The Mystery Squadron
by Colbert Clark, David Howard
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Actor: Bob Steele, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, J. Carrol Naish, Lucile Browne, Purnell PrattDirector: Colbert Clark, David Howard
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, Mono, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 220 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Alpha Video
Movie Reviews of The Mystery Squadron
Movie Review: AERIAL SERIAL
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoy some of the old 30s & 40s serial low budget productions but one of the problems is to find decent prints. Since most all of them are and have been public domain access to them has been better than ever but the caveat is to be careful or not get upset with a bad print now and then. I make sure I dont spend all that much and hope for surprises.
Although there are some great remastered products out there they tend to be a little more to far more expensive and some have up to date interviews and all kinds of 'special features' which may or may not be interesting. Alpha, Mill Creek seem to offer the mass market bare bones approach and give super access to all kinds of interesting stuff that was , I guess, the precursor to today's TV programming.
Mystery Squadron is a particularly early one from 1933 and it is like a visit to a whole alien world. I guess it was advanced for its day with some great aerial combat simulations, some models too , no doubt, but the hi tech bi planes doing aerobatics was good. The quality of sound and picture was pretty good through out as well. This was a very reasonable cost for 12 episodes and the cost per episode was probably 10x the cost of the Sat nickle double feature and a great bargain today. I resist watching too much at once, this one would have been tough to get through in one sitting anyway nearly 4hrs of cliffhangers and action.
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