Irene Dunne and Richard Dix in Cimarron (1931)

Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash in A Gunfight (1971)

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)

My attempt at a comprehensive list of feature-length and short sound films produced in America between 1930 and July 1934 (plus others included on pre-code.com, and Wikipedia's and Letterboxd's Pre-Code film lists).

Billy Halop and Donald Woods in Sky Raiders (1941)

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

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