The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Archive
CLIFFHANGER ANTHOLOGY DVDs
Featuring Pearl White, Antonio Moreno, Ben Wilson, Neva Gerber, and more
The Squadron anthology series returns to present chapters of long-lost serials as they are completed.
Currently running in the Magazine:
THE HOUSE OF HATE
THE TRAIL OF THE OCTOPUS
And more rare chapters of serials you have not seen before!
Issue #5 is complete and shipping now as of March 2022.
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Featuring Pearl White, Ruth Roland, Eddie Polo, Herbert Rawlinson, and many more
This special edition features clips, short sequences and even some full-length chapters from 35 extremely rare serials that may be lost forever, except for what you can see here, presented in chronological order.
Complete chapters are included of THE IRON CLAW featuring Pearl White and THE FLAME FIGHTER starring Herbert Rawlinson.
ZUDORA, THE HAZARDS OF HELEN, CAPTAIN KIDD, HAUNTED VALLEY, THE LIGHTNING RAIDER and others are represented by extended action scenes or condensed chapters
Extended scenes from a couple of rare but not completely lost serials, A WOMAN IN GREY and OFFICER 444 in sharp new transfers.
Trailers for ultra-rare titles THE SCARLET ARROW, A FINAL RECKONING, WHISPERING SMITH RIDES and KING OF THE JUNGLE are also included
All the included scenes and chapters are presented as they might have been originally shown, each with a new opening title and music, and no intrusive narration or explanations.
Stills and posters from some of the serials are also included. This is a collection no serial historian or collector can live without. The complete list of serial titles and running times are listed below. A great value -- a massive amount of serial history all in one set!
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Featuring Grace Darling, Harry Fox, Jean Sothern, Howard Estabrook, Pearl White, Lionel Barrymore, Irene Castle, Milton Sills, Olive Thomas, Mike Rale, Oliver Hardy, and Warner Oland
All the surviving serials shot in Ithaca, New York by the Wharton Studio, 1915-1916, restored and scored by Eric Stedman, missing episodes reconstructed, upgraded from previous edition with new content & upgraded/more complete credits by Eric Stedman and historical consultant Terry Harbin
Beatrice Fairfax (14 complete episodes, mini-documentary about Beatrice Fairfax, cast curtain call) 6 hours 44 minutes
Patria (About 5 episodes, tells complete story, slideshow/memorabilia) Abt. 60 minutes
The Mysteries of Myra (Intro & summary of Episodes 1-6, Episode 12 and 15 with original footage & reconstruction) 56 minutes
The Romance of Elaine (1 Episode with documentary info about Wharton studio, summary of the whole Exploits of Elaine series)
The Eagle's Eye Slideshow of lost serial
New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford (2 episodes)
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SerialFest DVD Magazine
Serial Rarities from the Squadron Vault
Contains serial and series film content previously released in the Serialfest DVD Magazine and unreleased pilot programs.
THE LIBERTY BOYS:
"The Blue Riders" (1920s) 20:57
EL COYOTE Unaired TV pilot
Muriel Davis (c. 1955) 26:32
THE LEATHER PUSHERS Round 2 Reginald Denny 18:43
PIRATE TREASURE Chapter 1
Richard Talmadge 18:54
THE MISSION OF MR. FOO
(Edison, 1915) 11:17
NICK CARTER, DETECTIVE:
"A Cry at Midnight" 21:34
The CAPTAIN MARVEL CHRONOLOGY 10:07
THE VOICE FROM THE SKY Ch. 1
(audio): "Doomed" 10:55
BUSTER CRABBE POOLS Infomercial 9:50
THE ROAD TO BERLIN with Ralph Byrd 5:53
DRISTAN COMMERCIAL with Kirk Alyn 1:02
LONE RANGER Home movie cartoon 2:40
ADVENTURES OF THE SCARLET CLOAK pilot 30:50
THE PHANTOM PIRATE Radio pilot 27:25
14 Chapters & Shorts; 3 hours 36 minutes
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THE BART ROMANS COLLECTION
SERIAL FEATURE VERSIONS VOL. 1
2-DL DVD Set
Including
THE BARON'S AFRICAN WAR
LOST ISLAND OF KIOGA
SPYSMASHER RETURNS
TORPEDO OF DOOM
NYOKA AND THE LOST SECRETS OF HIPPOCRATES
Longtime serial supercollector and Squadron member Bart "Barcroft" Romans has dev0ted a great deal of effort to finding the best transfers he could of the Century 66 titles and generously made his collection of Republic serial feature versions available to the Squadron. This 10-hour 2-DL-DVD edition collects 6 of those 1 hour 40 minute features.
Please Note: This is NOT a typical Squadron DVD collection as it is not sourced from new transfers from film. The video sources for these features vary and are all VHS-to-DVD image resolution. The quality here is basically complete and watchable, "good to very good," but unrestored and so best suited for viewing for reference and on smaller TV screens or computers/tablets, not larger TVs. We are offering these titles, though, as the content has never been commercially released in any form and the features are extremely difficult to find yet often requested by fans & researchers.
Thanks to Bart for sharing these with us. Future volumes with 6 more titles each will follow later on.
This title is being prepared for release in Blu-Ray format.
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