Nobody has mentioned this, so I will: Image Entertainment is issuing a 3-film set called Phantoms of Death in June. I know, it sounds like mad slasher pictures, but what you actually get are a trio of poverty row mysteries of the early 1930s. Oddly enough, all three feature stars from classic movie serials.
THE PHANTOM OF 42nd STREET (PRC, 1945) A theatre critic and a cop team up to investigate the murder of a Broadway player. Stars Dave OBrien (CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT), Jack Mulhall (BURN-EM-UP BARNES), Kay Aldridge (PERILS OF NYOKA), and Stanley Price (too many serials to list).
PHANTOM KILLER (Monogram, 1942) A deaf-mute is suspected in a series of killings. Stars including Dick Purcell (CAPTAIN AMERICA), Joan Woodbury (BRENDA STARR, REPORTER), George J. Lewis (ZORROS BLACK WHIP), plus sometime serial players but better known for other stuff John Hamilton and Mantan Moreland.
PHANTOM OF CHINATOWN (Monogram, 1940) Mr. Wong is back, only this time he isnt Boris Karloff, hes Keye Luke. Mr. Wong is on the trail of the killer of an archeologist. Keye was in ADVENTURES OF SMILIN JACK and one or two other things youre probably familiar with. Also stars Grant Withers (JUNGLE JIM).
THE PHANTOM OF 42nd STREET (PRC, 1945) A theatre critic and a cop team up to investigate the murder of a Broadway player. Stars Dave OBrien (CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT), Jack Mulhall (BURN-EM-UP BARNES), Kay Aldridge (PERILS OF NYOKA), and Stanley Price (too many serials to list).
PHANTOM KILLER (Monogram, 1942) A deaf-mute is suspected in a series of killings. Stars including Dick Purcell (CAPTAIN AMERICA), Joan Woodbury (BRENDA STARR, REPORTER), George J. Lewis (ZORROS BLACK WHIP), plus sometime serial players but better known for other stuff John Hamilton and Mantan Moreland.
PHANTOM OF CHINATOWN (Monogram, 1940) Mr. Wong is back, only this time he isnt Boris Karloff, hes Keye Luke. Mr. Wong is on the trail of the killer of an archeologist. Keye was in ADVENTURES OF SMILIN JACK and one or two other things youre probably familiar with. Also stars Grant Withers (JUNGLE JIM).
