The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (serial)

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (serial)

Infobox Film
name = The Adventures of Frank Merriwell


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director = Clifford Smith (as Cliff Smith)
Lew Landers (uncredited)
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distributor = Universal Pictures
released = 1936
runtime = 12 chapters (219 min)
country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:144001
imdb_id = 0027259

"The Adventures of Frank Merriwell" (1936) is a Universal movie serial based on the Frank Merriwell books by Gilbert Patten.

Production

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell is set in 1936 instead of the 1890s of the source material. [cite book
last = Harmon
first = Jim
coauthors= Donald F. Glut
authorlink = Jim Harmon
title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
origyear = 1973
publisher = Routledge
isbn = 9780713000979
pages = pp. 81
chapter = 4. The Boys "Sir, I'd Advise You To Duck That Spear!"
]

Universal combined several stories by Burt Standish to make this film. [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 11
chapter = 2. In Search of Ammunition
]

Chapter titles

# College Hero
# The Death Plunge
# Death at the Crossroads
# Wreck of the Viking
# Capsized in the Cataract
# Descending Doom
# Monster of the Deep
# The Tragic Victory
# Between Savage Foes
# Imprisoned in a Dungeon
# The Crash in the Chasm
# The Winning PlaySource: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 214
chapter = Filmography
]

ee also

* List of film serials by year
* List of film serials by studio

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0027259|title=The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

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title=Universal Serial
before=Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery (1935)
years=The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
after=Flash Gordon (1936)


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