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Cliffhanger Serials
 (All Genres)(1930's-1950's) 

See Separate lists  for "Universal", "Mascot/Republic" and " Columbia" serials
  
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1910
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Deutsche Vitaskop GmbH Arsene Lupin Contra
Sherlock Holmes 5 Paul Otto as Lupin and Viggo Larsen as Holmes German

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1912
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Edison Studios What Happened to Mary 12 Charles Brabin Mary Fuller

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1913
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Selig Polyscope Company
The Adventures of Kathlyn 13 Francis J. Grandon Kathlyn Williams
Edison Studios
Who Will Marry Mary? 6 Mary Fuller
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
Fantômas Louis Feuillade French
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1914
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Pathé
The Perils of Pauline 20 Damsel in distress Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie Pearl White First Pathé serial

Wharton Studio
The Exploits of Elaine 14 Damsel in distress George B. Seitz Pearl White


Kalem Company
The Hazards of Helen 119 Damsel in distress J.P. McGowan and James D. Davis Helen Holmes and Helen Gibson
119 chapters - At 23.8 hours, this is considered to be the longest serial ever made.
Each episode was about 12 minutes.

Edison Studios
The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies 12 Walter Edwin Mary Fuller
The Man Who Disappeared 12 Charles Brabin

Thanhouser Film Corporation
The Million Dollar Mystery 23 Howell Hansel
Zudora 20 Howell Hansel

Lubin Manufacturing Company
The Beloved Adventurer 15 Arthur V. Johnson

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1915
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Pathé & Wharton Studio
The New Exploits of Elaine 10 Damsel in distress Louis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton Pearl White
The Romance of Elaine 12 Damsel in distress George B. Seitz Pearl White

Balboa Amusement Producing Company
Neal of the Navy 14 Maritime William Bertram and W.M. Harvey
The Red Circle 14 Sherwood MacDonald Ruth Roland

American Film Company
The Diamond From the Sky 30 Adventure Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor
Relience Film Company
Runaway June 15 Oscar Eagle Norma Phillips
Kalem Company
The Ventures of Marguerite 16 Damsel in distress Robert Ellis, John Mackin and Hamilton Smith

Power Picture Plays
The Mysterious Lady Baffles and Detective Duck Comedy Allen Curtis
Lubin Manufacturing Company
Road o'Strife 15 Howell Hansel and John Ince
Signal Film Corporation
The Girl and the Game 15 Damsel in distress J.P. McGowan
Vitagraph Company of America
The Fates and Flora Fourflush 3 Wally Van
The Goddess 15 Ralph Ince
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
Les Vampires 10 Mystery Louis Feuillade French
L'X Noir French

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1916
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Wharton Studio
The Mysteries of Myra 15 Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton
The Grip of Evil 14 W.A.S. Douglas and Harry Harvey
The Iron Claw 20 George B. Seitz Pearl White

Wharton Studio/Hearst
Beatrice Fairfax 15 Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton

Astra Film Corporation/Pathé
Pearl of the Army 15 Damsel in distress Edward José Pearl White
The Shielding Shadow 15 Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie

Erbograph/Consolidated Film Company
The Crimson Stain Mystery 16 Horror T. Hayes Hunter

Kleine Productions Inc.
Gloria's Romance 20 Damsel in distress Colin Campbell and Walter Edwin

Metro Pictures Corporation
The Great Secret 18 Christy Cabanne

Deutsche Bioscop
Homunculus 6 Science fiction Otto Rippert German

Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
Judex 12 Louis Feuillade French

Niagara Film Studios
Perils of Our Girl Reporters 15 Damsel in distress George Terwilliger
American Film Company
The Sequel to the Diamond From the Sky 4 Edward Sloman
The Secret of the Submarine 15 George L. Sargent
The Scarlet Runner 12 William P.S. Earle and Wally Van

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company.
The Strange Case of Mary Page 15 J. Charles Haydon

Signal Film Corporation
The Yellow Menace 16 William Steiner
Lass of the Lumberlands 15 Western J.P. McGowan


