the Wonder Horse |
| The Fighting Marines | 12  | War  | B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane | Grant Withers, Adrian Morris, Richard Alexander, Jason Robards Sr.  | Last Mascot serial; Mascot merged into Republic Pictures
Screen Attractions | Queen of the Jungle | 12  | Jungle  | Robert F. Hill | Mary Kornman, Reed Howes | Used extensive stock footage from Jungle Goddess (1922)[50]
Super Serial Productions Inc. | The Lost City | 12  | Science Fiction, Jungle  | Harry Revier | Wm. (stage) Boyd, Kane Richmond, Claudia Dell, Gabby Hayes  | later edited into four different feature versions
Universal Pictures | Rustlers of Red Dog | 12  | Western | Lew Landers | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Chief Thundercloud  | Based on the book The Great West That Was by William "Buffalo Bill" Cody[51]
| The Call of the Savage | 12  | Jungle
Fantasy | Lew Landers | Noah Beery Jr. | Based on a story "Jan of the Jungle" by Otis Adelbert Kline; later edited into a 70-minute feature version called Savage Fury[52]
| The Roaring West | 15  | Western | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones, Frank McGlynn Sr., William Desmond |
| Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery | 12  | Aviation  | Ray Taylor | Clark Williams, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr., Grant Withers  | Based on the "Tailspin Tommy" comic strip by Hal Forrest [48]
1936
Beginning of the Golden Age of Serials[53]
Republic Pictures | Darkest Africa | 15  | Jungle  | B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane | Clyde Beatty, Manuel King, Elaine Shepard, Lucien Prival | First Republic serial; sequel to "The Lost Jungle" (1934); later reissued as King of the Jungleland[54]
| Undersea Kingdom | 12  | Fantasy | B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane | Ray (Crash) Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Smiley Burnette  | Later released as a 100-minute feature version entitled Sharad of Atlantis[55]
| The Vigilantes Are Coming | 12  | Western | Ray Taylor and Mack V. Wright | Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond Hatton  | Later re-edited into six 26-minute episodes for television
| Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island | 14  | Maritime  | Ray Taylor and Mack V. Wright | Mala, Rex, Mamo Clark | released in 1966 as a feature version called Robinson Crusoe of Mystery Island
Stage & Screen Productions (Weiss Bros.)  | Custer's Last Stand | 15  | Western | Elmer Clifton | Rex Lease, Frank McGlynn Jr., Chief Thundercloud  | features characters General Custer, Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok
Stage & Screen Productions (Weiss Bros.)  | The Clutching Hand | 15  | Mystery  | Albert Herman | Jack Mulhall, Mae Busch, Rex Lease, Richard Alexander  | A Craig Kennedy mystery; also released as a 70-minute feature version[56]
Stage & Screen Productions (Weiss Bros.)  | The Black Coin | 15  | Mystery  | Albert Herman | Ralph Graves, Ruth Mix, Dave O'Brien, Yakima Canutt |
Universal Pictures | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | 12  | Sports | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Donald Briggs, Jean Rogers, Carla Laemmle  | Based on the Frank Merriwell novels by Gilbert Patten
| Flash Gordon | 13  | Science fiction | Frederick Stephani | Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Frank Shannon, Charles Middleton, Glenn Strange (as "the Gocko")  | Based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond; later re-released as two different feature versions, "Rocket Ship" (72 min.) and "Spaceship to the Unknown" (90 min.)[57]
| The Phantom Rider | 15  | Western | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones, Charles King  |
| Ace Drummond | 13  | Aviation  | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | John King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr., Lon Chaney Jr. | Based on a comic strip by Eddie Rickenbacker
Victory Pictures (Sam Katzman)  | Shadow of Chinatown | 15  | Mystery, Yellow peril | Robert F. Hill | Bela Lugosi, Herman Brix | Also exists as a feature version
1937
Columbia Pictures | Jungle Menace | 15  | Jungle  | Harry L. Fraser and George Melford | Frank Buck
Charlotte Henry[58] | First Columbia serial (produced by Weiss Bros.); later released as a 70-minute feature version called "Jungle Terror".
