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The Lost Serial
Collection
(1912-1929)
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Contents: What Happened to Mary [excerpts] (1912), The Hazards of Helen [excerpts] (1914-1917), The Perils of Pauline [excerpts] (1914), Zudora [excerpts] (1914), The Iron Claw [chapter 7] (1916), Pearl of the Army [excerpts] (1916-1917), The Shielding Shadow [excerpts] (1916-1917), The Fatal Ring [excerpts] (1917), The Lightning Raider [excerpts from chapter 1] (1919), The Masked Rider [modern trailer] (1919), The Tiger’s Trail [excerpts] (1919), Ruth of the Rockies [excerpts] (1920), The Third Eye [excerpts] (1920), A Woman in Grey [excerpts] (1920), Hurricane Hutch [trailer] (1921), Captain Kidd [excerpts from chapters 2 and 11] (1922), The Timber Queen [excerpts] (1922), White Eagle [excerpts] (1922), The Haunted Valley [excerpts from chapter 6] (1923), Plunder [excerpts from chapters 9 and 15] (1923), The Steel Trail [excerpts] (1923), The Fast Express [excerpts] (1924), Terreur (Terror) [excerpts] (1924), The Flame Fighter [trailer, excerpts from chapters 2 and 3] (1925), Officer 444 [excerpts] (1926), King of the Jungle [trailer] (1927), Whispering Smith Rides [trailer] (1927), The Return of the Riddle Rider [trailer] (1927), The Haunted Island [trailer] (1928), The Man Without a Face [excerpts] (1928), The Mystery Rider [trailer] (1928), The Scarlet Arrow [trailer] (1928), The Terrible People [excerpts] (1928), A Final Reckoning [trailer] (1929) and Queen of the Northwoods [excerpts] (1929).
This collection features films starring Frank Clark, Grace Darmond, Jack Dougherty, William Duncan, Mary Fuller, Helen Gibson, Helen Holmes, Charles Hutchison, Elmo Lincoln, Wallace MacDonald, Walter Miller, Warner Oland, Eileen Percy, Eddie Polo, Arlene Pretty, Allene Ray, Herbert Rawlinson, Ruth Roland, Marguerite Snow, Pearl White and Ben Wilson.
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 The Serial Squadron
2006 DVD edition
The Lost Serial Collection (1912-1929), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including What Happened to Mary [excerpts] (1912), black & white, 24 seconds, not rated, The Hazards of Helen [excerpts] (1914-1917), black & white, 6 minutes, not rated, The Perils of Pauline [excerpts] (1914), black & white, 3 minutes, not rated, Zudora [excerpts] (1914), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, The Iron Claw [chapter 7] (1916), black & white, 26 minutes, not rated, Pearl of the Army [excerpts] (1916-1917), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, The Shielding Shadow [excerpts] (1916-1917), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, The Fatal Ring [excerpts] (1917), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, The Lightning Raider [excerpts from chapter 1] (1919), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, The Masked Rider [modern trailer] (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Tiger’s Trail [excerpts] (1919), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, Ruth of the Rockies [excerpts] (1920), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, The Third Eye [excerpts] (1920), black & white, 17 seconds, not rated, A Woman in Grey [excerpts] (1920), black & white, 5 minutes, not rated, Hurricane Hutch [trailer] (1921), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, Captain Kidd [excerpts from chapters 2 and 11] (1922), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, The Timber Queen [excerpts] (1922), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, White Eagle [excerpts] (1922), black & white, 25 seconds, not rated, The Haunted Valley [excerpts from chapter 6] (1923), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, Plunder [excerpts from chapters 9 and 15] (1923), black & white, 16 minutes, not rated, The Steel Trail [excerpts] (1923), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, The Fast Express [excerpts] (1924), black & white, 23 seconds, not rated, Terreur (Terror) [excerpts] (1924), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, The Flame Fighter [trailer, excerpts from chapters 2 and 3] (1925), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated, Officer 444 [excerpts] (1926), black & white, 5 minutes, not rated, King of the Jungle [trailer] (1927), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, Whispering Smith Rides [trailer] (1927), black & white, 3 minutes, not rated, The Return of the Riddle Rider [trailer] (1927), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, The Haunted Island [trailer] (1928), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, The Man Without a Face [excerpts] (1928), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, The Mystery Rider [trailer] (1928), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated, The Scarlet Arrow [trailer] (1928), black & white, 1 minuts, not rated, The Terrible People [excerpts] (1928), black & white, 27 seconds, not rated, A Final Reckoning [trailer] (1929), black & white, 1 minute, not rated, and Queen of the Northwoods [excerpts] (1929), black & white, 2 minutes, not rated.
The Serial Squadron, no catalog number, UPC 8-96058-00213-0.
Two single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $12.95 (raised to $18.95).
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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