Vitagraph Company of America
The Purple Mask 16 Francis Ford and Grace Cunard

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1917
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Astra Film Corporation/Pathé The Fatal Ring 20 George B. Seitz Pearl White
The Hidden Hand 15 James Vincent
The Mystery of the Double Cross 15 Louis J. Gasnier and William Parke
The Seven Pearls 15 Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie
Balboa Amusement Producing Company The Neglected Wife 15 William Bertram Ruth Roland
Wharton Studio/International Film Service Inc. Patria 15 Jacques Jaccard, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton
Signal Film Corporation The Lost Express 15 J.P. McGowan
The Railroad Raiders 15 J.P. McGowan
Monmouth Film Corporation Jimmie Dale Alias the Grey Seal 16 Mystery Harry McRae Webster
Paramount Pictures Who is Number One? 15 Mystery William Bertram

Vitagraph Company of America The Fighting Trail 15 Western William Duncan
The Secret Kingdom 15 Charles Brabin
Vengeance and the Woman 15 William Duncan and Laurence Trimble

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1918
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Astra Film Corporation/Pathé Hands Up! 15 Jungle Louis J. Gasnier and James W. Horne Ruth Roland
The House of Hate 20 Mystery George B. Seitz Pearl White
Western Photoplays Inc. The Wolves of Kultur 15 Joseph A. Golden
Jaxon Film Corporation A Daughter of Uncle Sam 12 James C. Morton
Wharton Studio The Eagle's Eye 20 George Lessey, Wellington A. Playter, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton
Rolfe Photoplays The Master Mystery 15 Mystery, Science fiction Harry Grossman and Burton L.
King Harry Houdini The studio's last production
Burston Films Inc. The Silent Mystery 15 Francis Ford

Universal Film Manufacturing Co. The Brass Bullet 18 Ben F. Wilson
Bull's Eye 18 James W. Horne
The Lion's Claw 18 Harry Harvey and Jacques Jaccard
Lure of the Circus 18 J.P. McGowan
The Red Glove 18 J.P. McGowan

Vitagraph Company of America A Fight for Millions 15 William Duncan
The Iron Test 15 Robert N. Bradbury and Paul Hurst
A Woman in the Web 15 Paul Hurst and David Smith

Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont Tih Minh Louis Feuillade French

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1919
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Astra Film Corporation/Pathé
The Adventures of Ruth 15 George Marshall Ruth Roland
Bound and Gagged 10 George B. Seitz
The Lightning Raider 15 George B. Seitz Pearl White
Terror of the Range 7 Western Stuart Paton
The Tiger's Trail Robert Ellis, Louis J. Gasnier and Paul Hurst Ruth Roland

George B. Seitz Productions
The Black Secret 15 George B. Seitz Pearl White

Western Photoplays Inc.
The Great Gamble 15 Joseph A. Golden

Oliver Films Inc.
The Carter Case 15 William F. Haddock and Donald MacKenzie

Great Western Film Producing Company
Elmo the Mighty 18 Henry MacRae

SLK Serial Corporation
The Fatal Fortune 15 Jungle Donald MacKenzie and Frank Wunderlee

National Film Corporation of America
Lightning Bryce 15 Western, Horror Paul Hurst

Wisteria Productions
The Lurking Peril 15 George Morgan

Burston Films Inc.
The Mystery of 13 15 Francis Ford

American Lifeograph Company
The Perils of Thunder Mountain 15 Robert N. Bradbury and W.J. Burman

Decla Bioscop AG
Die Spinnen 2 Fritz Lang German

Serico Producing Company Inc.
A Woman in Grey 15 Mystery James Vincent

Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
The Great Radium Mystery 18 Mystery Robert Broadwell and Robert F. Hill
The Lion Man 18 Jungle Albert Russell and Jack Wells
The Midnight Man 18 James W. Horne

Shamrock Photoplay Corporation
The Masked Rider 15 Western Aubrey M. Kennedy

Hallmark Pictures Corporation
The Trail of the Octopus 15 Mystery, Yellow Peril Duke Worne

