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Rhuvaughn Pynnonen	Dick Tracy	Lead	[-]
Jul 28 05 9:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've gotten the DICK TRACY serial from VCI, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It's not very faithful to the comic strip, though. Are the other Dick Tracy serials available on DVD?
KanSmiley	Re: Dick Tracy	#1	[-]
Jul 29 05 9:30 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There other Dick Tracy serials: Dick Tracy Returns; Dick Tracy's G-Men and Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. All are good examples of Republic's better serial work. You can't go wrong with any of them. I watched all four a couple of years ago in their order of release and IMO each sequel was better than the previous one. Although, I do really like Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. To me Charles Middleton is great as Pa Stark. As I said above IMO opinion you can't go wrong with whichever one you select. If you have watched the first one why don't you go in release order? Smiley
BijouBob8mm		#2	[-]
Jul 16 09 10:21 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Do the other Dick Tracy serials hold up well, compared to the original? I seem to recall reading some less-than-enthusiastic comments about the others, somewhere along the lines. (Have only seen the 1937 cliffhanger.) I know Jennifer Jones plays Gwen Andrews in one, early in her career, when she was still using the name Phyllis Isley. Last Edited By: BijouBob8mm Jul 16 09 10:26 AM. Edited 1 times.
Laughing Gravy		#3	[-]
Jul 16 09 12:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The last two contain a lot of stock footage (mainly chapter endings) from the first two, and - notwithstanding that I think the first one is fairly terrible - the last three are all amongst my fave serials. It really, really helps if you don't watch them consecutively because of the stock footage (how many times in his career did Dick Tracy chase down a train in a tank, anyway?) but if you watch them 2 years apart they're a hell of a lot of fun. VCI has all four of 'em on DVD these days. Probably the second one is my favorite. "Garbak is a tyrant who rules the planet harshly! If I can survive the perils of the Valley of 1000 Dooms and seize the Gosmik Tryglor from its legendary hiding place I will become the new leader... and free my people!" Visit us at www.inthebalcony.com.
BijouBob8mm		#4	[-]
Jul 16 09 1:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Didn't realize VCI had finally put out all four. Thanks, LG!
Laughing Gravy		#5	[-]
Jul 16 09 2:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	BijouBob8mm wrote: Didn't realize VCI had finally put out all four. Thanks, LG! sputters Wh- wh- th- but- but- but-!!!!" That kind of thing is UNACCEPTABLE. You mean you don't visit HERE all the time?!?!: http://inthebalcony.com/cliffhanger/ "Garbak is a tyrant who rules the planet harshly! If I can survive the perils of the Valley of 1000 Dooms and seize the Gosmik Tryglor from its legendary hiding place I will become the new leader... and free my people!" Visit us at www.inthebalcony.com.
Buzz Dixon		#6	[-]
Jul 16 09 4:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Laughing Gravy wrote: The last two contain a lot of stock footage (mainly chapter endings) from the first two, and - notwithstanding that I think the first one is fairly terrible - the last three are all amongst my fave serials. It really, really helps if you don't watch them consecutively because of the stock footage (how many times in his career did Dick Tracy chase down a train in a tank, anyway?) but if you watch them 2 years apart they're a hell of a lot of fun. VCI has all four of 'em on DVD these days. Probably the second one is my favorite. ...or the airplane/speedboat transfer. I'm another who thinks DICK TRACY RETURNS with Charles Middleton as Pa Stark is the best of the four. It is as close to a genuine gangster serial as any studio ever came, and probably the closest to the original comic strip of any version ever done. www.SnokieStories.com www.BuzzDixon.com http://twitter.com/snokiestories
Wich2		#7	[-]
Jul 16 09 4:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"probably the closest to the original comic strip of any version ever done" Even with their slightly cheap, pedestrian way, I'd still give the RKO features that "Goulden Award," Buzz.