| The Mysterious Pilot | 15  | Aviation  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Frank Hawks | Produced by Weiss Brothers; based on a novel "The Silver Hawk" by William Byron Mowery[59]
Republic Pictures | Dick Tracy | 15  | Crime | Alan James, Ray Taylor  | Ralph Byrd, Smiley Burnette, Kay Hughes  | Based on the famous comic strip by Chester Gould
| The Painted Stallion | 12  | Western | Alan James, William Witney, Ray Taylor[41] | Ray Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, Duncan Renaldo, Yakima Canutt  | Featured characters Kit Carson, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett; later re-edited into a six-episode TV series, as well as a 72-minute feature version[60]
| S.O.S. Coast Guard | 12  | Maritime, Science fiction | Alan James, William Witney  | Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Richard Alexander  | Also exists as a 71-minute feature version including some newly added footage
| Zorro Rides Again | 12  | Western | William Witney, John English[41] | John Carroll, Noah Beery, Duncan Renaldo, Richard Alexander  | Based on the Zorro character created by novelist Johnston McCulley; later released as a six-episode TV series, as well as a 68-minute eponymous feature version.[61]
Universal Pictures | Jungle Jim | 12  | Jungle  | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Grant Withers, Henry Brandon, Raymond Hatton  | Based on the popular comic strip by Alex Raymond[41]
| Secret Agent X-9 | 12  | Crime  | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers, Henry Brandon, Lon Chaney Jr. | Based on the comic strip by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond
| Wild West Days | 13  | Western | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Johnny Mack Brown, Chief Thundercloud | Based on the novel "Saint Johnson" by William R. Burnett[62]
| Radio Patrol | 12  | Crime | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Grant Withers, Robert Armstrong | Based on the popular comic strip by Eddie Sullivan and Charles Schmidt[63]
| Tim Tyler's Luck | 12  | Jungle  | Ford Beebe and Wyndham Gittens | Frankie Thomas, William Benedict  | Based on the popular comic strip created by Lyman Young [64]
Victory Pictures (Sam Katzman)  | Blake of Scotland Yard | 15  | Crime | Robert F. Hill | Ralph Byrd, Joan Barclay, Dickie Jones  | Last independent American serial; also released as a 73-minute feature version
1938
Columbia Pictures | The Secret of Treasure Island | 15  | Jungle  | Elmer Clifton | Don Terry, Gwen Gaze, Walter Miller, Grant Withers  | Last serial produced by Weiss Bros.; based on a serialized story "Murder at Pirate Castle" (1936) by L. Ron Hubbard; Bela Lugosi was originally slated to co-star[65]
| The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | 15  | Western | Mack V. Wright and Sam Nelson | William Elliott, Frankie Darro, Dickie Jones, Ray Mala, Chief Thundercloud, Kenne Duncan  |
| The Spider's Web | 15  | Superhero  | Ray Taylor and James W. Horne | Warren Hull, Kenne Duncan, Iris Meredith, Nestor Paiva, Byron Foulger  | Based on a popular 1930s pulp magazine; followed by a sequel The Spider Returns (1941)[66]
Republic Pictures | The Lone Ranger | 15  | Western | William Witney and John English | Lee Powell, Chief Thundercloud, Herman Brix, Lane Chandler  | Based on the popular 1930s radio program; later released as a 69-minute feature version called Hi-Yo Silver[67]
| The Fighting Devil Dogs | 12  | Science fiction | William Witney and John English | Lee Powell, Herman Brix | Later re-edited into a 69-minute feature version for TV, retitled Torpedo of Doom
| Dick Tracy Returns | 15  | Crime | William Witney and John English | Ralph Byrd, Charles Middleton, David Sharpe  | Based on the famous comic strip by Chester Gould; re-released theatrically in July 1948
| Hawk of the Wilderness | 12  | Jungle  | William Witney and John English | Herman Brix, Mala, Monte Blue, Noble Johnson  | based on the novel by William L. Chester[68] later re-edited and released to TV as The Lost Island of Kioga
Universal Studios | Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars | 15  | Science fiction | Frederick Stephani | Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Richard alexander, Kenne Duncan  | Based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond; later retitled Space Soldiers' Trip to Mars for TV release
| Flaming Frontiers | 15  | Western | Alan James and Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Charles Middleton, Chief Thundercloud  | based on "The Tie That Binds" (a novel) by Peter B. Kyne; later re-edited for TV release in 1966[43]
| Red Barry | 13  | Crime  | Alan James | Buster Crabbe, Wheeler Oakman, Philip Ahn  | Based on the comic strip by Will Gould[69]
1939
Columbia Pictures | Flying G-Men | 15  | Aviation  | Ray Taylor and James W. Horne | Robert Paige, Richard Fiske, James Craig, Lorna Gray |
| Mandrake the Magician | 12  | Fantasy | Sam Nelson and Norman Deming | Warren Hull, Al Kikume | Based on the popular comic strip created by Lee Falk