Vitagraph Company of America
Man of Might 15 William Duncan and Clifford Smith
Smashing Barriers 15 William Duncan

Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
Barabbas Louis Feuillade French

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1920
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Allgood Pictures Corporation
The Whirlwind 15 Joseph A. Golden


Arrow Film Corporation
The Fatal Sign 14 Stuart Paton

Berwilla Film Corporation
Thunderbolt Jack 10 Western Francis Ford and Murdock MacQuarrie

Burston Films Inc.
The Hawk's Trail 15 W.S. Van Dyke

Canyon Pictures Corporation
Vanishing Trails 15 Western Leon De La Mothe

Fox Film Corporation
Fantômas 20 Edward Sedgwick
Bride 13 15 Richard Stanton

Frohman Amusement Corporation
The Invisible Ray 15 Science fiction Harry A. Pollard

George B. Seitz Productions
Velvet Fingers 15 George B. Seitz

Great Western Film Producing Corporation
Elmo the Fearless 18 J.P. McGowan

Grossman
The $1,000,000 Dollar Reward 15 Harry Grossman and George Lessey

Hallmark Pictures Corporation
The Evil Eye 15 J. Gordon Cooper and Wally Van
The Screaming Shadow 15 Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne

Holmes Producing Corporation
The Tiger Band 15 Gilbert P. Hamilton

National Film Corporation of America
The Son of Tarzan 15 Arthur J. Flaven and Harry Revier

Pathé & Astra Film Corporation
Daredevil Jack 15 W.S. Van Dyke
The Phantom Foe 15 Bertram Millhauser
Pirate Gold 10 Maritime George B. Seitz
The Third Eye 15 James W. Horne
Trailed By Three 15 Western Perry N. Vekroff

Pathé & Ruth Roland Serials
Ruth of the Rockies 15 Western George Marshall Ruth Roland

Select Pictures Corporation
The Branded Four 15 Duke Worne

Supreme Pictures Corporation
The Mystery Mind 15 Will S. Davis and Fred Sittenham

Torquay & Paignton Photoplay Productions
The Great London Mystery Horror mystery Charles Raymond British

Vitagraph Company of America
Hidden Dangers 15 William Bertram
The Invisible Hand 15 Western William Bowman
The Silent Avenger 15 William Duncan
The Veiled Mystery 15 Western William Bowman, Webster Cullison, Francis J. Grandon and Antonio Moreno

Warner Bros.
'The Lost City 15 Jungle E.A. Martin

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1921
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Arrow Film Corporation
The Blue Fox 15 Duke Worne
Nan of the North 15 Northern Duke Worne

Burston Films Inc.
The Great Reward 15 Francis Ford

Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
Parisette Louis Feuillade French

George B. Seitz Productions
Hurricane Hutch 15 George B. Seitz
The Sky Ranger 15 George B. Seitz

Kosmik
The Hope Diamond Mystery 15 Stuart Paton

Pathé
The Avenging Arrow 15 William Bowman and W.S. Van Dyke Ruth Roland
Double Adventure 15 W.S. Van Dyke

Photoplay Serial Company
Mysterious Pearl 15 Ben F. Wilson

Vitagraph Company of America
Breaking Through 15 Robert Ensminger
Fighting Fate 15 William Duncan
The Purple Riders 15 Western William Bertram

Warner Bros.
Miracles of the Jungle 15 Jungle James Conway and E.A. Martin

Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation
The Adventures of Tarzan 15 Jungle Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney

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1922
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George B. Seitz Productions
Go Get 'Em Hutch 15 George B. Seitz

Hal Roach Studios Inc. & Ruth Roland Serials
The Timber Queen 15 Fred Jackman Ruth Roland
White Eagle 15 Fred Jackman and W.S. Van Dyke Ruth Roland

Star Serial Corporation
Captain Kidd 15 Burton L. King and J.P. McGowan

Warner Bros.
A Dangerous Adventure 15 Jungle Jack L. Warner and Sam Warner

William N. Selig Productions
Jungle Goddess 15 Jungle James Conway

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1923
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Arrow Film Corporation
The Fighting Skipper 15 Maritime Francis Ford
The Santa Fe Trail 15 Western Ashton Dearholt and Robert Dillon

