B. Reeves Eason

A 15-chapter Columbia cliffhanger serial based on Lee Falk's comic strip, with Chapter 1 titled "The Sign of the Skull." Tom Tyler plays Geoffrey Prescott, who inherits the mantle of The Phantom—the legendary "Ghost Who Walks"—and races against a foreign agent and a treasure hunter to find the Lost City of Zoloz. Jeanne Bates co-stars as Diana Palmer. Directed by B. Reeves Eason, the serial is a faithful early screen translation of the comic character and is in the public domain.

Action · Adventure

The Adventures of Rex and Rinty is a 1935 Mascot Pictures serial in twelve chapters, pairing two of the most popular animal stars of the era: the magnificent black stallion Rex and Rin Tin Tin Jr., son of the legendary German Shepherd. Jack Mulhall plays the human lead, a cavalry officer, but the real heroes are the animals, who carry the action across a story involving a hidden island, a sacred white horse, and a villain scheming to seize the throne of a lost kingdom. Directed by Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason, the serial is a fast-moving blend of animal stunts, exotic adventure, and chapterplay cliffhangers. It is in the public domain.

Adventure · Action · Serial

The Fighting Marines is a 1935 Mascot Pictures serial in twelve chapters, directed by B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane and produced by Nat Levine. Grant Withers and Adrian Morris play a pair of United States Marines who are building a landing strip on Halfway Island in the Pacific when they unwittingly endanger the secret hideout of a masked villain called "The Tiger Shark." The Tiger Shark sabotages their efforts and abducts the brother of the woman (Ann Rutherford) both Marines love, drawing them into a wild jungle adventure of cliffhanger endings and serial derring-do. It was one of the last serials released by Mascot before the company was absorbed into Republic Pictures.

Adventure · Action · Serial