| Overland with Kit Carson | 15  | Western | Sam Nelson and Norman Deming | Bill Elliott, Richard Fiske, Iris Meredith, Kenne Duncan |
Republic Pictures | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | 15  | Western | William Witney and John English | Robert Livingston, Chief Thundercloud, Glenn Strange, Duncan Renaldo  | Based on the popular 1930s "Lone Ranger" radio program
| Daredevils of the Red Circle | 12  | Adventure  | William Witney and John English | Charles Quigley, Herman Brix, David Sharpe, Carole Landis, Charles Middleton  | Later re-edited into six 26-minute episodes for television[70]
| Dick Tracy's G-Men | 15  | Crime | William Witney and John English | Ralph Byrd, Irving Pichel, Ted Pearson, Phylis Isley | Based on the famous comic strip by Chester Gould; re-released theatrically in Sept., 1955[71]
| Zorro's Fighting Legion | 12  | Western | William Witney and John English | Reed Hadley | Based on the Zorro character created by novelist Johnston McCulley; later re-edited into six 26-minute episodes for TV
Universal Pictures | Scouts to the Rescue | 12  | Boy scouts  | Alan James and Ray Taylor | Jackie Cooper, Jason Robards Sr., Bill Cody Jr.  |
| Buck Rogers | 12  | Science fiction | Ford Beebe and Saul A. Goodkind | Buster Crabbe, Henry Brandon, Philson Ahn, Anthony Warde, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran, Kenne Duncan  | Based on the popular comic strip by Philip Francis Nowlan; later re-edited into 2 separate feature versions, Destination Saturn and Planet Outlaws[72]
| The Oregon Trail | 15  | Western | Ford Beebe and Saul A. Goodkind | Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Roy Barcroft  |
| The Phantom Creeps | 12  | Science fiction | Ford Beebe and Saul A. Goodkind | Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Regis Toomey, Ed Wolff (as the Robot)  | Also exists as a 78-minute feature version; contains stock footage from The Invisible Ray (1936)[73]

## 1940s

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Columbia Pictures | The Shadow | 15  | Crime/ Superhero  | James W. Horne | Victor Jory, Robert Fiske, Veda Ann Borg  | Based on the radio program and pulp magazine series
| Terry and the Pirates | 15  | Jungle  | James W. Horne | William Tracy, Granville Owen | Based on the "Terry and the Pirates" newspaper comic strip created by Milton Caniff
| Deadwood Dick | 15  | Western | James W. Horne | Don Douglas
Lane Chandler
Lorna Gray
Kenne Duncan  | Character loosely based on "Zorro"[74]
| The Green Archer | 15  | Mystery | James W. Horne | Victor Jory, Iris Meredith, James Craven, Kenne Duncan  | Based on the 1923 novel by Edgar Wallace[75]
Republic Pictures | Drums of Fu Manchu | 15  | Yellow Peril
Mystery | William Witney and John English | Henry Brandon, Olaf Hytton, William Royle, Dwight Frye  | Based on the character created by Sax Rohmer; also released as a 69-minute feature version with an altered ending[76][77]
| Adventures of Red Ryder | 12  | Western | William Witney and John English | Don "Red" Barry, Noah Beery Sr., Tommy Cook, Maude Pierce Allen  | Based on the western comic strip by Fred Harmon[78]
| King of the Royal Mounted | 12  | Northern | William Witney and John English | Allan Lane, Robert Strange, Herbert Rawlinson  | Based on the comic strip written by Zane Grey; also released as a 68-minute feature version called The Yukon Patrol[79]
| Mysterious Doctor Satan | 15  | Superhero | William Witney and John English | Eduardo Ciannelli, Robert Wilcox, C. Montague Shaw, Tom Steele (as the Robot)  | Features a hero called "The Copperhead"; originally written as a never-produced Republic "Superman" serial; later re-edited into a seven episode TV series, as well as a 100-minute feature version called Doctor Satan's Robot[80][81]
Universal Pictures | The Green Hornet | 13  | Crime/Superhero | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Gordon Jones, Keye Luke, Anne Nagel  | Based on the popular radio program by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker; some home video versions are heavily edited
| Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | 12  | Science fiction/Superhero | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Ray Mala  | Based on the famous comic strip by Alex Raymond; later released as three separate re-edited feature versions, entitled "Purple Death from Outer Space", "Perils from the Planet Mongo" and "Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe".[82]
| Winners of the West | 13  | Western | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, Roy Barcroft  |
| Junior G-Men | 12  | Crime | John Rawlins and Ford Beebe | Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys, David Sharpe  |
1941
Columbia Pictures | White Eagle | 15  | Western | James W. Horne | Buck Jones, Raymond Hatton, Dorothy Fay, Kenne Duncan  | Remake of a 1932 Buck Jones western film also called "White Eagle"
| The Spider Returns | 15  | Crime/ Superhero  | James W. Horne | Warren Hull, Kenne Duncan, Mary Ainslee  | Based on the 1930s pulp magazine character "The Spider"; sequel to The Spider's Web (1938); an 80-minute feature version exists that was shown in England
