Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936) DVD9 - Theatrical Serial - 14 Chapters [DDR]
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936) is a Republic Movie serial starring Ray Mala.
It was the fourth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic and the last (of four) to be released in 1936.
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island is notable for being the first Republic serial to contain another common aspect of serials - a Re-Cap Chapter, similar to a clipshow in modern television where the events of the previous chapters are repeated via clips (in order to save money).
This, contrary to popular belief was not the invention of the concept, which had been routinely used in serial production before the release of this serial.
The serial was edited into the film Robinson Crusoe of Mystery Island, which was released in 1966.
CAST:-
Ray Mala as Mala, operative of the United States Intelligence Department undercover as a Pacific Dirigible Airlines radio operator. Mala was a rare non-Caucasian hero in serials.
Rex the Wonder Horse
Buck the Dog
Mamo Clark as Princess Melani, Princess and ruler of the Komatoans
Herbert Rawlinson as Grant Jackson
William Newell as Hank McGlaurie, Agent Mala's partner
John Ward as Anthony Tupper, English Novelist accompanying Agent Mala
John Dilson as E. G. Ellsworth, joint owner of Pacific Dirigible Airlines with
Canfield
Selmer Jackson as Canfield, joint owner of Pacific Dirigible Airlines with E. G.
Ellsworth
Directed by Ray Taylor, Mack V. Wright
Produced by Nat Levine, Sol C. Siegel
Written by Morgan Cox, Maurice Geraghty, Barry Shipman
CHAPTERS:-
01. The Mysterious Island
02. Flaming Danger
03. Fathoms Below
04. Into the Enemy's Camp
05. Danger in the Air
06. The God of the Volcano
07. Trail's End
08. The Jaws of the Beast
09. The Cave of the Winds
10. Wings of Fury
11. Agents of Disaster - Re-Cap Chapter
12. The Sea Trap
13. Mutiny
14.Thunder Mountain
CLIFFHANGERS:- Many of the solutions to these cliffhangers are "cheats" - they change or obviously do not match the events shown in the preceding cliffhanger.
01. The burning mainmast of the Tuloa falls on Mala.
02. Mala is captured by natives and forced to fall into a volcano.
03. While diving, and with the ship above being shelled by a submarine, Mala begins
to suffocate.
04. Mala and Lamar are caught in the explosion of an overheated boiler.
05. The plane carrying Mala crashes into the Pacific Ocean.
06. Mala and Melani are caught in a landslide caused by an earthquake.
07. While escaping from aggressive natives, Mala and Melani slip off a cliff.
08. With his vine cut, Mala falls into Alligator infested water.
09. While scaling a cliff, Mala is shot at and falls.
10. Struggling with the pilot of a biplane causes it to crash into the Pacific
Ocean.
11. Mala's car is forced off the road and over an embankment.
12. Mala and Melani, escaping in a motorboat, are shot at by a cannon.
13. Mala is caught by gas aboard an Airship, which begins to crash.
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island was budgeted at $106,779 although the final negative cost was $111,848 (a $5,069, or 4.7%, overspend).
It was filmed between 31 August and 25 September 1936 under the working title Robinson Crusoe.
The serial's production number was 419. This serial has very little to do with Robinson Crusoe.
A 14-episode serial in which Mala, a Polynesian in the employ of U.S. Intelligence investigates sabotage on Clipper Island. A gang of spies causes the eruption of a volcano, for which our hero is blamed. He convinces the local Princess Melani of his innocence and helps her ward off a takeover by rival high priest Porotu.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:-
Video Codec: MPEG-2
Video Bitrate: 4999 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x480
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1
Frames Per Second: 29.970
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages:English
RunTime 230 mins
Subtitles: None
Ripped by: Trinidad [DDR]
Duration: 230 mins
