Mystery Mountain (serial)

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Mystery Mountain
Directed by	Otto Brower B. Reeves Eason
Produced by	Nat Levine Armand Schaefer Victor Zobel
Written by	Bennett Cohen B. Reeves Eason Sherman L. Lowe Barney A. Sarecky Armand Schaefer
Starring	Ken Maynard Verna Hillie Syd Saylor Edward Earle Hooper Atchley
Music by	Lee Zahler
Cinematography	Ernest Miller William Nobles
Editing by	Earl Turner
Distributed by	Mascot Pictures
Release date(s)	3 December 1934
Running time	12 chapters (223 min)
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Mystery Mountain (1934) is a Mascot movie serial.

It was a remake of Mascot's own The Hurricane Express (1932).

Contents 1 Plot overview 2 Cast 3 Chapter titles 4 Stunts & Effects 4.1 Stunts 4.2 Special Effects 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Plot overview

Detective Ken Williams tries to capture the master of disguise, The Rattler, who is attacking a railroad.

[edit] Cast

• Ken Maynard as Ken Williams, railroad detective
• Tarzan, Ken Williams' horse
• Verna Hillie as Jane Corwin
• Syd Saylor as Breezy Baker
• Edward Earle as Frank Blayden
• Hooper Atchley as Dr Edwards
• Edward Hearn as Lake
• Al Bridge as Tom Henderson
• Bob Kortman as Hank, one of The Rattler's henchmen
• Lew Meehan as Red, one of The Rattler's henchmen
• George Chesebro as Anderson, one of The Rattler's henchmen
• Tom London as Morgan, one of The Rattler's henchmen
• Lynton Brent as Mathews, telegrapher

[edit] Chapter titles

1. The Rattler
2. The Man Nobody Knows
3. The Eyes That Never Sleeps
4. The Human Target
5. Phantom Outlaws
6. The Perfect Crime
7. Tarzan the Cunning
8. The Enemy's Stronghold
9. The Fatal Warning
10. The Secret of the Mountain
11. Behind the Mask
12. The Judgement of Tarzan

[edit] Stunts & Effects

[edit] Stunts

• Yakima Canutt
• Cliff Lyons doubling Ken Maynard

Future serial director William Witney, working as an assistant director, performed one stunt during this serial when the stuntman failed to show up to the location shoot. He rode a horse at speed across a bridge over a ravine with a moving train behind him.^[1]

[edit] Special Effects

Special Effects by J. Laurence Wickland

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of film serials by year
• List of film serials by studio

[edit] External links

• Mystery Mountain at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by The Law of the Wild (1934)

Mascot Serial Mystery Mountain (1934)

Succeeded by The Phantom Empire (1935)

v • d • e Mascot serials Silent Serials (1926-1929) The Silent Flyer • Heroes of the Wild • Isle of Sunken Gold • The Golden Stallion • The Vanishing West • Vultures of the Sea • The Fatal Warning Part-Sound Serials (1929) The King of the Kongo All-Sound Serials (1930-1935) The Lone Defender • The Phantom of the West • King of the Wild • The Vanishing Legion • The Galloping Ghost • The Lightning Warrior • The Shadow of the Eagle • The Last of the Mohicans • The Hurricane Express • The Devil Horse • The Whispering Shadow • The Three Musketeers • Fighting with Kit Carson • The Wolf Dog • The Mystery Squadron • The Lost Jungle • Burn 'Em Up Barnes • The Law of the Wild • Mystery Mountain • The Phantom Empire • The Miracle Rider • The Adventures of Rex and Rinty • The Fighting Marines Actors and Actresses Gene Autry • Edwina Booth • Harry Carey • Frankie Darro • Jack Mulhall • Rin Tin Tin • John Wayne Stunt Performers Yakima Canutt • Kermit Maynard Production Crew B. Reeves Eason • Nat Levine • Richard Thorpe • William Witney See also Film serials • List of film serials • List of film serials by studio