| The Iron Claw | 15  | Mystery  | James W. Horne | Charles Quigley, Joyce Bryant, Alex Callam  |
| Holt of the Secret Service | 15  | Crime  | James W. Horne | Jack Holt, Evelyn Brent, Tristram Coffin  |
Republic Pictures | Adventures of Captain Marvel | 12  | Superhero | William Witney and John English | Tom Tyler, William Benedict, Louise Currie, Kenne Duncan  | Based on the popular Captain Marvel comic book series; later reissued to theaters in 1953 as Return of Captain Marvel
| Jungle Girl | 15  | Jungle  | William Witney and John English | Frances Gifford, Tom Neal, Gerald Mohr, Emil Van Horn (as the Gorilla)  | Based on the 1932 novel "Jungle Girl" by Edgar Rice Burroughs; re-released to theaters in 1947; followed by a sequel The Perils of Nyoka (1942)
| King of the Texas Rangers | 12  | Western | William Witney and John English | Slingin' Sammy Baugh, Neil Hamilton, Duncan Renaldo, Kenne Duncan  | Later re-edited into six 26-minute episodes for television[83]
| Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. | 15  | Crime | William Witney and John English | Ralph Byrd, Ralph Morgan, John Davidson, Jan Wiley  | Based on the famous comic strip by Chester Gould; later re-released theatrically in 1952 as Dick Tracy vs. Phantom Empire; featured stock footage from Deluge (1933)
Universal Pictures | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | 15  | Crime/Superhero | John Rawlins and Ford Beebe | Warren Hull, Keye Luke, Anne Nagel  | Based on the Green Hornet radio program by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker
| Sky Raiders | 12  | Aviation  | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Donald Woods, Billy Halop, Robert Armstrong, Eduardo Ciannelli  |
| Riders of Death Valley | 15  | Western | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Buck Jones, Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Lon Chaney Jr., Glenn Strange, Roy Barcroft, Richard Alexander  |
| Sea Raiders | 12  | Maritime  | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | The Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys, Richard Alexander  |
1942
Columbia Pictures | Captain Midnight | 15  | Superhero | James W. Horne | Dave O'Brien, James Craven  | Based on the "Captain Midnight" radio adventure serial broadcast from 1938 to 1949
| Perils of the Royal Mounted | 15  | Western | James W. Horne | Robert Kellard, Kenneth MacDonald, Iron Eyes Cody, Kermit Maynard  |
| The Secret Code | 15  | Spy  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Paul Kelly, Anne Nagel, Frank Shannon, Kenne Duncan  | Features a hero called "The Black Commando"[84]
| The Valley of Vanishing Men | 15  | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Bill Elliott, Slim Summerville, Kenne Duncan  |
Republic Pictures | Spy Smasher | 12  | War Superhero | William Witney | Kane Richmond, Tristram Coffin, Marguerite Chapman  | Based on the Fawcett Comics "Spy Smasher" character; later released to TV as a 100-minute feature version Spy Smasher Returns
| Perils of Nyoka | 15  | Jungle  | William Witney | Kay Aldridge, Clayton Moore, Lorna Gray, Charles Middleton, Tristram Coffin, William Benedict, Kenne Duncan  | Based on the 1932 Edgar Rice Burroughs novel "Jungle Girl"; later re-released to theatres in 1952 as "Nyoka and the Tiger Men"; later released to TV as a 100-minute feature version called "Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates"
| King of the Mounties | 12  | Northern | William Witney | Allan Lane, Peggy Drake  | Originally intended to be the 2nd Spy Smasher serial; recently restored by SerialSquadron.com, completing Chapter Three.[85]
Universal Pictures | Don Winslow of the Navy | 12  | Maritime  | Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe | Don Terry, Anne Nagel  | Based on the popular comic strip by Commander Frank V. Martinek
| Gang Busters | 13  | Crime | Ray Taylor and Noel M. Smith | Kent Taylor. Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan, Robert Armstrong  | Based on the popular "Gang Busters" radio program; re-released theatrically in 1949[86]
| Junior G-Men of the Air | 12  | Aviation  | Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins | The Dead End Kids, Turhan Bey, William Benedict, Lionel Atwill, Frankie Darro |
| Overland Mail | 15  | Western | John Rawlins and Ford Beebe | Lon Chaney Jr., Noah Beery Sr., Noah Beery Jr., Don Terry, Bob Baker  | Based on the short story by Johnston McCulley; later released as a feature version called "The Indian Raiders"
1943
Columbia Pictures | Batman | 15  | Superhero | Lambert Hillyer | Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Charles Middleton, Kenne Duncan  | Based on the popular comic book series from DC Comics; reissued theatrically in 1965
| The Phantom | 15  | Jungle/ Superhero | B. Reeves Eason | Tom Tyler, Jeanne Bates, frank Shannon  | Based on Lee Falk's popular newspaper comic strip ; followed by a 1955 sequel The Adventures of Capt. Africa[87]
