Minor Studios
These studios produced only small numbers of serials. They were either small, independent studios themselves or major studios not interested in the serial market.
| Serial Title | Year | Chapters | Genre | Director | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure Pictures | ||||||
| Perils of the Wild | 1925 | 15 | Maritime | Francis Ford | ||
| Allgood Pictures Corporation | ||||||
| The Whirlwind | 1920 | 15 | Joseph A. Golden | |||
| American Film Company | ||||||
| The Diamond from the Sky | 1915 | 30 | Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor | |||
| The Sequel to the Diamond From the Sky | 1916 | 4 | Edward Sloman | |||
| The Secret of the Submarine | 1916 | 15 | George L. Sargent | |||
| The Scarlet Runner | 1916 | 12 | William P.S. Earle and Wally Van | |||
| Arrow Film Corporation | ||||||
| The Fatal Sign | 1920 | 14 | Stuart Paton | |||
| The Blue Fox | 1921 | 15 | Duke Worne | |||
| Nan of the North | 1921 | 15 | Northern | Duke Worne | ||
| The Fighting Skipper | 1923 | 15 | Maritime | Francis Ford | ||
| The Santa Fe Trail | 1923 | 15 | Western | Ashton Dearholt and Robert Dillon | ||
| Riders of the Plains | 1924 | 15 | Western | Jacques Jaccard | ||
| Astra Film Corporation with Pathé Exchange | ||||||
| Pearl of the Army | 1916 | 15 | Damsel in distress | Edward José | Pearl White | Also listed under Pathé Exchange |
| The Shielding Shadow | 1916 | 15 | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
| The Fatal Ring | 1917 | 20 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
| The Hidden Hand | 1917 | 15 | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |||
| The Mystery of the Double Cross | 1917 | 15 | Louis J. Gasnier and William Parke | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
| The Seven Pearls | 1917 | 15 | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
| Hands Up! | 1918 | 15 | Jungle | Louis J. Gasnier and James W. Horne | Ruth Roland | Also listed under Pathé Exchange |
| The House of Hate | 1918 | 20 | Mystery | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | Also listed under Pathé Exchange |
| The Adventures of Ruth | 1919 | 15 | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
| Bound and Gagged | 1919 | 10 | George B. Seitz | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
| The Lightning Raider | 1919 | 15 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
| Terror of the Range | 1919 | 7 | Western | Stuart Paton | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
| The Tiger's Trail | 1919 | Robert Ellis, Louis J. Gasnier and Paul Hurst | Ruth Roland | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
| Daredevil Jack | 1920 | 15 | W.S. Van Dyke | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
| The Phantom Foe | 1920 | 15 | Bertram Millhauser | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
| Pirate Gold | 1920 | 10 | Maritime | George B. Seitz | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
| The Third Eye | 1920 | 15 | James W. Horne | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
| Trailed By Three | 1920 | 15 | Western | Perry N. Vekroff | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
| Balboa Amusement Producing Company | ||||||
| Neal of the Navy | 1915 | 14 | Maritime | William Bertram and W.M. Harvey | ||
| The Red Circle | 1915 | 14 | Sherwood MacDonald | Ruth Roland | ||
| The Neglected Wife | 1917 | 15 | William Bertram | Ruth Roland | ||
| Ben Wilson Productions | ||||||
| The Voice from the Sky | 1930 | 10 | Science fiction | Ben F. Wilson | ||
| Berwilla Film Corporation | ||||||
