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Paramount on Parade is a 1930 American all-star revue film featuring Clara Bow, Maurice Chevalier, and Gary Cooper across sketches directed by eleven filmmakers.
The Show of Shows is a 1929 Warner Bros. musical revue directed by John G. Adolfi, notable for assembling the studio's stars in largely Technicolor sketches.
Harmony Heaven is a 1930 British musical directed by Thomas Bentley, notable as one of Britain's earliest movie musicals and for its Pathécolor inserts.
The Return of Chandu is a 1934 American film serial directed by Ray Taylor, notable for starring Bela Lugosi as the heroic mystical yogi Chandu the Magician.
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 is an American early-sound musical directed by David Butler and Marcel Silver, notable for Multicolor revue sequences.
The Whispering Shadow is a 1933 American Pre-Code film serial directed by Colbert Clark, notable for starring Bela Lugosi as a suspect in a series of transmission murders.
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery is a 1935 American film serial directed by Ray Taylor, serving as the second Universal adaptation of the famous aviation comic.
The Hurricane Express is a 1932 American Pre-Code film serial directed by Armand Schaefer, starring John Wayne as a pilot trying to avenge his father's murder.
New Movietone Follies of 1930 is a Fox musical directed by Benjamin Stoloff, notable as a Multicolor follow-up whose archival print survives at UCLA.
Mystery Mountain is a 1934 American Western film serial directed by Otto Brower, starring Ken Maynard as a detective fighting a disguised criminal known as The Rattler.
Shadow of the Eagle is a 1932 American Pre-Code film serial directed by Ford Beebe, notable for starring John Wayne as a carnival pilot battling a criminal mastermind.
Tailspin Tommy is a 1934 American film serial directed by Lew Landers, notable as the first serial adaptation of a popular aviation comic strip by Hal Forrest.
The Law of the Wild is a 1934 American film serial directed by B. Reeves Eason, notable for featuring the canine star Rin Tin Tin Jr. alongside actor Bob Custer.
Fighting with Kit Carson is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film serial directed by Colbert Clark, following the frontiersman fighting a mysterious masked villain.
The Vanishing Legion is a 1931 American film serial directed by Ford Beebe, featuring Western star Harry Carey investigating a mysterious oil syndicate.
The Miracle Rider is a 1935 American Western film serial directed by B. Reeves Eason, notable for being the final film appearance of legendary cowboy star Tom Mix.
The Roaring West is a 1935 American Western film serial directed by Ray Taylor, starring Buck Jones as a Montana rancher attempting to settle a violent land dispute.
The Fighting Marines is a 1935 American film serial directed by B. Reeves Eason, notable for being the very last serial ever produced by Mascot Pictures.
Pirate Treasure is a 1934 American film serial directed by Ray Taylor, starring stuntman Richard Talmadge as a government agent battling foreign pirates.
Gordon of Ghost City is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film serial directed by Ray Taylor, starring George O'Brien as a lawman investigating a stagecoach robbery.
The Lost Special is a 1932 American Pre-Code film serial directed by Henry MacRae, adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's story about a mysteriously missing train.
The Red Rider is a 1934 American Western film serial directed by Lew Landers, starring Buck Jones as a cowboy hero assisting the American expeditionary forces.
The Mystery Squadron is a 1933 American Pre-Code film serial directed by Colbert Clark, featuring a masked pilot known as The Black Ace who terrorizes a construction camp.
Rustlers of Red Dog is a 1935 American Western film serial directed by Lew Landers, starring Johnny Mack Brown as a ranch foreman fighting off hostile outlaws.
The Call of the Savage is a 1935 American film serial directed by Lew Landers, featuring a scientific expedition into the jungle to find a cure for a deadly plague.
The Phantom of the Air is a 1933 American Pre-Code film serial directed by Ray Taylor, centered on the development of a revolutionary anti-gravity flying device.
Clancy of the Mounted is a 1933 American Pre-Code film serial directed by Ray Taylor, featuring Tom Tyler as a Canadian Mountie investigating his brother's murder.
Heroes of the West is a 1932 American Pre-Code film serial directed by Ray Taylor, following a family of pioneers battling outlaws during the construction of a railroad.
Tarzan the Fearless is a 1933 American film serial directed by Robert F. Hill, notable for starring Olympic swimmer Buster Crabbe in his first appearance as Tarzan.
Battling with Buffalo Bill is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film serial directed by Richard Thorpe, featuring the famous frontier hero in a conflict over a gold mine.
