All these years later and the classic movie serials are still being enjoyed! The best ones are from the mid 1930s till the late 1940s. Back in those days, you really got your money's worth whilst at the cinema. After the main feature, there would be a short film, a newsreel, a cartoon and a serial episode.

Buster Crabbe and Jean Rogers in Flash Gordon (1936)

Marjorie Clements and Robert Lowery in Mystery of the River Boat (1944)

This is a list of films produced or distributed by Universal Pictures in 1930–1939, founded in 1912 as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It is the main motion picture production and distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast.

Year titles: 1930 (39) 1931 (28) 1932 (34) 1933 (36+) 1934 (46) 1935 (43) 1936 (36) 1937 (49) 1938 (51) 1939 (51)

<AND MORE INFORMATION> Universal Pictures (1920s): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls595631251/ Warner Bros. (1940s): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls540813009/ PopJump Television: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls562480523/ Columbia Pictures (1922-1939): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls595420841/

Joseph Schildkraut in The Night Ride (1930)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Universal_Pictures_films_(1930%E2%80%931939)

List of Universal Pictures films (1930–1939)

Janet Leigh and Paul Douglas in Angels in the Outfield (1951)

includes a few TV serials in the style of classic cliffhanger theatricals as well as some retro-serials

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