List of film serials by studio
A List of film serials by studio, separated into five major studios and the remaining minor studios.
The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are considered to be Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures and Republic Pictures. All three were active during the 1930s and 1940s. The other two major studios are Mascot Pictures, which was later taken over and merged with other companies to form Republic, and Pathé Exchange, which ceased serial production before the age of sound.
Major studios
These studios were the main producers of serials.
Columbia Pictures
Mascot Pictures
Note: Mascot later became part of Republic (see below)
Pathé Exchange
Note: All of Pathé Exchange's serials were Silent
Republic Pictures
Universal Pictures
With 137 serials, Universal produced more than any other company.
Minor studios
These studios produced only small numbers of serials. They were either small, independent studios themselves or major studios not interested in the serial market.
Serial Title | Year | Chapters | Genre | Director | Cast | Notes |
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Adventure Pictures | ||||||
Perils of the Wild | 1925 | 15 | Maritime | Francis Ford | ||
Allgood Pictures Corporation | ||||||
The Whirlwind | 1920 | 15 | Joseph A. Golden | |||
American Film Company | ||||||
The Diamond from the Sky | 1915 | 30 | Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor | |||
The Sequel to the Diamond From the Sky | 1916 | 4 | Edward Sloman | |||
The Secret of the Submarine | 1916 | 15 | George L. Sargent | |||
The Scarlet Runner | 1916 | 12 | William P.S. Earle and Wally Van | |||
Arrow Film Corporation | ||||||
The Fatal Sign | 1920 | 14 | Stuart Paton | |||
The Blue Fox | 1921 | 15 | Duke Worne | |||
Nan of the North | 1921 | 15 | Northern | Duke Worne | ||
The Fighting Skipper | 1923 | 15 | Maritime | Francis Ford | ||
The Santa Fe Trail | 1923 | 15 | Western | Ashton Dearholt and Robert Dillon | ||
Riders of the Plains | 1924 | 15 | Western | Jacques Jaccard | ||
Astra Film Corporation with Pathé Exchange | ||||||
Pearl of the Army | 1916 | 15 | Damsel in distress | Edward José | Pearl White | Also listed under Pathé Exchange |
The Shielding Shadow | 1916 | 15 | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
The Fatal Ring | 1917 | 20 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
The Hidden Hand | 1917 | 15 | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |||
The Mystery of the Double Cross | 1917 | 15 | Louis J. Gasnier and William Parke | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
The Seven Pearls | 1917 | 15 | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
Hands Up! | 1918 | 15 | Jungle | Louis J. Gasnier and James W. Horne | Ruth Roland | Also listed under Pathé Exchange |
The House of Hate | 1918 | 20 | Mystery | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | Also listed under Pathé Exchange |
The Adventures of Ruth | 1919 | 15 | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
Bound and Gagged | 1919 | 10 | George B. Seitz | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
The Lightning Raider | 1919 | 15 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
Terror of the Range | 1919 | 7 | Western | Stuart Paton | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
The Tiger's Trail | 1919 | Robert Ellis, Louis J. Gasnier and Paul Hurst | Ruth Roland | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
Daredevil Jack | 1920 | 15 | W.S. Van Dyke | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
The Phantom Foe | 1920 | 15 | Bertram Millhauser | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
Pirate Gold | 1920 | 10 | Maritime | George B. Seitz | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
The Third Eye | 1920 | 15 | James W. Horne | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | ||