| Thunderbolt Jack | 1920 | 10 | Western | Francis Ford and Murdock MacQuarrie | ||
| Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises | ||||||
| The New Adventures of Tarzan | 1935 | 12 | Jungle | Edward A. Kull | ||
| Burston Films Inc. | ||||||
| The Silent Mystery | 1918 | 15 | Francis Ford | |||
| The Mystery of 13 | 1919 | 15 | Francis Ford | |||
| The Hawk's Trail | 1920 | 15 | W.S. Van Dyke | |||
| The Great Reward | 1921 | 15 | Francis Ford | |||
| Canyon Pictures Corporation | ||||||
| Vanishing Trails | 1920 | 15 | Western | Leon De La Mothe | ||
| Decla Bioscop AG | ||||||
| Die Spinnen | 1919 | 2 | Fritz Lang | |||
| Deutsche Bioscop | ||||||
| Homonculus | 1916 | 6 | Science fiction | Otto Rippert | ||
| Deutsche Vitaskop GmbH | ||||||
| Arsene Lupin Contra Sherlock Holmes | 1910 | 5 | Paul Otto (Lupin) and Viggo Larsen (Holmes) | |||
| Edison Studios | ||||||
| What Happened to Mary? | 1912 | 12 | Charles Brabin | Mary Fuller | ||
| The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies | 1914 | 12 | Walter Edwin | Mary Fuller | ||
| The Man Who Disappeared | 1914 | 10 | Charles Brabin | |||
| Who Will Marry Mary? | 1913 | 6 | Mary Fuller | |||
| Erbograph/Consolidated Film Corporation | ||||||
| The Crimson Stain Mystery | 1916 | 16 | Horror | T. Hayes Hunter | ||
| Essanay Film Manufacturing Company | ||||||
| The Strange Case of Mary Page | 1916 | 15 | J. Charles Haydon | |||
| Fox Film Corporation | ||||||
| Fantômas | 1920 | 20 | Edward Sedgwick | |||
| Bride 13 | 1920 | 15 | Richard Stanton | |||
| Frohman Amusement Corporation | ||||||
| The Invisible Ray | 1920 | 15 | Science fiction | Harry A. Pollard | ||
| Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | ||||||
| Fantômas | 1913 | Louis Feuillade | ||||
| Les Vampires | 1915 | 10 | Mystery | Louis Feuillade | ||
| L'X Noir | 1915 | |||||
| Judex | 1916 | 12 | Louis Feuillade | |||
| Tih Minh | 1918 | Louis Feuillade | ||||
| Barabbas | 1919 | Louis Feuillade | ||||
| Parisette | 1921 | Louis Feuillade | ||||
| George B. Seitz Productions | ||||||
| The Black Secret | 1919 | 15 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
| Velvet Fingers | 1920 | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
| Hurricane Hutch | 1921 | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
| The Sky Ranger | 1921 | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
| Go Get 'Em Hutch | 1922 | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
| Speed | 1923 | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
| Plunder | 1923 | 15 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
| Goodart | ||||||
| Pirates of the Pines | 1928 | 10 | Maritime | J.C. Cook | ||
| Goodwill Pictures | ||||||
| Officer 444 | 1926 | 10 | Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson | |||
| The Radio Detective | 1926 | 10 | William James Craft and William A. Crinley | |||
| Great Britain Instructional | ||||||
| The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt | 1950 | Frank Cadman | ||||
| Great Western Film Producing Corporation | ||||||
| Elmo the Mighty | 1919 | 18 | Western | Henry MacRae | ||
| Elmo the Fearless | 1920 | 18 | Western | J.P. McGowan | ||
| Grossman Pictures | ||||||
| The $1,000,000 Reward | 1920 | 15 | Harry Grossman and George Lessey | |||
| Hal Roach Studios Inc. | ||||||
| The Timber Queen | 1922 | 15 | Fred Jackman | Ruth Roland | With, and also listed under, Ruth Roland Serials | |
| White Eagle | 1922 | 15 | Fred Jackman and W.S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | With, and also listed under, Ruth Roland Serials | |
