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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jul 22, 2007 19:35:28 GMT -8
Evalyn Knapp ... Pauline Hargrave
Craig Reynolds ... Robert Ward (as Robert Allen)
James Durkin ... Professor Hargrave
John Davidson ... Dr. Bashan
Sonny Ray ... Willie Dodge
Frank Lackteen ... Fang
Pat O'Malley ... Tim Sullivan, Aviator [Chs. 5-7]
William Desmond ... Professor Thompson [Chs. 9-12]
Josef Swickard ... Haggins, Foreign Consul - Ch. 9
William Worthington ... American Consul [Ch. 1]
Adolph Muller ... Captain Drake [Chs. 2-3] (as Adolph Millar)
James Wang ... Foo Chow, Bashan's Henchman
* 1. Guns of Doom
* 2. Typhoon of Terror
* 3. The Leopard Leaps
* 4. Trapped by the Enemy
* 5. Flaming Tomb
* 6. Pursued by Savages
* 7. Tracked by the Enemy
* 8. Dangerous Depths
* 9. The Mummy Walks
* 10.The Night Attack
* 11.Into the Flames
* 12.Confu's Sacred Secret
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jul 23, 2007 19:27:16 GMT -8
a revolution is happening, and Pauline and her father are arguing about staying in the country. Bob Ward sticks around to keep an eye on the Poosong Road.
Naturally, he runs into Pauline while escaping some of Dr. Bashan's men.
just as Prof. Hargrave finds the sacred disc, the bombs begin dropping!
next~ Typhoon of Terror
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jul 29, 2007 22:51:17 GMT -8
the original "Perils of Pauline" was a big budget serial that ran at least 20 episodes in 1914. it's very famous.
they run out with a rickshaw before the bombs destroy the tomb.
Bashan captures Pauline and wants the half disc. Prof. Hargrave fills Bob (and us) in on the reasons Bashan is after the disc. Bob goes out to look for Pauline.
she gets away and they go off to look for the lost city. Bashan's men use a gunboat to chase them.
somehow they get aboard Bashan's boat, and the storms hits as a fight breaks out. the tiny ship was tossed and then Pauline gets swept overboard!
next~ The Leopard Leaps
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Aug 5, 2007 12:27:12 GMT -8
Pauline wasn't washed overboard, it was Fang. the Captain wants to know what our heroes problem is with Basham. they get to Nangang and head up the river.
the raft trip down the river is full of exotic sites. they think they have escaped Dr. Basham. Pauline and Bob become better acquainted on the raft (as in friends, you pervs!  ).
Willie hears an animale and is scared. it's a giant python. then a jaguar leaps at Pauline!next~ Trapped by the Enemy
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Aug 5, 2007 13:01:33 GMT -8
Fang intercepts the leopard! they are surprised to see he's alive. he then leaps overboard into a river of crocs. Willie resigns as the Prof's secretary, but doesn't want to leave now.
they reach the Temple and are greeted by the natives. they give the natives presents (no radios or smokes, though).
Pauline and Bob head out for the temple in the morning. they find it and the second half of the disc. as they leave lots of animals show up, including a herd of monkeys.
Pauline runs back to the village, and right into Bashan's clutches!
next~ Flaming Tomb
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Aug 18, 2007 22:25:49 GMT -8
Bob kills a leopard and everyone but Pauline is safe, since she is captured. our heroes then run into a friendly village.
Pauline escapes during another animal rampage (the same leopard gets shot, again) but is alone in the jungle. she runs into Bob and let's him know what's going on. they go off to rescue her father and Dodge.
they plan on attacking the village. the evil witch doctor plans on sacrificing Dodge and Hargrave. the attack begins! Pauline runs to the hut where the captives are, but it's a fiery inferno!
next~ Pursued by Savages
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Aug 20, 2007 19:53:51 GMT -8
Pauline saves her father and Willie from the flames. later the party gets into a plane to try to get to the city faster than Bashan. Bob wants to drop bombs on the good doctor!
the plane has some engine trouble and they are forced to land. Pauline goes to the native village to check it out. Bashan and his party are being watched by apes. Pauline reports the villains to Bob, who goes to ambush them.
the ambush works! but as Pauline returns to the plane, a group of natives follow her. she runs into a cave, but a tiger follows her in.
a tiger? aren't they native to India?
next~ Tracked by the Enemy
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Aug 23, 2007 21:12:42 GMT -8
Bob runs into the lair and chases the tiger off with several poorly placed shots. our heroes then leave in the plane. there they find out that Pauline didn't get the true half of the other disc.