Trailed By Three | 1920 | 15 | Western | Perry N. Vekroff | Also listed under Pathé Exchange | |
Balboa Amusement Producing Company | ||||||
Neal of the Navy | 1915 | 14 | Maritime | William Bertram and W.M. Harvey | ||
The Red Circle | 1915 | 14 | Sherwood MacDonald | Ruth Roland | ||
The Neglected Wife | 1917 | 15 | William Bertram | Ruth Roland | ||
Ben Wilson Productions | ||||||
The Voice from the Sky | 1930 | 10 | Science fiction | Ben F. Wilson | Sound Serial | |
Berwilla Film Corporation | ||||||
Thunderbolt Jack | 1920 | 10 | Western | Francis Ford and Murdock MacQuarrie | ||
Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises | ||||||
The New Adventures of Tarzan | 1935 | 12 | Jungle Fantasy |
Edward A. Kull | Sound Serial | |
Burston Films Inc. | ||||||
The Silent Mystery | 1918 | 15 | Francis Ford | |||
The Mystery of 13 | 1919 | 15 | Francis Ford | |||
The Hawk's Trail | 1920 | 15 | W.S. Van Dyke | |||
The Great Reward | 1921 | 15 | Francis Ford | |||
Canyon Pictures Corporation | ||||||
Vanishing Trails | 1920 | 15 | Western | Leon De La Mothe | ||
Decla Bioscop AG | ||||||
Die Spinnen | 1919 | 2 | Fantasy Adventure |
Fritz Lang | ||
Deutsche Bioscop | ||||||
Homunculus | 1916 | 6 | Science fiction | Otto Rippert | ||
Deutsche Vitaskop GmbH | ||||||
Arsene Lupin Contra Sherlock Holmes | 1910 | 5 | Mystery | Paul Otto (Lupin) and Viggo Larsen (Holmes) | ||
Edison Studios | ||||||
What Happened to Mary? | 1912 | 12 | Charles Brabin | Mary Fuller | ||
Dolly of the Dailies | 1914 | 12 | Walter Edwin | Mary Fuller | ||
The Man Who Disappeared | 1914 | 10 | Charles Brabin | |||
Who Will Marry Mary? | 1913 | 6 | Mary Fuller | |||
Erbograph/Consolidated Film Corporation | ||||||
The Crimson Stain Mystery | 1916 | 16 | Horror | T. Hayes Hunter | ||
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company | ||||||
The Strange Case of Mary Page | 1916 | 15 | J. Charles Haydon | |||
Films Diamant | ||||||
Les Trois Mousquetaires | 1921 | Henri Diamant-Berger | ||||
Fox Film Corporation | ||||||
Fantômas | 1920 | 20 | Mystery Crime |
Edward Sedgwick | ||
Bride 13 | 1920 | 15 | Richard Stanton | |||
Frohman Amusement Corporation | ||||||
The Invisible Ray | 1920 | 15 | Science fiction | Harry A. Pollard | ||
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | ||||||
Fantômas | 1913 | Mystery Crime |
Louis Feuillade | |||
Les Vampires | 1915 | 10 | Mystery | Louis Feuillade | ||
L'X Noir | 1915 | |||||
Judex | 1916 | 12 | Crime | Louis Feuillade | ||
Tih Minh | 1918 | Louis Feuillade | ||||
Barrabas | 1919 | Louis Feuillade | ||||
Parisette | 1921 | Louis Feuillade | ||||
George B. Seitz Productions | ||||||
The Black Secret | 1919 | 15 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
Velvet Fingers | 1920 | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
Hurricane Hutch | 1921 | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
The Sky Ranger | 1921 | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
Go Get 'Em Hutch | 1922 | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
Speed | 1923 | 15 | George B. Seitz | |||
Plunder | 1923 | 15 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
Goodart | ||||||
Pirates of the Pines | 1928 | 10 | Maritime | J.C. Cook | ||
Goodwill Pictures | ||||||
Officer 444 | 1926 | 10 | Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson | |||
The Radio Detective | 1926 | 10 | William James Craft and William A. Crinley | |||
Great Britain Instructional | ||||||
The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt | 1950 | Frank Cadman | ||||
Great Western Film Producing Corporation | ||||||
Elmo the Mighty | 1919 | 18 | Western | Henry MacRae | ||
Elmo the Fearless | 1920 | 18 | Western | J.P. McGowan | ||
Grossman Pictures | ||||||
The $1,000,000 Reward | 1920 | 15 | Harry Grossman and George Lessey | |||
Hal Roach Studios Inc. | ||||||
