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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0089218440891
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Alpha Video
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Alpha Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 25, 2004
Running Time: 128 minutes
Sales Rank: 84520
Studio: Alpha Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 05, 1943
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Nostalgic propaganda
Movies, radio and especially comic books during World War II were not polite to the Germans or Japanese. Members of the Axis powers were depicted as "Krauts," "Nips," and "Japs." Somehow, Italians were not included. American super heroes battled the Axis and won--every time. The "Japs" wore round spectacles with thick lens, had buck teeth and lemon-yellow faces. The "Krauts" oftn had monacles and clicked their bootheels a lot.
This serial is part of that peculiar ethos, although ... Read More
Rating:  - Killer Serial
If, like me and a devoted base of hardcore fans, you love the old movie serials of the 1930's and 40's, you'll gladly overlook the mediocre sound and image quality displayed here for a chance to see the famous comic strip hero fly once again. Companies like Alpha Video (who released this and other classiscs like Radar Men on the Moon and the marvelous Phantom Creeps with Bela Lugosi) and VCI (Terry and the Pirates, Captain Midnight) have done fans like us a great service by preserving these otherwise ... Read More
Rating:  - A Waste of Money
After collecting serials over the years, finally, I have found the absolute worst one I ever purchased. Granted, Universal Pictures was certainly not famous for their serials...the exceptions being: Tim Tyler's Luck and Radio Patrol, just to name two of probably six or seven standouts, but this is the rock bottom. In the hands of a William Witney, this could have been a fantastic work of art. With all of the possibilities in plot and scenery at their disposal, the directors have bogged us down with ... Read More
Rating:  - Jack Almost Prevents Pearl Harbor
This was from Zack Mosley's popular comic strip, one of many tuned into a serial, and long thought to be lost. Jack Martin is a daredevil pilot who gets involved in Far Eastern intrigue just before Pearl Harbor. As played by Tom Brown (1913-1990) Jack no longer has his pencil-thin moustache and seems younger, but Brown does a commendable job here.
This is a very good cast. Perhaps the most interesting casting is Sidney Toler and the great Keye Luke ("Secret Agent X-9," 1945), who played ... Read More
Rating: - "The King of Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)"
VCI Entertainment and Universal Pictures based on the Zack Mosely newspaper comic strip present..."The Adventures of Smilin' Jack" (1943) (Dolby digitally remastered), a 13 Chapter cliffhanger from an action packed Universal serial era featuring an outstanding cast with Lewis D. Collins and Ray Taylor at the helm....story line has the Chinese and American governments mount a joint operation just before World War II, to prevent the Germans and Japanese from taking over the strategic island of Mandon...will ... Read More
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