Buzz Dixon		#8	[-]
Jul 16 09 5:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's a tight race, I'll grant you that (especially the two with Byrd), but if I had to pick one, it would eb DICK TRACY RETURNS. www.SnokieStories.com www.BuzzDixon.com http://twitter.com/snokiestories
Wich2		#9	[-]
Jul 16 09 5:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	But geez - making Plainclothes Tracy a G-Man? Why, that'd be as numbskull a choice as making, oh, say, Army Grunt Steve Rogers a District Attorney!
Black Tigrrr.movieserialmess...		#10	[-]
Jul 17 09 12:04 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Given that none of the serials were based too closely on the great comic strip character, and that the feature films were not nearly as exciting, my favorite celluloid Tracy's in order of best on down are: Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. Dick Tracy's G-Men Dick Tracy Returns Dick Tracy
BijouBob8mm		#11	[-]
Jul 17 09 8:31 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That kind of thing is UNACCEPTABLE. You mean you don't visit HERE all the time?!?!: http://inthebalcony.com/cliffhanger/ Sometimes I get sidetracked. Sometimes I get tied up. Sometimes Dr. Satan hides the key to the computer cabinet.
Wich2		#12	[-]
Jul 17 09 9:12 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've just never understood the idiotic choice of Gilding the Lilly. These characters HAD perfectly interesting, suitably Pulpy, backstorys. Why monkey with them? They did it with The Phantom, too. Just dumb.
BijouBob8mm		#13	[-]
Jul 17 09 10:04 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That first LONE RANGER serial changed the name of the Lone Ranger's alter ego, if I recall correctly. (Then there was the Halle Barry CATWOMAN fiasco, which tried to tell us that Catwoman had been around for ages as different women took on the identity. Guess that Selina Kyle chick was just another drop in the ocean....) Overall, I do like THE PHANTOM serial.
Dennman		#14	[-]
Jul 17 09 3:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've only seen the Tracy films, which I think are a lot of fun. I should check out the serials.
Tom Powers		#15	[-]
Jul 17 09 5:26 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	THE PHANTOM has the excuse that not all of the character's background had been set when the serial was made. Although the "Mr. Walker" trenchcoated persona had been seen, and is used in the chapterplay. "Kit Walker" as a secret identity had not yet been established in the comics. In 1944, the first references to the Phantom as 'Kip' Walker was used for the first time, and in the early 50's this was changed to Kit. In fact, this is not the Phantom's actual name, but more a "nom du voyage". The Phantom's true name was originally revealed as Christopher Standish, Kit being a nickname for Christopher. So the Phantom going under the name Geoffery Prescott didn't actually violate any lore of the comic strips at the time the serial was filmed. The Phantom's home was not originally located in Africa, but on the island of Luntok, off the coast of Sumatra. Sumatra was refered to often enough that serial writers might have thought that was the Phantom's base, and changed it to the imaginary 'Sai Pana'. For a number of years the location changed to Bengali, a fictional country directly adjacent to India. Eventually, it became Bangalla, and was now located in Africa.
davlghry		#16	[-]
Jul 17 09 6:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In THE PHANTOM serial, I always get a kick out of the old Phantom in his baggy Phantom suit. Always wondered who the actor was.
Tom Powers		#17	[-]
Jul 17 09 7:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Something of a mystery still, as far as I recall.
Tom Powers		#18	[-]
Jul 17 09 7:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	BTW, I prefer the RKO DICK TRACY films, so far as relating well to the comic strip.
tristanolson		#19	[-]
Sep 6 09 5:47 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The comic strip is quite sutable for the film Very experinced director Country Country
The Batman of Gotham		#20	[-]
Sep 6 09 10:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	davlghry wrote: In THE PHANTOM serial, I always get a kick out of the old Phantom in his baggy Phantom suit. Always wondered who the actor was. Here's Tom Tyler as The Phantom. What 'baggy' suit? - GJS

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