Starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Mary Russell, Roger Williams
Directed by Mack V. Wright
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
The Three Mesquiteers join an expedition searching for a missing archaeologist and a lost Indian city, while searching for the unknown member of their party that killed the archaeologist's partner.
A Republic western in the long-running Three Mesquiteers series, the picture has gained some attention for its horror and adventure elements including an ancient Indian mummy. However, the mummy is very quickly dispatched by the Mesquiteers so don't get your hopes up for any sort of sustained conflict with the undead. It's still a good western with plenty of action and tuneful music selections from past Republic efforts, underscoring Indian ambushes, chases across the plains, and Corrigan's scaling of impressive California cliffs. Per Wikipedia, the trio of Livingston, Corrigan, and Terhune appeared in the bulk of the Mesquiteers films, with other actors occasionally substituted, including a 8-film stint by John Wayne.
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Undersea Kingdom (1936)
Starring Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, William Farnum, Boothe Howard
Directed by B. Reeves Eason & Joseph Kane
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
Navy lieutenant "Crash" Corrigan and his friends trace a mysterious force causing earthquakes to the lost city of Atlantis, where a powerful despot is making plans to conquer the world.
Here's an action-packed and fun movie serial from the early years of the Republic Pictures studio, which per Wikipedia was formed from a number of smaller studios including Mascot Pictures, who provided much of the principal crew for Republic's serial unit. Mascot's serial a year earlier, The Phantom Empire, seems to have inspired this production, which also features a lost civilization, lumbering robots, and plenty of men on horseback. Although no one would call this a great science fiction opus, it's nonetheless very enjoyable, enlivened by thrilling music, chariot chases, sieges of a fortress, sword fights, and a great deal of derring-do for Corrigan. Although no one particularly distinguishes themselves in the cast, Lon Chaney, Jr. some years before becoming a horror star, plays the captain of Blue's soldiers.
Directed by B. Reeves Eason & Joseph Kane
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
Navy lieutenant "Crash" Corrigan and his friends trace a mysterious force causing earthquakes to the lost city of Atlantis, where a powerful despot is making plans to conquer the world.
Here's an action-packed and fun movie serial from the early years of the Republic Pictures studio, which per Wikipedia was formed from a number of smaller studios including Mascot Pictures, who provided much of the principal crew for Republic's serial unit. Mascot's serial a year earlier, The Phantom Empire, seems to have inspired this production, which also features a lost civilization, lumbering robots, and plenty of men on horseback. Although no one would call this a great science fiction opus, it's nonetheless very enjoyable, enlivened by thrilling music, chariot chases, sieges of a fortress, sword fights, and a great deal of derring-do for Corrigan. Although no one particularly distinguishes themselves in the cast, Lon Chaney, Jr. some years before becoming a horror star, plays the captain of Blue's soldiers.
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