Republic Pictures | G-Men vs The Black Dragon | 15  | Spy | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Rod Cameron, Roland Got, George J. Lewis  | Later released as a 100-minute feature version called Black Dragon of Manzanar; followed by a 1943 sequel called Secret Service in Darkest Africa
| Daredevils of the West | 12  | Western | John English | Allan Lane, Kay Aldridge, Chief Thundercloud, Jay Silverheels, Kenne Duncan  | Film was incomplete for years, but was restored and released on DVD in 2011
| Secret Service in Darkest Africa | 15  | Spy | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Rod Cameron, Duncan Renaldo, Joan Marsh  | Later re-released theatrically in 1954 as Manhunt in the African Jungles; later released as a feature version called The Baron's African War
| The Masked Marvel | 12  | Superhero | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Tom Steele, Louis Currie, Tom Steele, Johnny Arthur  | Later released as a 100-minute feature version called Sakima and the Masked Marvel
Universal Pictures | The Adventures of Smilin' Jack | 13  | Aviation  | Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins | Tom Brown, Keye Luke, Sidney Toler, Turhan Bey, Jay Novello  | Based on the popular newspaper comic strip by Zack Mosley
| Don Winslow of the Coast Guard | 13  | War | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Don Terry, Philip Ahn, Nestor Paiva, Walter Sande  | Based on the popular newspaper comic strip "Don Winslow of the Navy" by Frank V. Martinbek
| Adventures of the Flying Cadets | 13  | Aviation  | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Downs, Bobby Jordan, Robert Armstrong, William Benedict, Robert Armstrong, Billy Halop, Eduardo Ciannelli, Ian Keith  |
1944
Columbia Pictures | The Desert Hawk | 15  | Adventure  | B. Reeves Eason | Gilbert Roland, Charles Middleton, Chief Thundercloud, Elmo Lincoln  |
| Black Arrow | 15  | Western | B. Reeves Eason and Lew Landers | Robert Scott, Charles Middleton, Elmo Lincoln  |
Republic Pictures | Captain America | 15  | Superhero | Elmer Clifton and John English | Dick Purcell, Lionel Atwill, Edward Van Sloan, Lorna Gray, Kenne Duncan  | Based on the popular comic book series by Marvel Comics; the chapters were re-released theatrically in 1953 as The Return of Captain America
| The Tiger Woman | 12  | Jungle  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Linda Stirling, Allan Lane, Duncan Renaldo, George J. Lewis, Kenne Duncan  | Re-released theatrically in 1951 as Perils of the Darkest Jungle; released in 1966 as a feature version called Jungle Gold
| Haunted Harbor | 15  | Maritime  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kane Richmond, Roy Barcroft, Kay Aldridge, Kenne Duncan  | Based on the novel by Ewart Adamson (aka Dayle Douglas); re-released theatrically in 1951 as Pirates' Harbor
| Zorro's Black Whip | 12  | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Linda Stirling, Francis McDonald, George J. Lewis[41] | Based on the Zorro character created by Johnston McCulley, but due to legalities, the character was called "The Black Whip" (not Zorro) in this serial; re-released theatrically in 1957[88]
Universal Pictures | The Great Alaskan Mystery | 13  | Mystery  | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Milburn Stone, Martin Kosleck, Ralph Morgan, Edgar Kennedy, Fuzzy Knight  |
| Raiders of Ghost City | 13  | Western | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Dennis Moore, Lionel Atwill, Wanda McKay, Virginia Christine  |
| Mystery of the River Boat | 13  | Western | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Robert Lowery, Mantan Moreland, Lyle Talbot |
1945
End of the Golden Age of Serials[53]
Columbia Pictures | Brenda Starr, Reporter | 13  | Crime  | Wallace Fox | Joan Woodbury, Kane Richmond, Syd Saylor, Wheeler Oakman  | Based on the popular comic strip created by Dale Messick
| The Monster and the Ape | 15  | Science fiction | Howard Bretherton | Robert Lowery, Ralph Morgan, Willie Best, Ray Corrigan (as the Ape)  |
| Jungle Raiders | 15  | Jungle  | Lesley Selander | Kane Richmond, Carol Hughes, Charles King, Veda Ann Borg  |
| Who's Guilty? | 15  | Mystery | Howard Bretherton and Wallace Grissell | Robert Kent, Amelita Ward, Charles Middleton, Minerva Urecal  |
Republic Pictures | Manhunt of Mystery Island | 15  | Jungle/ science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Linda Stirling, Richard Bailey, Roy Barcroft, Kenne Duncan  | Re-released theatrically in 1956; later released as a 100-minute feature version called Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine
| Federal Operator 99 | 12  | Crime | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Marten Lamont, Helen Talbot, Lorna Gray, George J. Lewis  | Re-released theatrically in 1956; later reissued as a feature version called F.B.I. 99[89]
| The Purple Monster Strikes | 15  | Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | Linda Stirling, Dennis Moore, Roy Barcroft, James Craven, Kenne Duncan  | Re-released theatrically in 1957; later released as a 100-minute feature version called D-Day on Mars
