12 Chapter Science Fiction Serial Cliffhanger
Undersea Kingdom (1936) is a Republic Pictures film serial in 12 chapters released in response to Universal's Flash Gordon.
Following a suspicious earthquake, and detecting a series of signals, Professor Norton leads an expedition, including Lt Crash Corrigan and Reporter Diana Compton, in his Rocket Submarine to the suspected location of Atlantis. Finding the lost continent they become embroiled in an Atlantean civil war between Sharad (with his White Robes) and the usurper Unga Khan (with his Black Robes) who wishes to conquer Atlantis and then destroy the upper world with earthquakes generated by his Disintegrator. Thus he will rule the world unless he can be stopped in time.
The star of the serial is Ray "Crash" Corrigan, using that screen name for the first time. The name was created to sound similar to "Flash Gordon", in one of many similarities. Formerly a stunt man — he was the person swinging on vines in Tarzan the Ape Man — Corrigan went on to use this screenname for the rest of his career in serials and B-Westerns.
Cast:
Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash Corrigan
Lois Wilde as Diana Compton
Monte Blue as Unga Khan
William Farnum as Sharad
Lon Chaney, Jr. as Captain Hakur, a supporting role
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Date of release: May 30, 1936, believed to have entered the public domain: January 1, 1965
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 01: Beneath the Ocean Floor
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 02: The Undersea City
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 03: Arena of Death - *
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 04: Revenge of the Volkites
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 05: Prisoners of Atlantis
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 06: The Juggernaut Strikes
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 07: The Submarine Trap
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 08: Into the Metal Tower
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 09: Death in the Air
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 10: Atlantis Destroyed
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 11: Flaming Death
Undersea Kingdom Chapter 12: Ascent to the Upperworld
*we post our chapters on Dailymotion, and this video was "blacklisted" we're not sure what that means, we assume from the chapter title that they think it is too violent. We think its a bit of a glitch in their screening process.
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