The Timber Queen | 1922 | 15 | Fred Jackman | Ruth Roland | With, and also listed under, Ruth Roland Serials | |
White Eagle | 1922 | 15 | Fred Jackman and W.S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | With, and also listed under, Ruth Roland Serials | |
Her Dangerous Path | 1923 | 10 | Roy Clements | |||
Hallmark Pictures Corporation | ||||||
The Trail of the Octopus | 1919 | 15 | Mystery, Yellow peril | Duke Worne | ||
The Evil Eye | 1920 | 15 | J. Gordon Cooper and Wally Van | |||
The Screaming Shadow | 1920 | 15 | Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne | |||
Hercules Film Productions | ||||||
King of the Jungle | 1927 | 10 | Jungle | Webster Cullison | ||
Holmes Producing Corporation | ||||||
The Tiger Band | 1920 | 15 | Gilbert P. Hamilton | |||
Lightning Hutch | 1926 | 10 | Charles Hutchison | |||
The Mystery Pilot | 1926 | 10 | ||||
International Film Service Inc. | ||||||
Patria | 1917 | 15 | Jacques Jaccard, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | |||
J. Charles Davis Productions | ||||||
The Mystery Box | 1925 | 10 | Alan James | |||
The Power God | 1925 | 15 | Science fiction | Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson | ||
Jaxon Film Corporation | ||||||
A Daughter of Uncle Sam | 1918 | 12 | James C. Morton | |||
Kalem Company | ||||||
The Hazards of Helen | 1914 | 119 | Damsel in distress | J.P. McGowan and James D. Davis | Helen Holmes and Helen Gibson | |
The Ventures of Marguerite | 1915 | 16 | Damsel in distress | Robert Ellis, John Mackin and Hamilton Smith | ||
Kleine Productions Inc. | ||||||
Gloria's Romance | 1916 | 20 | Damsel in distress | Colin Campbell and Walter Edwin | ||
Kosmik | ||||||
The Hope Diamond Mystery | 1921 | 15 | Stuart Paton | |||
Lubin Studios | ||||||
The Beloved Adventurer | 1914 | 15 | Arthur V. Johnson | |||
The Road o'Strife | 1915 | 15 | Howell Hansel and John Ince | |||
Metro Pictures Corporation | ||||||
The Great Secret | 1916 | 18 | Christy Cabanne | |||
Metropolitan Pictures | ||||||
The Sign of the Wolf | 1931 | 10 | Western | Forrest Sheldon and Harry S. Webb | Sound Serial | |
Monmouth Film Corporation | ||||||
Jimmie Dale Alias the Grey Seal | 1917 | 16 | Mystery | Harry McRae Webster | ||
National Film Corporation of America | ||||||
Lightning Bryce | 1919 | 15 | Western, Horror | Paul Hurst | ||
The Son of Tarzan | 1920 | 15 | Jungle Fantasy |
Arthur J. Flaven and Harry Revier | ||
New-Cal Film Corporation | ||||||
The Scarlet Brand | 1927 | 10 | Neal Hart | |||
Niagara Film Studios | ||||||
Perils of Our Girl Reporters | 1916 | 15 | Damsel in distress | George Terwilliger | ||
Oliver Films Inc. | ||||||
The Carter Case | 1919 | 15 | William F. Haddock and Donald MacKenzie | |||
Paramount Pictures | ||||||
Who is Number One? | 1917 | 15 | Mystery | William Bertram | ||
Photoplay Serial Company | ||||||
Mysterious Pearl | 1921 | 15 | Ben F. Wilson | |||
Power Picture Plays | ||||||
The Mysterious Lady Baffles and Detective Duck | 1915 | Comedy | Allen Curtis | |||
Principal Pictures | ||||||
Tarzan the Fearless | 1933 | 12 | Jungle Fantasy |
Robert F. Hill | Buster Crabbe | Sound Serial |
The Return of Chandu | 1933 | 12 | Fantasy | Ray Taylor | Bela Lugosi | Sound Serial |
Rayart Pictures Corporation | ||||||
Battling Brewster | 1924 | 15 | Dell Henderson | |||
The Flame Fighter | 1925 | 10 | Robert Dillon | |||
Secret Service Sanders | 1925 | 15 | Duke Worne | |||
The Phantom Police | 1926 | 10 | Robert Dillon | |||
Scotty of the Scouts | 1926 | 10 | Duke Worne | |||
Trooper 77 | 1926 | 10 | Duke Worne | |||
Fighting For Fame | 1927 | 10 | Duke Worne | |||
Reliance Film Company | ||||||
Our Mutual Girl | 1914 | 52 | John W. Noble | Norma Phillips | ||
Runaway June | 1915 | 15 | Oscar Eagle | |||
RKO Pictures | ||||||
The Last Frontier | 1932 | 12 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Sound Serial | |
