Republic Pictures

Gulliver’s Travels (1939)

Gulliver’s Travels (1939)
Rating: ★★★★
Aug 3, 2001Animation/Land of Little People
The second animated film ever made, an adaptation of Jonathan Swift's novel (although only the first section in the miniature land of Lilliput). This comes with enormous visual invention
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Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 20, 2003Comic-Book Superhero/Serial
A twelve-chapter serial based on the comic-book superhero who these days is known as Shazam. Often regarded as one of the best of all serials, this has some decent action scenes and cliffhangers
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The Lady and the Monster (1944)

The Lady and the Monster (1944)
Rating: ★★★
Jan 21, 2016Evil Disembodied Brain/Mad Scientist Film
The first screen version of Donovan's Brain about a brain in a jar exerting mental control over a man's will. This has been considerably changed to become one of the era's mad scientist films
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Captain America (1944)

Captain America (1944)
Rating: ★★
Aug 30, 2013Comic-Book Superhero/Serial
Captain America's first screen appearance was this 15 chapter serial, although about the only common element with the comic is the costume. On the plus side, the action and cliffhangers are good, while Lionel Atwill chews scenery in grand style as the villain
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Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945)

Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945)
Rating: ★★★
May 10, 2009Serial/Resurrected Pirate Villain
A fifteen chapter serial about a villain who uses an atomic device to transform into a dead pirate captain. Filled with some wonderfully exciting action set-pieces and cliffhangers
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Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)

Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)
Rating: ★★
Jan 13, 2021Serial/Alien Invader
Twelve-chapter serial that offers one of the first ever depictions of an alien invader on screen. The results are oddly mundane in comparison to the onslaught of great 1950s alien invasion films that came only a couple of years later
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Radar Men from the Moon (1952)

Radar Men from the Moon (1952)
Rating: ★★
Feb 23, 2008Serial/Rocket Backpack Hero vs Alien Invaders
The second of the Rocket Man serials in which Commando Cody faces invaders from the Moon. This comes with the creative impoverishment of serials where the alien invaders are no more than regular gangsters.
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