Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)

George Taylor forma parte de una tripulación de astronautas a bordo de una nave espacial -en una misión de larga duración- que se estrella en un planeta desconocido y aparentemente carente de vida inteligente. Sin embargo, pronto se da cuenta de que el lugar está gobernado por una raza de simios inteligentes que esclavizan a los seres humanos, que carecen de la facultad del habla. Cuando su líder, el doctor Zaius, descubre con horror la facultad de hablar de Taylor, decide que lo mejor es exterminarlo.

Año 2029. En una misión rutinaria, el astronauta Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) pierde el control de su nave y aterriza en un extraño planeta, habitado por una raza de simios de inteligencia similar a la de los humanos y que tratan a éstos como a animales. Con la ayuda de una chimpancé llamada Ari (Helena Bonham-Carter) y de una pequeña banda de humanos rebeldes, Leo encabeza el enfrentamineto contra el terrible ejército dirigido por el general Thade (Tim Roth) y su hombre de confianza, el guerrero Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan). La clave es llegar a un templo sagrado que se encuentra en la zona prohibida del planeta, en el que podrán descubrir los sorprendentes secretos del pasado de la humanidad y la clave para su futuro.

When the unscrupulous Carlos Manning discovers that an old Spanish land grant recently unearthed will leave a huge section of California real estate to the heirs of Don Quantero, he employs Mel Donovan and his killer henchmen to murder them all. That will leave Manning as the sole heir to millions. However, Delores Quantero tumbles to this plot and enlists the aide of two-fisted reporter, Cliff Roberts to save all her relatives

Davis Okoye es un especialista en primates de reconocido prestigio que mantiene un vínculo muy importante con un singular gorila albino llamado George, un animal que posee una inteligencia extraordinaria y al que lleva cuidando desde su nacimiento. Cuando este gorila es víctima de una peligrosa modificación genética, su ADN mutará rápidamente y de manera incontrolada. Será entonces cuando George crezca de forma exponencial y se convierta en un monstruo violento. Su tamaño, rapidez, agilidad y violencia estará fuera de control. Pero este gorila no es el único animal que ha mutado, Okoye pronto descubrirá que hay otros animales que tienen el mismo problema, y que destruyen todo lo que encuentran a su paso. Para frenar esta amenaza y recuperar a su entrañable compañero, Okoye deberá enfrentarse a los responsables de esta mutación que está sembrando el pánico en el mundo, pues el primatólogo es el único capaz de frenar a estos monstruos y su amenaza.

The self-styled son of Indian chief Geronimo gets himself involved with a gang of nasty whites in this typical low-budget 15 chapter serial, which benefitted from a great deal of footage from the the stock piles at Columbia Pictures. Jim Scott (Clayton Moore) and wagon train boss Tulsa (Bus Osborne) are on to the nefarious schemes of Rance Rankin (Marshall Reed) and Ace Devlin (John Crawford), getting words of warning through to Portico (Rodd Redwing), the Son of Genronimo. With Portico's help, the white renegades are finally destroyed in the serial's concluding chapter, "Peace Treaty." Moore, the future star of the television series The Lone Ranger, was here billed "Clay Moore." Usually cast as a villain, mustachioed Bud Osborne turned in a rare "good guy" performance in this serial.

Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack sets off in search of lost treasure and finds adventure

Constable Ward is assigned to track down a mysterious villain known only as The Leader. Trying to locate a secret gold mine, The Leader pits the Indians against the Mounties, whom he blames for creating trouble.

A serial in 12 chapters. Tarzan goes to Guatemala to find his lost friend, D'Arnot. On the way he helps Major Matling search Mayan ruins for hidden jewels and an idol containing the formula for a powerful explosive. D'Arnot and the idol are rescued, but the idol falls into the clutches of the explorer Raglan.

In the 56th (and next-to-last serial) made by Columbia Pictures, Montana Deputy Dan Lawson, posing as an outlaw called Laramie, goes to the Canadian northwest on the trail of Bart Randall who is wanted for murder and bank robbery in the states. In Canada, Randall is a little more upscale and uses a hydra-plane and a fake totem to over-awe the Indians. Laramie is aided in his search by RCMP Sergeant Gray and by Donna Blane, who is suspected at first of giving information to Randall, but who is actually a Canadian secret agent investigating Randall's gun-trading with the Indians.

Stock-footage from Republic Pictures' earlier Zorro serials was served up once again in this 12 chapter cliffhanger, this time without the financially strapped studio having to credit Zorro creator Johnston McCulley or pay any royalties. Zorro simply became "Don Daredevil" (Ken Curtis), a foppish Easterner by day turned masked avenger by night. Like his not too distant relative, Don wore his disguise in order to battle nasty Roy Barcroft who, under a forged Spanish land grant, attempts to take over the surrounding ranch land.

Famed aviator Bruce Gentry is working with scientist Andrew Benson, setting out to uncover the origin of a deadly secret weapon---an electronically controlled flying disc which can be directed at moving or stationary targets. The disc was master-minded by an enemy agent known only as "The Recorder" because...he speaks entirely via recordings. Aided by rancher Frank Farrell and his sister Juanita "Nita" Hodges, Gentry consistently foils "The Recorders" schemes, which are carried out by "The Recorder's" henchmen, Krendon, Allen and Chandler, including an attack on the Panama Canal.

Alice Grayson's uncle develops a wireless torpedo that can be controlled by radio. After he announces his invention to several of his colleagues, two of them murder the scientist, steal the blueprints and prototype, and make plans to sell both to the highest bidder. When Alice discovers the identity of the thieves, the intrepid heroine, with the help of Bob Moore, her two-fisted boyfriend, desperately tries to recover the plans and torpedo before enemy countries can unleash the torpedoes against American ships. (IMDb)

Story concerns a paper mill, a mortgage and the struggle to obtain the lost formula for making paper from seaweed. Star is given opportunity to introduce many daredevil features.

Dos amigos se embarcan en un viaje por carretera a través del país haciendo bromas con cámara oculta a la gente.

Town banker John Martin calls on Billy and Fuzzy for help in capturing the men that robbed his bank.

A small town gorilla joins a local TV program and a series of on-air mishaps threaten to shatter his identity, sending him on an adventure of self-discovery where reality and fantasy start to blend.

Daniel Robin has become mixed up with a band of criminals known as "the 13," and is shot when he refuses to do their bidding. His daughter Ruth, brought home from boarding school, reaches his bedside before he expires. He tells her that she will be given thirteen keys. Instructions will be provided with each key and, if she follows the instructions, she will eventually fully learn of her birthright. Many adventures then follow as Ruth attempts to solve the puzzle of each key and establish her true birthright.

The forerunner of all serials, What Happened to Mary was a series of twelve monthly one reel episodes, each a complete entity in itself, revolving its immediate dramatic and melodramatic problems within the framework of a single episode and designed more for story and suspense situations than action.

Originally written for Pearl White, this silent serial is a great action-packed adventure starring Molly King and Leon Bary. This serial had fifteen chapters, each one two reels in length. The chapters were: 1. The Lady in Number '7' 2. The Masked Stranger 3. An Hour to Live 4. Kidnapped 5. The Life Current 6. The Dead Come Back 7. Into Thin Air 8. The Stranger Disposes 9. When Jail Birds Fly 10. The Hole-in-the-Wall 11. Love's Sacrifice 12. Riddle of the Double Cross 13. The Face of the Stranger 14. The Hidden Brand 15. Mystery of the Double Cross.

Lure of the Circus is a 1918 American adventure film serial directed by J. P. McGowan.