Robert J. Horner | ||||||
The Mystery Rider | 1928 | 10 | Western | Robert J. Horner | ||
The Scarlet Arrow | 1928 | 10 | ||||
Rolfe Photoplays | ||||||
The Master Mystery | 1918 | 15 | Mystery, Science fiction | Harry Grossman and Burton L. King | Harry Houdini | Rolfe Photoplays' last production |
Romance Productions Incorporated | ||||||
Young Eagles | 1934 | 12 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Sound Serial | ||
Ruth Roland Serials | ||||||
Ruth of the Rockies | 1920 | 15 | Western | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | With, and also listed under, Pathé Exchange |
The Timber Queen | 1922 | 15 | Fred Jackman | Ruth Roland | With, and also listed under, Hal Roach Studios | |
White Eagle | 1922 | 15 | Fred Jackman and W.S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | With, and also listed under, Hal Roach Studios | |
Haunted Valley | 1923 | 15 | Mystery | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | |
Ruth of the Range | 1923 | 15 | Ernest C. Ward, Frank Leon Smith and W.S. Van Dyke | Ruth Roland | ||
Screen Attractions | ||||||
Queen of the Jungle | 1935 | 12 | Jungle | Robert F. Hill | Sound Serial | |
Select Pictures Corporation | ||||||
The Branded Four | 1920 | 15 | Duke Worne | |||
Selig Polyscope Company | ||||||
The Adventures of Kathlyn | 1913 | 13 | Francis J. Grandon | Kathlyn Williams | ||
Serial Film Corporation | ||||||
The Yellow Menace | 1916 | 16 | William Steiner | |||
Serico Producing Co. Inc. | ||||||
A Woman in Grey | 1919 | 15 | Mystery | James Vincent | ||
Shamrock Photoplay Corporation | ||||||
The Masked Rider | 1919 | 15 | Western | Aubrey M. Kennedy | ||
Sierra Pictures | ||||||
Vanishing Millions | 1926 | 15 | Alan James | |||
Signal Film Corporation | ||||||
Lass of the Lumberlands | 1916 | 15 | Western | J.P. McGowan | ||
The Girl and the Game | 1915 | 15 | Damsel in distress | J.P. McGowan | ||
The Lost Express | 1917 | 15 | J.P. McGowan | |||
The Railroad Raiders | 1917 | 15 | J.P. McGowan | |||
SLK Serial Corporation | ||||||
The Fatal Fortune | 1919 | 15 | Jungle | Donald MacKenzie and Frank Wunderlee | ||
Société des Cinéromans | ||||||
Surcouf | 1925 | 8 | Maritime | Luitz-Morat | Jean Angelo | |
Belphégor | 1927 | Henri Desfontaines | ||||
Star Serial Corporation | ||||||
Captain Kidd | 1922 | 15 | Maritime | Burton L. King and J.P. McGowan | ||
Super Serial Productions Inc. | ||||||
The Lost City | 1935 | 12 | Fantasy Jungle |
Harry Revier | Sound Serial | |
Supreme Pictures Corporation | ||||||
The Mystery Mind | 1920 | 15 | Will S. Davis and Fred Sittenham | |||
Syndicate Pictures | ||||||
The Chinatown Mystery | 1928 | 10 | J.P. McGowan | |||
The Mystery Trooper | 1931 | 10 | Western | Stuart Paton and Harry S. Webb | Sound Serial | |
Talking Picture Epics Inc. | ||||||
Across the World with Mr & Mrs Martin Johnson | 1930 | Documentary | James Leo Meehan | Sound Serial | ||
Hunting Tigers in India | 1930 | Documentary | James Leo Meehan | Sound Serial | ||
Thanhouser Company | ||||||
The Million Dollar Mystery | 1914 | 23 | Howell Hansel | |||
Zudora | 1914 | 20 | Howell Hansel | |||
The American Lifeograph Company | ||||||
A Nugget in the Rough | 1917 | Drama | Ruth Wieland and Harold Grady | Louis H. Moomaw | 6 reels, for Starlight Film Company. First full-length motion picture made in Portland, OR. | |
Perils of Thunder Mountain | 1919 | 15 | Robert N. Bradbury and W.J. Burman | |||
Wharton, Inc. | ||||||
The Perils of Pauline | 1914 | 20 | Damsel in distress | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | Pearl White | With, and also listed under, Pathé Exchange |
The Exploits of Elaine | 1914 | 14 | Damsel in distress | George B. Seitz | With, and also listed under, Pathé Exchange | |
The New Exploits of Elaine | 1915 | 10 | Damsel in distress | Louis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Pearl White | With, and also listed under, Pathé Exchange |