| Her Dangerous Path | 1923 | 10 | Roy Clements | |||
| Hallmark Pictures Corporation | ||||||
| The Trail of the Octopus | 1919 | 15 | Mystery, Yellow peril | Duke Worne | ||
| The Evil Eye | 1920 | 15 | J. Gordon Cooper and Wally Van | |||
| The Screaming Shadow | 1920 | 15 | Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne | |||
| Hercules Film Productions | ||||||
| King of the Jungle | 1927 | 10 | Jungle | Webster Cullison | ||
| Société des Cinéromans | 1927 | |||||
| Belphégor | 1927 | Henri Desfontaines | ||||
| Holmes Producing Corporation | ||||||
| The Tiger Band | 1920 | 15 | Gilbert P. Hamilton | |||
| Lightning Hutch | 1926 | 10 | Charles Hutchison | |||
| The Mystery Pilot | 1926 | 10 | ||||
| International Film Service Inc. | ||||||
| Patria | 1917 | 15 | Jacques Jaccard, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | |||
| J. Charles Davis Productions | ||||||
| The Mystery Box | 1925 | 10 | Alan James | |||
| The Power God | 1925 | 15 | Science fiction | Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson | ||
| Jaxon Film Corporation | ||||||
| A Daughter of Uncle Sam | 1918 | 12 | James C. Morton | |||
| Kalem Company | ||||||
| The Hazards of Helen | 1914 | 119 | Damsel in distress | J.P. McGowan and James D. Davis | Helen Holmes and Helen Gibson | |
| The Ventures of Marguerite | 1915 | 16 | Damsel in distress | Robert Ellis, John Mackin and Hamilton Smith | ||
| Kleine Productions Inc. | ||||||
| Gloria's Romance | 1916 | 20 | Damsel in distress | Colin Campbell and Walter Edwin | ||
| Kosmik | ||||||
| The Hope Diamond Mystery | 1921 | 15 | Stuart Paton | |||
| Lubin Studios | ||||||
| The Beloved Adventurer | 1914 | 15 | Arthur V. Johnson | |||
| The Road o'Strife | 1915 | 15 | Howell Hansel and John Ince | |||
| Metro Pictures Corporation | ||||||
| The Great Secret | 1916 | 18 | Christy Cabanne | |||
| Metropolitan Pictures | ||||||
| The Sign of the Wolf | 1931 | 10 | Western | Forrest Sheldon and Harry S. Webb | ||
| Monmouth Film Corporation | ||||||
| Jimmie Dale Alias the Grey Seal | 1917 | 16 | Mystery | Harry McRae Webster | ||
| National Film Corporation of America | ||||||
| Lightning Bryce | 1919 | 15 | Western, Horror | Paul Hurst | ||
| The Son of Tarzan | 1920 | 15 | Arthur J. Flaven and Harry Revier | |||
| New-Cal Film Corporation | ||||||
| The Scarlet Brand | 1927 | 10 | Neal Hart | |||
| Niagara Film Studios | ||||||
| Perils of Our Girl Reporters | 1916 | 15 | Damsel in distress | George Terwilliger | ||
| Oliver Films Inc. | ||||||
| The Carter Case | 1919 | 15 | William F. Haddock and Donald MacKenzie | |||
| Paramount Pictures | ||||||
| Who is Number One? | 1917 | 15 | Mystery | William Bertram | ||
| Photoplay Serial Company | ||||||
| Mysterious Pearl | 1921 | 15 | Ben F. Wilson | |||
| Power Picture Plays | ||||||
| The Mysterious Lady Baffles and Detective Duck | 1915 | Comedy | Allen Curtis | |||
| Principal Pictures | ||||||
| Tarzan the Fearless | 1933 | 12 | Jungle | Robert F. Hill | Buster Crabbe | |
| The Return of Chandu | 1933 | 12 | Horror | Ray Taylor | Bela Lugosi | |
| Rayart Pictures Corporation | ||||||
| Battling Brewster | 1924 | 15 | Dell Henderson | |||
| The Flame Fighter | 1925 | 10 | Robert Dillon | |||
| Secret Service Sanders | 1925 | 15 | Duke Worne | |||
| The Phantom Police | 1926 | 10 | Robert Dillon | |||
| Scotty of the Scouts | 1926 | 10 | Duke Worne | |||
| Trooper 77 | 1926 | 10 | Duke Worne | |||
| Fighting For Fame | 1927 | 10 | Duke Worne | |||
| Reliance Film Company | ||||||
| Runaway June | 1915 | 15 | Oscar Eagle | |||
| RKO Pictures | ||||||
