1920s
Production Company | Title | Chapters | Genre | Director | Cast | Notes |
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1920 | ||||||
Allgood Pictures Corporation | The Whirlwind | 15 | Joseph A. Golden | |||
Arrow Film Corporation | The Fatal Sign | 14 | Stuart Paton | |||
Berwilla Film Corporation | Thunderbolt Jack | 10 | Western | Francis Ford and Murdock MacQuarrie | ||
Burston Films Inc. | The Hawk's Trail | 15 | W.S. Van Dyke | |||
Canyon Pictures Corporation | Vanishing Trails | 15 | Western | Leon De La Mothe | ||
Fox Film Corporation | Fantômas | 20 | Edward Sedgwick | |||
Bride 13 | 15 | Richard Stanton | ||||
Frohman Amusement Corporation | The Invisible Ray | 15 | Science fiction | Harry A. Pollard | ||
George B. Seitz Productions | Velvet Fingers | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
Great Western Film Producing Corporation | Elmo the Fearless | 18 | J.P. McGowan | |||
Grossman Pictures | The $1,000,000 Dollar Reward | 15 | Harry Grossman and George Lessey | |||
Hallmark Pictures Corporation | The Evil Eye | 15 | J. Gordon Cooper and Wally Van | |||
The Screaming Shadow | 15 | Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne | ||||
Holmes Producing Corporation | The Tiger Band | 15 | Gilbert P. Hamilton | |||
National Film Corporation of America | The Son of Tarzan | 15 | Arthur J. Flaven and Harry Revier | |||
Pathé & Astra Film Corporation | Daredevil Jack | 15 | W.S. Van Dyke | |||
The Phantom Foe | 15 | Bertram Millhauser | ||||
Pirate Gold | 10 | Maritime | George B. Seitz | |||
The Third Eye | 15 | James W. Horne | ||||
Trailed By Three | 15 | Western | Perry N. Vekroff | |||
Pathé & Ruth Roland Serials | Ruth of the Rockies | 15 | Western | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | |
Select Pictures Corporation | The Branded Four | 15 | Duke Worne | |||
Supreme Pictures Corporation | The Mystery Mind | 15 | Will S. Davis and Fred Sittenham | |||
Torquay & Paignton Photoplay Productions | The Great London Mystery | Horror mystery | Charles Raymond | British | ||
Universal Studios | The Flaming Disc | Robert F. Hill | ||||
The Moon Riders | 18 | Western | B. Reeves Eason and Theodore Wharton | |||
King of the Circus | 18 | J.P. McGowan | ||||
The Vanishing Dagger | 18 | Edward A. Kull, John F. Magowan and Eddie Polo | ||||
The Dragon's Net | 12 | Henry MacRae | ||||
Vitagraph Company of America | Hidden Dangers | 15 | William Bertram | |||
The Invisible Hand | 15 | Western | William Bowman | |||
The Silent Avenger | 15 | William Duncan | ||||
The Veiled Mystery | 15 | Western | William Bowman, Webster Cullison, Francis J. Grandon and Antonio Moreno | |||
Warner Bros. | 'The Lost City | 15 | Jungle | E.A. Martin | ||
1921 | ||||||
Arrow Film Corporation | The Blue Fox | 15 | Duke Worne | |||
Nan of the North | 15 | Northern | Duke Worne | |||
Burston Films Inc. | The Great Reward | 15 | Francis Ford | |||
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Parisette | Louis Feuillade | French | |||
George B. Seitz Productions | Hurricane Hutch | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
The Sky Ranger | 15 | George B. Seitz | ||||
Kosmik | The Hope Diamond Mystery | 15 | Stuart Paton | |||
Pathé | The Avenging Arrow | 15 | William Bowman and W.S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | ||
Double Adventure | 15 | W.S. Van Dyke | ||||
Photoplay Serial Company | Mysterious Pearl | 15 | Ben F. Wilson | |||
Universal Studios | The Diamond Queen | 18 | Edward A. Kull | |||
Do or Die | 18 | J.P. McGowan | ||||
The Secret Four | 15 | Albert Russell and Perry N. Vekroff | ||||
Terror Trail | 18 | Western | Edward A. Kull | |||
The White Horseman | 18 | Western | Albert Russell | |||
Winners of the West | 13 | Western | Edward Laemmle | |||
Vitagraph Company of America | Breaking Through | 15 | Robert Ensminger | |||
Fighting Fate | 15 | William Duncan | ||||
The Purple Riders | 15 | Western | William Bertram | |||
Warner Bros. | Miracles of the Jungle | 15 | Jungle | James Conway and E.A. Martin | ||
Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation | The Adventures of Tarzan | 15 | Jungle | Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney | ||