The Romance of Elaine | 1915 | 12 | Damsel in distress | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | With, and also listed under, Pathé Exchange |
The Mysteries of Myra | 1916 | 15 | Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | |||
The Grip of Evil | 1916 | 14 | W.A.S. Douglas and Harry Harvey | |||
The Iron Claw | 1916 | 20 | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
Beatrice Fairfax | 1916 | 15 | Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | |||
The Eagle's Eye | 1918 | 20 | George Lessey, Wellington A. Playter, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | |||
Torquay & Paignton Photoplay Productions | ||||||
The Great London Mystery | 1920 | Mystery | Charles Raymond | |||
UFA | ||||||
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions | 1921 | 6 | Georg Jacoby | Harry Liedtke | ||
Victory Pictures | ||||||
Shadow of Chinatown | 1936 | 15 | Mystery, Yellow peril | Robert F. Hill | Bela Lugosi | Sound Serial |
Blake of Scotland Yard | 1937 | 15 | Crime | Robert F. Hill | Ralph Byrd | Sound Serial |
Vitagraph Studios | ||||||
Fates and Flora Fourflush | 1915 | 3 | Wally Van | |||
The Goddess | 1915 | 15 | Ralph Ince | |||
The Purple Mask | 1916 | 16 | Francis Ford and Grace Cunard | |||
The Fighting Trail | 1917 | 15 | Western | William Duncan | ||
The Secret Kingdom | 1917 | 15 | Fantasy | Charles Brabin | ||
Vengeance and the Woman | 1917 | 15 | William Duncan and Laurence Trimble | |||
A Fight for Millions | 1918 | 15 | William Duncan | |||
The Iron Test | 1918 | 15 | Robert N. Bradbury and Paul Hurst | |||
A Woman in the Web | 1918 | 15 | Paul Hurst and David Smith | |||
Man of Might | 1919 | 15 | William Duncan and Clifford Smith | |||
Smashing Barriers | 1919 | 15 | William Duncan | |||
Hidden Dangers | 1920 | 15 | William Bertram | |||
The Invisible Hand | 1920 | 15 | Western | William Bowman | ||
The Silent Avenger | 1920 | 15 | William Duncan | |||
The Veiled Mystery | 1920 | 15 | Western | William Bowman, Webster Cullison, Francis J. Grandon and Antonio Moreno | ||
Breaking Through | 1921 | 15 | Robert Ensminger | |||
Fighting Fate | 1921 | 15 | William Duncan | |||
The Purple Riders | 1921 | 15 | Western | William Bertram | ||
Warner Bros. | ||||||
The Lost City | 1920 | 15 | Jungle | E.A. Martin | ||
Miracles of the Jungle | 1921 | 15 | Jungle | James Conway and E.A. Martin | ||
A Dangerous Adventure | 1922 | 15 | Jungle | Jack L. Warner and Sam Warner | ||
Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation | ||||||
The Adventures of Tarzan | 1921 | 15 | Jungle Fantasy |
Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney | ||
Perils of the Jungle | 1927 | 10 | Jungle | Ray Taylor and Jack Nelson | ||
The Mysterious Airman | 1928 | 10 | Aviation | Harry Revier | ||
Police Reporter | 1929 | 10 | Jack Nelson | |||
Weiss Productions | ||||||
Custer's Last Stand | 1936 | 15 | Western | Elmer Clifton | Sound Serial | |
The Clutching Hand | 1936 | 15 | Albert Herman | Sound Serial | ||
The Black Coin | 1936 | 15 | Albert Herman | Sound Serial | ||
Western Photoplays Inc. | ||||||
The Wolves of Kultur | 1918 | 15 | Joseph A. Golden | |||
The Great Gamble | 1919 | 15 | Joseph A. Golden | |||
Wild West Productions | ||||||
Days of '49 | 1925 | 15 | Western | |||
William I. Pizor Productions | ||||||
The Mansion of Mystery | 1927 | 10 | Mystery | Robert J. Horner | ||
William N. Selig Productions | ||||||
The Jungle Goddess | 1922 | 15 | Jungle | James Conway | ||
Wisteria Productions | ||||||
The Lurking Peril | 1919 | 15 | George Morgan | |||
See also
- Movie serial
- List of film serials
References
- Buehner, R. J. (2016). I Warn You Ming...Stay Away From My Friends: The Language of Superhero Mythology in Flash Gordon (1936) Cleveland State University: Cleveland, Ohio.https://etd.ohiolink.edu/pg_10?0::NO:10:P10_ETD_SUBID:115204