Mandrake the Magician (serial)

Mandrake the Magician
Mandrake the Magician
Directed by	Norman Deming; Sam Nelson
Written by	Joseph F. Poland; Basil Dickey; Ned Dandy; Screenplay, based on the comic strip by; Phil Davis; and; Lee Falk
Produced by	Jack Fier
Starring	Warren Hull; Doris Weston; Al Kikume; Rex Downing
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by	Richard Fantl; Jerry Thoms
Music by	Morris Stoloff; musical director; Sidney Cutner; and; Floyd Morgan; additional music
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 6, 1939;
Running time	12 chapters (215 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Mandrake the Magician (1939) is the seventh serial released by Columbia Pictures. It was based upon the King Features comic strip of the same name.

Plot[edit]

Mandrake and his assistant Lothar are working the cruise lines and make the acquaintance of Professor Houston who has developed a radium energy machine, which is much coveted by a masked crime lord known as "The Wasp".^[1] The Wasp unleashes his army of accomplices in waves to steal the invention by any means necessary. Mandrake and his allies finally catch up to "The Wasp" and discover the crime lord is actually scientist Dr. Andre Bennett, posing as a close friend of Houston.

Cast[edit]

Warren Hull as Mandrake the Magician
Doris Weston as Betty Houston
Al Kikume as Lothar, Mandrake's Assistant
Rex Downing as Tommy Houston
Edward Earle as Dr. Andre Bennett/The Wasp
Forbes Murray as Professor Houston
Kenneth MacDonald as James Webster
Don Beddoe as Frank Raymond
Dick Curtis as Dorgan, a henchman
John Tyrrell as Dirk, the "spearpoint heavy" (chief henchman)
Lester Dorr as Gray

Chapter titles[edit]

Shadow on the Wall
Trap of the Wasp
A City of Terror
The Secret Passage
The Devil's Playmate
The Fatal Crash
Gamble for Life
Across the Deadline
Terror Rides the Rails
The Unseen Monster
At the Stroke of Eight
The Reward of Treachery

_Source:^[2]

References[edit]

^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. pp. 368–369. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 224. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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Preceded by Flying G-Men (1939)	Columbia Serial Mandrake the Magician (1939)	Succeeded by Overland with Kit Carson (1939)

[1] Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. pp. 368–369. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.

[2] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 224. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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v t e Columbia serials
Pre-war serials (1937–1941)	Jungle Menace The Mysterious Pilot The Secret of Treasure Island The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok The Spider's Web Flying G-Men Mandrake the Magician Overland with Kit Carson The Shadow Terry and the Pirates Deadwood Dick The Green Archer White Eagle The Spider Returns The Iron Claw Holt of the Secret Service
War-time serials (1942–1945)	Captain Midnight Perils of the Royal Mounted The Secret Code The Valley of Vanishing Men Batman The Phantom The Desert Hawk Black Arrow Brenda Starr, Reporter The Monster and the Ape
Post-war serials (1945–1956)	Jungle Raiders Who's Guilty? Hop Harrigan Chick Carter, Detective Son of the Guardsman Jack Armstrong The Vigilante The Sea Hound Brick Bradford Tex Granger Superman Congo Bill Bruce Gentry Batman and Robin Adventures of Sir Galahad Cody of the Pony Express Atom Man vs. Superman Pirates of the High Seas Roar of the Iron Horse Mysterious Island Captain Video King of the Congo Blackhawk Son of Geronimo The Lost Planet The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd Gunfighters of the Northwest Riding with Buffalo Bill Adventures of Captain Africa Mighty Jungle Avenger! Perils of the Wilderness Blazing the Overland Trail

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