Blackhawk Bails Out Of Airplane Without A Parachute! ("BLACKHAWK" Serial, 1952)(video)

 

In Chapter 6 of the 1952 serial "Blackhawk"...

...the title hero (Kirk Alyn) finds himself in a deadly freefall.

The cliffhanger is resolved at the start of Chapter 7, when...


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Blackhawk Bails Out Of Airplane Without A Parachute! ("BLACKHAWK" Serial, 1952)(video)

Goofiest-Looking Robot Ever? "The Phantom Creeps" (Bela Lugosi, 1939) (video)

There have been some pretty sad-looking robots throughout film history.

But the scowling, big-headed monstrosity in the Bela Lugosi serial "The Phantom Creeps" really takes the cake.

Bela plans on using an army of them to help him take over the world...

...but he can barely control the one clumsy prototype that he has.

And the lumbering heap of junk can't even survive a single run-in with a few soldiers.

Nevertheless, Rob Zombie would borrow the design for his 2009 cartoon feature "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto."

And, of course, we love the big goofy-looking lug, too.

READ OUR REVIEW OF "THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO"


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Goofiest-Looking Robot Ever? "The Phantom Creeps" (Bela Lugosi, 1939) (video)

Lee J. Cobb's Film Debut In The 1934 Serial "The Vanishing Shadow" (video)

Lee J. Cobb would gain fame for roles in such films as "On The Waterfront", "12 Angry Men", and "The Exorcist."

But way back in 1934, Cobb made his first film appearance in a Universal serial, "The Vanishing Shadow."

Five years later, the same footage of Lee J. Cobb was reused in the Bela Lugosi serial, "The Phantom Creeps." 


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Lee J. Cobb's Film Debut In The 1934 Serial "The Vanishing Shadow" (video)