Fang unties Bashan, who then get captured by the natives. our heroes, feeling generous, and needing a villain for five more chapters, drop a hand grenade to help our villains out.
our heroes take a steamer up the river to Singapore, while Bashan meets an old friend (Fu Manchu?) who helps him with a plane.
the hotel our heroes stay at has man eating sharks in their pool. one of Bashan's female assistants is looking through Pauline's gear for the discs. Pauline finds her, and a catfight breaks out! Bob rushes to help and Bashan's men show up, and a fistfight breaks out. Bob and Pauline take a header into the pool!
next~ Dangerous Depths
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Aug 27, 2007 11:52:02 GMT -8
hotel helpers jump in the pool to save Bob and Pauline. Bashan can't find the proper disc. our heroes then head to India. then they have to rent horses to go to the city they want to visit there.
they get to the ruins without mishap. Bashan plans to let our heroes find the other disc, and then take it from them. they find a plaque that tells them (inadvertantly) that the other half of the disc is in New York!
Pauline goes to investigate a noise, and Bob goes with her. Willie feels like something is alive in the ruins. Bashan shows up to take the disc and a fight breaks out. as Bob and Pauline walk away, they trip a trap door and fall into a watery pit!
next~ The Mummy Walks
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Aug 27, 2007 12:55:08 GMT -8
the rest of the party lowers a ladder down and rescues Bob and Pauline. they then head out to NY! once they get there they want to go to the museum right away, but the Egyptian wing is being renovated. Dr. Bashan gets nabbed by immigration, so they can go on the morrow.
Prof. Thompson introduces them to the Indian Consul Haggins, who has freed Bashan. naturally Bashan is at the museum thieving the other half of the disc.
Willie falls into a vat of white paint, and staggers about. Bob gets clocked by the bad watchman. Hargrave finds the other half of the disc, but it's in an urn. Bashan reveals himself and a fight breaks out. Bashan's men grab Pauline. Willie scares them off accidentally. Pauline gets the vase and runs to the car, but falls...
next~ The Night Attack
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Aug 27, 2007 14:58:18 GMT -8
Pauline is fine from the fall, and the second half of the disc is found inside the broken vase.
while reciting the formula, Fang listens in. they all agree that Bashan will give them more trouble. Pauline will carry the translated formula on her.
Fang goes back and tells Bashan what Hargraves' plans are. Bashan plans on getting the formula from Pauline tonight. they sneak into the house and grab her!
next~ Into the Flames
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Aug 27, 2007 16:44:11 GMT -8
Dodge wakes up and screams like a girl which brings everyone running. Bashan is furious that his men have bungled again. Hargrave later makes part of the formula.
Bashan plans to go get the formula from Thompson's lab. when they show up, a fistfight breaks out and a fire is started.
the place collapses on Bob and Pauline!
last chapter~ Confu's Sacred Secret
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Aug 27, 2007 17:21:37 GMT -8
Bob breaks a window and he and Pauline yell for help. they get out with Hargrave's help. he then later finishes making the formula, just as Bashan arrives with his men. naturally, a fistfight breaks out (this is the best fight in the serial).
Bashan breaks the glass vial with the gas in it, and both he and Fang are completely disintegrated. no one is sad.
Bob and Pauline discuss their future in the garden. big kiss!
comment: well, i liked whatever movie version i saw of this when i was a kid, and thought this would be more exciting. it is to a degree, and possibly because the print isn't hot (Alpha and all) it didn't really hold my attention too much. Sonny Ray must have been a comedian, but he's more annoying than anything (tendering his resignation is a running gag). he screams constantly.
and being spoiled by Republic Serial fights... these are awful.
it was worth the $5, i guess.
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