Universal Pictures | Jungle Queen | 13  | Jungle  | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Ruth Roman, Edward Norris, Douglas Dumbrille, Clarence Muse  | Later re-edited into a feature version called Jungle Safari in 1956
| The Master Key | 13  | Crime  | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Milburn Stone, Lash Larue, Dennis Moore, Byron Foulger  |
| Secret Agent X-9 | 13  | Spy | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke, Samuel S. Hinds  | Based on the comic strip created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond
| The Royal Mounted Rides Again | 13  | Northern | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Bill Kennedy, George Dolenz, Milburn Stone, Robert Armstrong |
1946
Columbia Pictures | Hop Harrigan | 15  | Aviation  | Derwin Abrahams | William Bakewell, Wheeler Oakman, Jennifer Holt  | Based on the "Hop Harrigan" comic book published by DC Comics
| Chick Carter, Detective | 15  | Crime  | Derwin Abrahams | Lyle Talbot, George Meeker, Charles King, Pamela Blake  | Based on the popular radio program "Chick Carter, Boy Detective"
| Son of the Guardsman | 15  | Medieval adventure  | Derwin Abrahams | Bob Shaw, Robert "Buzz" Henry, Jock Mahoney  | Based on the Robin Hood legend (but Robin Hood is not a character in the film)
Republic Pictures | The Phantom Rider | 12  | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | Robert Kent, Peggy Stewart, Kenne Duncan, Roy Barcroft, Chief Thundercloud  | later re-released theatrically in 1954 as "Ghost Riders of the West"[90]
| King of the Forest Rangers | 12  | Northern | Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | Larry Thompson, Helen Talbot, Anthony Warde  | Later re-edited into six 26-minute episodes for television
| Daughter of Don Q | 12  | Crime | Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | Lorna Gray, Kirk Alyn, LeRoy Mason, Roy Barcroft  | Features a female "Zorro" character called Dolores Quantero
| The Crimson Ghost | 12  | Science fiction | William Witney and Fred C. Brannon | Charles Quigley, Linda Stirling, Clayton Moore, Kenne Duncan, I. Stanford Jolley [41] | Also released to TV in the 1950s as a six-episode TV program; later released as a 100-minute feature version called Cyclotrode X; one of the few serials ever to be colorized on home video
Universal Pictures | The Scarlet Horseman | 13  | Western | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Paul Guilfoyle, Virginia Christine, Kenne Duncan  |
| Lost City of the Jungle | 13  | Jungle  | Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins | Russell Hayden, Jane Adams, Lionel Atwill, Keye Luke | (Atwill died during filming)
| The Mysterious Mr. M | 13  | Science fiction | Lewis D. Collins and Vernon Keays | Richard Martin, Pamela Blake, Dennis Moore | Last Universal serial
1947
Columbia Pictures | Jack Armstrong | 15  | Science fiction | Wallace Fox | John Hart, Rosemary LaPlanche, Pierre Watkin, Wheeler Oakman, Charles Middleton | Based on the popular radio program "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"
| The Vigilante | 15  | Western/ Superhero  | Wallace Fox | Ralph Byrd, Ramsay Ames, Lyle Talbot  | Based on the DC Comics character, The Vigilante (character)
| The Sea Hound | 15  | Maritime  | Walter B. Eason and Mack V. Wright | Buster Crabbe, Jimmy Lloyd, Pamela Blake  | Based on the 1940s radio program The Sea Hound featuring the seafaring character Capt. Silver[91]
| Brick Bradford | 15  | Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kane Richmond, Rick Vallin, Carol Forman, John Merton, John Hart  | Based on the Brick Bradford newspaper comic strip created by Clarence Gray[92]
Republic Pictures | Son of Zorro | 13  | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | George Turner, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft  | Based on the Zorro character created by novelist Johnston McCulley; later re-edited into six 26-minute episodes for television[93]
| Jesse James Rides Again | 13  | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Clayton Moore. Linda Stirling | First of Republic's three "Jesse James" serials; re-released theatrically in March 1955 [94]
| The Black Widow | 13  | Spy  | Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon | Bruce Edwards, Carol Forman, Ramsay Ames, Anthony Warde, I. Stanford Jolley  | Also re-edited into six 26-minute episodes for TV; later released as a 100-minute feature version called "Sombra, the Spider Woman"
1948
Columbia Pictures | Tex Granger | 15  | Western | Derwin Abrahams | Robert Kellard, Peggy Stewart, Robert "Buzz" Henry, I. Stanford Jolley  | Based on a character in "Calling All Boys" (a comic book) and a novel called The Last Frontier by Courtney Ryley Cooper
| Superman | 15  | Superhero | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Pierre Watkin, Tommy Bond, Carol Forman, Herbert Rawlinson  | Based on the famous DC Comics comic book character; followed by a 1950 sequel Atom Man Vs. Superman
