ACE DRUMMOND SERIAL(1936) MOVIE PAGE



A serial from the 30s!!!



ACE DRUMMOND SERIAL(1936)


First off, episode 1 doesn't play all the way through,
had to skip it!

As for the serial, plane chases, check! Car chase,
check! Motorcycle chase, yep!!

Basic premise it that there's a air transport
company that is being strongly discouraged from
building an airfield in Mongolia! And the culprit,
"The Dragon", is Hell-bent on stopping them! Plane
crashes, car crashes and attempted smushed bodies!
This is actually pretty good! And it has one of the
great "character actors" in it, Noah Berry Jr.!!

It's all about jade!! B+

From IMDb.com:

You have to be "into" these old serials before you
can really enjoy them. It takes some work. You can't
just watch it and be entertained by the BOOM factor,
like say, The Matrix. Nor will you be amazed by the
story or acting. It was an older time and a different
mindset. Fans of modern CGI will be especially
displeased by the silly effects evident here. Watching
a little toy plane on a string "fall through the sky"
just doesn't make it today, but that's what they had then.

As far as these serials go, this was a pretty good
one. The level two actors gave their best, and the
writing was OK, but it's hard to get past those
effects. If you're willing to totally suspend your
disbelief, this will work for you. If you're a 21st
century kid with zero tolerance, pass it up. - Calaboss


Cast:

John 'Dusty' King ... Ace Drummond (as John King)
Jean Rogers ... Peggy Trainor
Noah Beery Jr. ... Jerry
Guy Bates Post ... The Grand Lama
Lon Chaney Jr. ... Ivan - Henchman
Jackie Morrow ... Billy Meredith
Robert Warwick ... Winston
James B. Leong ... Henry Kee [Chs. 1-11] (as James Leong)
Chester Gan ... Kai-Chek
Arthur Loft ... Chang-Ho / The Dragon
James Eagles ... Johnny Wong - Radio Operator
C. Montague Shaw ... Dr. Trainor (as Montague Shaw)
Frederick Vogeding ... Bauer [Chs. 1-6] (as Fredrik Vogeding)
Al Bridge ... Paul Wyckoff
Hooper Atchley ... Caldoni
Tom Steele ... Henchman (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb ... Nicolai - Henchman (as Ed Cobb)


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