The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (serial)

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Directed by Clifford Smith (as Cliff Smith)
Lew Landers (uncredited)
Starring Donald Briggs
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates
  • 1936 (1936)
Running time
 12 chapters (219 min)
Country United States
Language English

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936) is a Universal movie serial based on the Frank Merriwell books by Gilbert Patten.

Production

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell is set in 1936 instead of the 1890s of the source material.[1]

Universal combined several stories by Burt Standish to make this film.[2]

Chapter titles

  1. College Hero
  2. The Death Plunge
  3. Death at the Crossroads
  4. Wreck of the Viking
  5. Capsized in the Cataract
  6. Descending Doom
  7. Monster of the Deep
  8. The Tragic Victory
  9. Between Savage Foes
  10. Imprisoned in a Dungeon
  11. The Crash in the Chasm
  12. The Winning Play

Source:[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "4. The Boys "Sir, I'd Advise You To Duck That Spear!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
  2. ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 11. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
  3. ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 214. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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Preceded by
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery (1935)		 Universal Serial
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936) 		Succeeded by
Flash Gordon (1936)
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