The Adventures of Captain Marvel (Original title)Captain Marvel (Alternative title)Return of Captain Marvel (Alternative title)
Date: 1941 (Release)Country: USADirector: William Witney, John English
Synopsis: Superhuman, bullet-proof Captain Marvel overcomes innumerable dangers and prevents secret of "The Scorpion" from falling into the wrong hands. Episodes: 1. Curse of the Scorpion 2. The guillotine 3. Time bomb 4. Death takes the wheel 5. The Scorpion strikes 6. Lens of death 7. Human targets 8. Boomerang 9. Dead man's trap 10. Doom ship 11. Valley of death 12. Captain Marvel's secret
Genres: Crime, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Title: Video tape reviewsAuthor: KLEPPER, Robert Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: StarBurst n198 February 1995 Page: 35
Title: Adventures of Captain MarvelArticle type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Short article on the video release
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v41 n490 November 1974 Pages: 259-260
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v41 n490 November 1974: no known title]Language: English
In: Those Enduring Matinee Idols v3 n1 Feb-Mar 1973 Pages: 298-304
Title: [Those Enduring Matinee Idols - v3 n1 Feb-Mar 1973: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v192 n10 5 Sep 1953 Page: 1983
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v192 n10 5 Sep 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v17 n193 Jan-Feb 1950 Page: 7
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v17 n193 Jan-Feb 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2229 19 Jan 1950
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2229 19 Jan 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v142 n10 8 Mar 1941
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v142 n10 8 Mar 1941: no known title]Language: English
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Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(28)
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Date: 1941 (Release)Country: USADirector: William Witney, John English
Synopsis: Superhuman, bullet-proof Captain Marvel overcomes innumerable dangers and prevents secret of "The Scorpion" from falling into the wrong hands. Episodes: 1. Curse of the Scorpion 2. The guillotine 3. Time bomb 4. Death takes the wheel 5. The Scorpion strikes 6. Lens of death 7. Human targets 8. Boomerang 9. Dead man's trap 10. Doom ship 11. Valley of death 12. Captain Marvel's secret
Genres: Crime, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Credits
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Production Company: Republic Pictures Corporation, Producer: Herbert J. Yates, Associate Producer: Hiram S. Brown Jr, Production Manager: Al Wilson, Script: Sol Shor, Script: Ronald Davidson, Script: Arch B. Heath, Script: Norman Shannon Hall, Script: Joseph Franklin Poland, Original comic strip character: Bill Parker, Charles Clarence Beck, Photography: William Nobles, Special Effects: Theodore Lydecker, Special Effects: Howard Lydecker, Editor: Edward Todd, Editor: William Thompson, Music composed and conducted: Cy Feuer, Stunts: Loren Riebe, Stunts: David Sharpe, Stunts: Ken Terrell
Cast
(24)
Tom Tyler (Captain Marvel), Frank Coghlan Jr (Bill Batson), Billy Benedict (Whitey), Louise Currie (Betty Wallace), Nigel De Brulier (Shazam), Reed Hadley (Rahman Bar), John Davison (Tal Chotali), Robert Strange (John Malcolm), Harry Worth (Professor Luther Bentley), George Pembroke (Dr. Stephen Lang), Peter George Lynn (Dwight Fisher), Bryant Washburn (Henry Carlyle), Kenne Duncan (Barnett), Stanley Price (Owens), Tetsu Komai (Chan Lai), Ernest Sarracino (Akbar), Leland Hodgson (Major Rawley), Carleton Young (Martin), John Bagni (Cowan), Jack Mulhall (James Howell), Ken Terrell (Hawks), Edward Cassidy (The Captain), Francis Sayles, Gerald Mohr (voice of The Scorpion)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(9)
In: Classic Images n274 April 1998 Pages: 36-38Title: Video tape reviewsAuthor: KLEPPER, Robert Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: StarBurst n198 February 1995 Page: 35
Title: Adventures of Captain MarvelArticle type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Short article on the video release
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v41 n490 November 1974 Pages: 259-260
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v41 n490 November 1974: no known title]Language: English
In: Those Enduring Matinee Idols v3 n1 Feb-Mar 1973 Pages: 298-304
Title: [Those Enduring Matinee Idols - v3 n1 Feb-Mar 1973: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v192 n10 5 Sep 1953 Page: 1983
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v192 n10 5 Sep 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v17 n193 Jan-Feb 1950 Page: 7
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v17 n193 Jan-Feb 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2229 19 Jan 1950
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2229 19 Jan 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v142 n10 8 Mar 1941
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v142 n10 8 Mar 1941: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(28)
Film materials(28)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-502021
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