| Congo Bill | 15  | Jungle  | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr  | Don McGuire, Cleo Moore, Jack Ingram  | Based on the famous DC Comics comic book character
Republic Pictures | G-Men Never Forget | 12  | Crime | Fred C. Brannon | Clayton Moore, Roy Barcroft, Ramsay Ames  | Later released as a 100-minute feature version entitled Code 645
| Dangers of the Canadian Mounted | 12  | Northern | Fred C. Brannon | Jim Bannon, Anthony Warde, Virginia Belmont  | Re-released theatrically in 1965; also released as a 100-minute feature version called R.C.M.P. and the Treasure of Genghis Khan[95]
| Adventures of Frank and Jesse James | 13  | Western | Fred C. Brannon, Yakima Canutt  | Clayton Moore, Noel Neill, George J. Lewis, Steve Darrell  | Re-released theatrically in 1956
1949
Columbia Pictures | Bruce Gentry | 15  | Aviation, Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr  | Tom Neal, Tristram Coffin, Forrest Taylor  | Based on the "Bruce Gentry" newspaper comic strip created by Ray Bailey
| Batman and Robin | 15  | Superhero | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams, Lyle Talbot  | Based on the famous DC Comics comic book characters; re-released theatrically in 1965
| Adventures of Sir Galahad | 15  | Fantasy | Spencer Gordon Bennet | George Reeves, Nelson Leigh, William Fawcett, Hugh Prosser  | Based on the King Arthur legend
Republic Pictures | Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc | 12  | Crime | Fred C. Brannon | Kirk Alyn, Rosemary Planche, Roy Barcroft, Carol Forman, Tristram Coffin  | Later released as a 100-minute feature version called "The Golden Hands of Kurigal"
| Ghost of Zorro | 12  | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Clayton Moore, Roy Barcroft, George J. Lewis,  | Based on the Zorro character created by novelist Johnston McCulley; later released as a 69-minute feature version as well[96]
| King of the Rocket Men | 12  | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, James Craven, I. Stanford Jolley  | Inspired by the Buck Rogers serial character; re-released theatrically in 1956; released as a 65-minute feature version called Lost Planet Airman [97]
| The James Brothers of Missouri | 12  | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Noel Neill, Keith Richards, Robert Bice, Roy Barcroft
| Radar Patrol vs Spy King | 12  | Spy | Fred C. Brannon | Kirk Alyn, John Merton, Tristram Coffin, George J. Lewis  |

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Columbia Pictures | Cody of the Pony Express | 15  | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Jock Mahoney, Dickie Moore, Peggy Stewart, George J. Lewis  | Based loosely on the life of Buffalo Bill Cody
Atom Man vs. Superman | 15  | Superhero | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Lyle Talbot, Tommy Bond | Based on the Superman comic book character published by DC Comics
Pirates of the High Seas | 15  | Maritime/ Jungle  | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr  | Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall, Tristram Coffin  |
Great Britain Instructional  | The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt[98] | 8  | Jungle adventure  | Frank Cadman  | Colin Barlow, Ursula Strachey, Cyril Wentzel  | British; Last independent serial; filmed in Zimbabwe[99]
Republic Pictures | The Invisible Monster | 12  | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | Richard Webb, Aline Towne, Lane Bradford, Stanley Price  | Later released as a 100-minute feature version called Slaves of the Invisible Monster
Desperadoes of the West | 12  | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Richard Powers, Roy Barcroft, I. Stanford Jolley  |
Flying Disc Man from Mars | 12  | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | Walter Reed (actor), Lois Collier, Harry Lauter, James Craven  | Reuses the villain's costume from The Purple Monster Strikes (1945); later released as a 75-minute feature version called Missile Monsters[100]
1951
Columbia Pictures | Roar of the Iron Horse | 15  | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr  | Jock Mahoney, Virginia Herrick, Myron Healy  |
Mysterious Island | 15  | Science fiction,
Fantasy | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Karen Randle, Tom Tyler (uncredited)  | Based on The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere | 15  | Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell  | Judd Holdren, Larry Stewart, Gene Roth, Skelton Knaggs  | Only serial adapted from a television program; reissued theatrically in 1958, 1960, and 1963
Republic Pictures | Don Daredevil Rides Again | 12  | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Ken Curtis, Roy Barcroft, Aline Townes, I. Stanford Jolley  | Similar in theme to Zorro; includes stock footage from Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion | 12  | Spy | Fred C. Brannon | Walter Reed (actor), Mary Ellen Kay, Dick Curtis  |
1952
Columbia Pictures | King of the Congo | 15  | Jungle