| The Last Frontier | 1932 | 12 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||
| Robert J. Horner | ||||||
| The Mystery Rider | 1928 | 10 | Western | Robert J. Horner | ||
| The Scarlet Arrow | 1928 | 10 | ||||
| Rolfe Photoplays | ||||||
| The Master Mystery | 1918 | 15 | Mystery, Science fiction | Harry Grossman and Burton L. King | Harry Houdini | Rolfe Photoplays' last production |
| Romance Productions Incorporated | ||||||
| Young Eagles | 1934 | 12 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | |||
| Ruth Roland Serials | ||||||
| Ruth of the Rockies | 1920 | 15 | Western | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | With, and also listed under, Pathé Exchange |
| The Timber Queen | 1922 | 15 | Fred Jackman | Ruth Roland | With, and also listed under, Hal Roach Studios | |
| White Eagle | 1922 | 15 | Fred Jackman and W.S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | With, and also listed under, Hal Roach Studios | |
| Haunted Valley | 1923 | 15 | Mystery | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | |
| Ruth of the Range | 1923 | 15 | Ernest C. Ward, Frank Leon Smith and W.S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | ||
| Screen Attractions | ||||||
| Queen of the Jungle | 1935 | 12 | Jungle | Robert F. Hill | ||
| Select Pictures Corporation | ||||||
| The Branded Four | 1920 | 15 | Duke Worne | |||
| Selig Polyscope Company | ||||||
| The Adventures of Kathlyn | 1913 | 13 | Francis J. Grandon | Kathlyn Williams | ||
| Serial Film Corporation | ||||||
| The Yellow Menace | 1916 | 16 | William Steiner | |||
| Serico Producing Co. Inc. | ||||||
| A Woman in Grey | 1919 | 15 | Mystery | James Vincent | ||
| Shamrock Photoplay Corporation | ||||||
| The Masked Rider | 1919 | 15 | Western | Aubrey M. Kennedy | ||
| Sierra Pictures | ||||||
| Vanishing Millions | 1926 | 15 | Alan James | |||
| Signal Film Corporation | ||||||
| Lass of the Lumberlands | 1916 | 15 | Western | J.P. McGowan | ||
| The Girl and the Game | 1915 | 15 | Damsel in distress | J.P. McGowan | ||
| The Lost Express | 1917 | 15 | J.P. McGowan | |||
| The Railroad Raiders | 1917 | 15 | J.P. McGowan | |||
| SLK Serial Corporation | ||||||
| The Fatal Fortune | 1919 | 15 | Jungle | Donald MacKenzie and Frank Wunderlee | ||
| Star Serial Corporation | ||||||
| Captain Kidd | 1922 | 15 | Maritime | Burton L. King and J.P. McGowan | ||
| Super Serial Productions Inc. | ||||||
| The Lost City | 1935 | 12 | Jungle, Science fiction | Harry Revier | ||
| Supreme Pictures Corporation | ||||||
| The Mystery Mind | 1920 | 15 | Will S. Davis and Fred Sittenham | |||
| Syndicate Pictures | ||||||
| The Chinatown Mystery | 1928 | 10 | J.P. McGowan | |||
| The Mystery Trooper | 1931 | 10 | Western | Stuart Paton and Harry S. Webb | ||
| Talking Picture Epics Inc. | ||||||
| Across the World with Mr & Mrs Martin Johnson | 1930 | Documentary | James Leo Meehan | |||
| Hunting Tigers in India | 1930 | Documentary | James Leo Meehan | |||
| Thanhouser Company | ||||||
| The Million Dollar Mystery | 1914 | 23 | Howell Hansel | |||
| Zudora | 1914 | 20 | Howell Hansel | |||
| The American Lifeograph Company | ||||||
| The Perils of Thunder Mountain | 1919 | 15 | Robert N. Bradbury and W.J. Burman | |||
| Wharton, Inc. | ||||||
| The Perils of Pauline | 1914 | 20 | Damsel in distress | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | Pearl White | With, and also listed under, Pathé Exchange |
| The Exploits of Elaine | 1914 | 14 | Damsel in distress | George B. Seitz | With, and also listed under, Pathé Exchange | |