1922 | ||||||
George B. Seitz Productions | Go Get 'Em Hutch | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
Hal Roach Studios Inc. & Ruth Roland Serials | The Timber Queen | 15 | Fred Jackman | Ruth Roland | ||
White Eagle | 15 | Fred Jackman and W.S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | |||
Star Serial Corporation | Captain Kidd | 15 | Burton L. King and J.P. McGowan | |||
Universal Studios | The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe | 18 | Maritime | Robert F. Hill | ||
In the Days of Buffalo Bill | 18 | Maritime | Edward Laemmle | |||
Perils of the Yukon | 15 | Northern | Jay Marchant, J.P. McGowan and Perry N. Vekroff | |||
The Radio King | 10 | Robert F. Hill | ||||
With Stanley in Africa | 18 | Jungle | William James Craft and Edward A. Kull | |||
Warner Bros. | A Dangerous Adventure | 15 | Jungle | Jack L. Warner and Sam Warner | ||
William N. Selig Productions | Jungle Goddess | 15 | Jungle | James Conway | ||
1923 | ||||||
Arrow Film Corporation | The Fighting Skipper | 15 | Maritime | Francis Ford | ||
The Santa Fe Trail | 15 | Western | Ashton Dearholt and Robert Dillon | |||
George B. Seitz Productions | Speed | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
Plunder | 15 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | |||
Hal Roach Studios Inc. | Her Dangerous Path | 10 | Roy Clements | |||
Haunted Valley | 15 | Mystery | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | ||
Ruth Roland Serials | Ruth of the Range | 15 | Ernest C. Ward, Frank Leon Smith and W.S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | ||
Universal Studios | Around the World in Eighteen Days | 12 | Robert F. Hill and B. Reeves Eason | |||
Beasts of Paradise | 15 | William James Craft | ||||
The Eagle's Talons | 15 | Duke Worne | ||||
The Ghost City | 15 | Western | Jay Marchant | |||
In the Days of Daniel Boone | 15 | Western | William James Craft | |||
The Oregon Trail | 18 | Western | Edward Laemmle | |||
The Phantom Fortune | 12 | Robert F. Hill | ||||
The Social Buccaneer | 10 | Maritime | Robert F. Hill | |||
The Steel Trail | 15 | William Duncan | ||||
1924 | ||||||
Arrow Film Corporation | Riders of the Plains | 15 | Western | Jacques Jaccard | ||
Pathé | The Fortieth Door | 10 | George B. Seitz | |||
Galloping Hoofs | 10 | Western | George B. Seitz | |||
Into the Net | 10 | George B. Seitz | ||||
Leatherstocking | 10 | Western | George B. Seitz | |||
Ten Scars Make a Man | 10 | William Parke | ||||
The Way of a Man | 10 | Western | George B. Seitz | |||
Rayart Pictures Corporation | Battling Brewster | 15 | Dell Henderson | |||
Universal Studios | The Fast Express | 15 | William Duncan | |||
The Fighting Ranger | 18 | Western | Jay Marchant | |||
The Iron Man | 15 | Jay Marchant | ||||
The Riddle Rider | 15 | Western | William James Craft | |||
Wolves of the North | 10 | Western | William Duncan | |||
1925 | ||||||
Adventure Pictures | Perils of the Wild | 15 | Maritime | Francis Ford | ||
J. Charles Davis Productions | The Mystery Box | 10 | Alan James | |||
The Power God | 15 | Science fiction | Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson | |||
Pathé | The Green Archer | 10 | Mystery | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||
The House Without a Key | 10 | Mystery | Spencer Gordon Bennet | |||
Idaho | 10 | Western | Robert F. Hill | |||
Sunken Silver | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||||
Wild West | 10 | Western | Robert F. Hill | |||
Play Ball | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||||
Rayart Pictures Corporation | The Flame Fighter | 10 | Robert Dillon | |||
Secret Service Sanders | 15 | Duke Worne | ||||
Universal Studios | Ace of Spades | 15 | Western | Henry MacRae | ||
The Great Circus Mystery | 15 | Jay Marchant | ||||
Wild West Productions | Days of '49 | 15 | Western | |||
1926 | ||||||
Goodwill Pictures | Officer 444 | 10 | Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson | |||
The Radio Detective | 10 | William James Craft and William A. Crinley | ||||
Holmes Producing Corporation | Lightning Hutch | 10 | Charles Hutchison | |||
The Mystery Pilot | 10 | |||||
Pathé | The Bar-C Mystery | 10 | Western | Robert F. Hill | ||