Fantasy | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell  | Buster Crabbe, Gloria Dea, Rick Vallin, Leonard Penn  | Based on the 1950s Thun'da comic book series drawn by Frank Frazetta
Blackhawk | 15  | Aviation  | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred F. Sears  | Kirk Alyn, Carol Forman, Rick Vallin, John Crawford  | Based on the Blackhawk DC Comics comic book series
Son of Geronimo | 15  | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Clayton Moore, Marshall Red, Rick Vallin, Rodd Redwing, Lyle Talbot  |
Republic Pictures | Radar Men from the Moon | 12  | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | George D. Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, Clayton Moore  | 1st appearance of "Commando Cody"; later released as a 100-minute feature version called Retik, the Moon Menace (some videos were also released under the title Commando Cody vs. the Moon Menace)[101]
Zombies of the Stratosphere | 12  | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | Judd Holdren, Leonard Nimoy, Aline Towne, Lane Bradford, John Crawford  | Commando Cody is called "Larry Martin" in this sequel to Radar Men From the Moon; later released as a 70-minute B&W feature version called Satan's Satellites; also available colorized on VHS Home Video at 93 minutes
1953
Columbia Pictures | The Lost Planet | 15  | Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Judd Holdren, Vivian Mason, Ted Thorpe, Gene Roth  | Semi-sequel to the 1951 Captain Video serial[41]
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd | 15  | Maritime  | Derwin Abrahams and Charles S. Gould | Richard Crane, David Bruce, George Wallace, John Crawford, Marshall Reed  | Loosely based on the life story of Captain William Kidd
Republic Pictures | Jungle Drums of Africa | 12  | Jungle  | Fred C. Brannon | Phyllis Coates, Clayton Moore, Johnny Spencer  | Later released as a feature version called U-238 and the Witch Doctor
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe | 12  | Science fiction | Franklin Adreon, Fred C. Brannon, Harry Keller  | Judd Holdren, Richard Crane, Aline Towne, William Schallert, Lyle Talbot  | Released first theatrically in 1953 as a 12-episode serial (each episode was self-contained), then later released to television in 1955 as a 12-episode television series
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders | 12  | Mountie spy | Franklin Adreon | Bill Henry, Susan Morrow, Arthur Space,  | Later released as a 100-minute feature version called Missile Base at Taniak
1954
Columbia Pictures | Gunfighters of the Northwest | 15  | Northern | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Charles S. Gould  | Clayton Moore, Jock Mahoney, Phyllis Coates, Lyle Talbot, Marshall Reed, Rodd Redwing  |
Riding with Buffalo Bill | 15  | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Marshall Reed, Rick Vallin, Shirley Whitney  | Includes stock footage from Deadwood Dick (1940)
Republic Pictures | Trader Tom of the China Seas | 12  | Maritime  | Franklin Adreon | Phyllis Coates, Harry Lauter, Robert Shayne, Aline Towne, Lyle Talbot  | Later released as a 100-minute feature version called Target: Sea of China
Man with the Steel Whip | 12  | Western | Franklin Adreon | Richard Simmons, Barbara Bestar, Roy Barcroft, Dale Van Sickel  | Features a character called El Latigo, very similar to Zorro; used stock footage from all of the earlier Republic "Zorro" serials[102]
1955
Columbia Pictures | The Adventures of Captain Africa | 15  | Jungle  | Spencer Gordon Bennet | John Hart, Rick Vallin, Ben Weldon  | Intended as a sequel to The Phantom; includes stock footage from The Phantom, Jungle Menace, and The Desert Hawk
Republic Pictures | Panther Girl of the Kongo | 12  | Jungle  | Franklin Adreon | Phyllis Coates, Myron Healy, Arthur Space, David Sharpe (stunt double)  | Later released as a 100-minute feature version called The Claw Monsters; includes stock footage from Jungle Girl (serial) and Perils of Nyoka
King of the Carnival | 12  | Crime | Franklin Adreon | Harry Lauter, Robert Shayne, Rick Vallin, Robert Clarke  | Last Republic serial. Includes stock footage from Daredevils of the Red Circle
1956
Columbia Pictures | Perils of the Wilderness | 15  | Northern | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Dennis Moore, Richard Emory, Kenneth MacDonald, Rick Vallin  | Includes stock footage from Perils of the Royal Mounted
Blazing the Overland Trail | 15  | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Dennis Moore, Lee Roberts, Kermit Maynard, Norma Brooks  | Last Columbia serial; last major-studio serial; Includes stock footage from White Eagle (1941).
1957
Shintoho | Super Giant | 9  | Superhero | Teruo Ishii | Ken Utsui, Shōji Nakayama | Japanese tokusatsu film serial; later released to U.S. television as four separate Starman features.

## See also

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* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio

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