The Adventures of Captain Marvel [Serial] Rating: Release Date: 16 December, 2003 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $13.48 You SAVE: $1.50! Cast: Tom Tyler Robert Young Reed Hadley

The Adventures of Captain Marvel [Serial] Reviews

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Greatest Serial
The 40s serial "The Adventures of Captain Marvel" has to be the "Greatest Serial Ever Made." The special effects, for its tme, are outstanding. The flying scenes stood the test of time until the first Superman movie.

Many in the cast do a fine job. Tom Tyler makes an excellent Captain Marvel. He looks the part and he demonstrates the great athletic ability required of the part. The actor playing Billy Batson leaves a lot to be desired. He delivers his lines as a Junior High student would do in a school play. The "bad guys" are just great. They fill the bill in typical 1940s serial style.

By today's standards, the plot is childish, but for its time and targeted audience it must have proved to be exciting from week to week. Anyone with a penchant for memoribelia would surely want this video in their collection.

A Classic Serial at an Affordable Price
Throughout the 1930s and '40s, Republic Pictures created some of the finest serials in movie history. "Adventures of Captain Marvel" (1941) ranks among the studio's top chapterplays -- and it's yours for roughly $1 per chapter. Tom Tyler is ideally cast as "The World's Mightiest Mortal," who battles the evil Scorpion for 12 exciting episodes. The special effects by the Lydecker brothers are terrific -- not to mention the high-flying stunt work from David Sharpe (he's a bit shorter than Tyler, but who cares). The Republic DVD features excellent 35mm prints and the rarely-seen theatrical trailer. "Captain Marvel" may not surpass the thrill-a-minute exploits of "Spy Smasher" (1942), but it comes pretty close.

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