Casey of the Coast Guard | 10 | Maritime | ||||
The Fighting Marine | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||||
Snowed In | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||||
Rayart Pictures Corporation | The Phantom Police | 10 | Robert Dillon | |||
Scotty of the Scouts | 10 | Duke Worne | ||||
Trooper 77 | 10 | Duke Worne | ||||
Sierra Pictures | Vanishing Millions | 15 | Alan James | |||
Universal Studios | The Scarlet Streak | 10 | Henry MacRae | |||
Fighting With Buffalo Bill | 10 | Western | Ray Taylor | |||
Strings of Steel | 10 | Henry MacRae | ||||
The Winking Idol | 10 | Western | Francis Ford | |||
The Silent Flyer | 10 | William James Craft | Led to the founding of Mascot Pictures and often listed as Mascot's first serial. Produced by Nat Levine and released by Universal. | |||
1927 | ||||||
Hercules Film Productions | King of the Jungle | 10 | Jungle | Webster Cullison | ||
Mascot Pictures | Heroes of the Wild | 10 | Western | Harry S. Webb | First Mascot serial | |
Isle of Sunken Gold | 10 | Maritime | Harry S. Webb | |||
The Golden Stallion | 10 | Western | Harry S. Webb | |||
New-Cal Film Corporation | The Scarlet Brand | 10 | Neal Hart | |||
Pathé | The Crimson Flash | 10 | Arch Heath | |||
Hawk of the Hills | 10 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | |||
The Masked Menace | 10 | Arch Heath | ||||
Melting Millions | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||||
On Guard | 10 | Arch Heath | ||||
Rayart Pictures Corporation | Fighting For Fame | 10 | Duke Worne | |||
Société des Cinéromans | Belphégor | Henri Desfontaines | French | |||
Universal Studios | Blake of Scotland Yard | 12 | Crime | Robert F. Hill | ||
The Fire Fighters | 10 | Jacques Jaccard | ||||
The Return of the Riddle Rider | 10 | Robert F. Hill | ||||
The Trail of the Tiger | 10 | Henry MacRae | ||||
Whispering Smith Rides | 10 | Western | Ray Taylor | |||
Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation | Perils of the Jungle | 10 | Jungle | Ray Taylor and Jack Nelson | ||
William I. Pizor Productions | The Mansion of Mystery | 10 | Mystery | Robert J. Horner | ||
1928 | ||||||
Goodart | Pirates of the Pines | 10 | Maritime | J.C. Cook | ||
Mascot Pictures | The Vanishing West | 10 | Western | Richard Thorpe | ||
Vultures of the Sea | 10 | Maritime | Richard Thorpe | |||
Pathé | Eagle of the Night | 10 | Aviation | James F. Fulton | ||
The Man Without a Face | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||||
Mark of the Frog | 10 | Arch Heath | ||||
The Terrible People | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||||
The Tiger's Shadow | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||||
The Yellow Cameo | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||||
Robert J. Horner | The Mystery Rider | 10 | Western | Robert J. Horner | ||
The Scarlet Arrow | 10 | |||||
Syndicate Pictures | The Chinatown Mystery | 10 | J.P. McGowan | |||
Universal Studios | Haunted Island | 10 | Robert F. Hill | |||
Tarzan the Mighty | 15 | Jungle | Ray Taylor and Jack Nelson | |||
The Vanishing Rider | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor | |||
Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation | The Mysterious Airman | 10 | Aviation | Harry Revier | ||
1929 | ||||||
Mascot Pictures | The Fatal Warning | 10 | Mystery | Richard Thorpe | ||
The King of the Kongo | 10 | Jungle | Richard Thorpe | First serial with sound | ||
Pathé | The Black Book | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | |||
The Fire Detective | 10 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | ||||
Queen of the Northwoods | 10 | Northern | Spencer Gordon Bennet | |||
Universal Studios | The Diamond Master | 10 | Jack Nelson | |||
A Final Reckoning | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor | |||
The Pirate of Panama | 12 | Maritime | Ray Taylor | |||
The Ace of Scotland Yard | 10 | Mystery | Ray Taylor | First Part-Sound Universal serial | ||
Tarzan the Tiger | 15 | Jungle | Henry MacRae | |||
Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation | Police Reporter | 10 | Jack Nelson |
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