| The New Exploits of Elaine | 1915 | 10 | Damsel in distress | Louis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Pearl White | With, and also listed under, Pathé Exchange |
| The Romance of Elaine | 1915 | 12 | Damsel in distress | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | With, and also listed under, Pathé Exchange |
| The Mysteries of Myra | 1916 | 15 | Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | |||
| The Grip of Evil | 1916 | 14 | W.A.S. Douglas and Harry Harvey | |||
| The Iron Claw | 1916 | 20 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
| Beatrice Fairfax | 1916 | 15 | Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | |||
| The Eagle's Eye | 1918 | 20 | George Lessey, Wellington A. Playter, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | |||
| Torquay & Paignton Photoplay Productions | ||||||
| The Great London Mystery | 1920 | Mystery | Charles Raymond | |||
| Victory Pictures | ||||||
| Shadow of Chinatown | 1936 | 15 | Mystery, Yellow peril | Robert F. Hill | Bela Lugosi | |
| Blake of Scotland Yard | 1937 | 15 | Crime | Robert F. Hill | Ralph Byrd | |
| Vitagraph Studios | ||||||
| Fates and Flora Fourflush | 1915 | 3 | Wally Van | |||
| The Goddess | 1915 | 15 | Ralph Ince | |||
| The Purple Mask | 1916 | 16 | Francis Ford and Grace Cunard | |||
| The Fighting Trail | 1917 | 15 | Western | William Duncan | ||
| The Secret Kingdom | 1917 | 15 | Charles Brabin | |||
| Vengeance and the Woman | 1917 | 15 | William Duncan and Laurence Trimble | |||
| A Fight for Millions | 1918 | 15 | William Duncan | |||
| The Iron Test | 1918 | 15 | Robert N. Bradbury and Paul Hurst | |||
| A Woman in the Web | 1918 | 15 | Paul Hurst and David Smith | |||
| Man of Might | 1919 | 15 | William Duncan and Clifford Smith | |||
| Smashing Barriers | 1919 | 15 | William Duncan | |||
| Hidden Dangers | 1920 | 15 | William Bertram | |||
| The Invisible Hand | 1920 | 15 | Western | William Bowman | ||
| The Silent Avenger | 1920 | 15 | William Duncan | |||
| The Veiled Mystery | 1920 | 15 | Western | William Bowman, Webster Cullison, Francis J. Grandon and Antonio Moreno | ||
| Breaking Through | 1921 | 15 | Robert Ensminger | |||
| Fighting Fate | 1921 | 15 | William Duncan | |||
| The Purple Riders | 1921 | 15 | Western | William Bertram | ||
| Warner Bros. | ||||||
| The Lost City | 1920 | 15 | Jungle | E.A. Martin | ||
| Miracles of the Jungle | 1921 | 15 | Jungle | James Conway and E.A. Martin | ||
| A Dangerous Adventure | 1922 | 15 | Jungle | Jack L. Warner and Sam Warner | ||
| Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation | ||||||
| The Adventures of Tarzan | 1921 | 15 | Jungle | Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney | ||
| Perils of the Jungle | 1927 | 10 | Jungle | Ray Taylor and Jack Nelson | ||
| The Mysterious Airman | 1928 | 10 | Aviation | Harry Revier | ||
| Police Reporter | 1929 | 10 | Jack Nelson | |||
| Weiss Productions | ||||||
| Custer's Last Stand | 1936 | 15 | Western | Elmer Clifton | ||
| The Clutching Hand | 1936 | 15 | Albert Herman | |||
| The Black Coin | 1936 | 15 | Albert Herman | |||
| Western Photoplays Inc. | ||||||
| The Wolves of Kultur | 1918 | 15 | Joseph A. Golden | |||
| The Great Gamble | 1919 | 15 | Joseph A. Golden | |||
| Wild West Productions | ||||||
| Days of '49 | 1925 | 15 | Western | |||
| William I. Pizor Productions | ||||||
| The Mansion of Mystery | 1927 | 10 | Mystery | Robert J. Horner | ||
| William N. Selig Productions | ||||||
| Jungle Goddess | 1922 | 15 | Jungle | James Conway | ||
| Wisteria Productions | ||||||
| The Lurking Peril | 1919 | 15 | George Morgan | |||
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