George B. Seitz Productions
Speed 15 George B. Seitz
Plunder 15 George B. Seitz Pearl White

Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Her Dangerous Path 10 Roy Clements
Haunted Valley 15 Mystery George Marshall Ruth Roland
Ruth Roland Serials Ruth of the Range 15 Ernest C. Ward, Frank Leon Smith and W.S. Van Dyke Ruth Roland

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1924
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Arrow Film Corporation
Riders of the Plains 15 Western Jacques Jaccard

Pathé
The Fortieth Door 10 George B. Seitz
Galloping Hoofs 10 Western George B. Seitz
Into the Net 10 George B. Seitz
Leatherstocking 10 Western George B. Seitz
Ten Scars Make a Man 10 William Parke
The Way of a Man 10 Western George B. Seitz

Rayart Pictures Corporation
Battling Brewster 15 Dell Henderson

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1925
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Adventure Pictures
Perils of the Wild 15 Maritime Francis Ford

J. Charles Davis Productions
The Mystery Box 10 Alan James
The Power God 15 Science fiction Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson

Pathé
The Green Archer 10 Mystery Spencer Gordon Bennet
The House Without a Key 10 Mystery Spencer Gordon Bennet
Idaho 10 Western Robert F. Hill
Sunken Silver 10 Spencer Gordon Bennet
Wild West 10 Western Robert F. Hill
Play Ball 10 Spencer Gordon Bennet

Rayart Pictures Corporation
The Flame Fighter 10 Robert Dillon
Secret Service Sanders 15 Duke Worne

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1926
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Goodwill Pictures
Officer 444 10 Francis Ford and Ben F. Wilson
The Radio Detective 10 William James Craft and William A. Crinley

Holmes Producing Corporation
Lightning Hutch 10 Charles Hutchison
The Mystery Pilot 10

Pathé
The Bar-C Mystery 10 Western Robert F. Hill
Casey of the Coast Guard 10 Maritime
The Fighting Marine 10 Spencer Gordon Bennet
Snowed In 10 Spencer Gordon Bennet

Rayart Pictures Corporation The Phantom Police 10 Robert Dillon
Scotty of the Scouts 10 Duke Worne
Trooper 77 10 Duke Worne

Sierra Pictures
Vanishing Millions 15 Alan James

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1927
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Hercules Film Productions
King of the Jungle 10 Jungle Webster Cullison

New-Cal Film Corporation
The Scarlet Brand 10 Neal Hart

Pathé
The Crimson Flash 10 Arch Heath
Hawk of the Hills 10 Western Spencer Gordon Bennet
The Masked Menace 10 Arch Heath
Melting Millions 10 Spencer Gordon Bennet
On Guard 10 Arch Heath

Rayart Pictures Corporation
Fighting For Fame 10 Duke Worne

Société des Cinéromans Belphégor
Henri Desfontaines French

Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation
Perils of the Jungle 10 Jungle Ray Taylor and Jack Nelson

William I. Pizor Productions
The Mansion of Mystery 10 Mystery Robert J. Horner

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1928
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Goodart
Pirates of the Pines 10 Maritime J.C. Cook

Pathé
Eagle of the Night 10 Aviation James F. Fulton
The Man Without a Face 10 Spencer Gordon Bennet
Mark of the Frog 10 Arch Heath
The Terrible People 10 Spencer Gordon Bennet
The Tiger's Shadow 10 Spencer Gordon Bennet
The Yellow Cameo 10 Spencer Gordon Bennet

Robert J. Horner
The Mystery Rider 10 Western Robert J. Horner
The Scarlet Arrow 10

Syndicate Pictures
The Chinatown Mystery 10 J.P. McGowan

Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation
The Mysterious Airman 10 Aviation Harry Revier

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1929
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Pathé
The Black Book 10 Spencer Gordon Bennet
The Fire Detective 10 Spencer Gordon Bennet
Queen of the Northwoods 10 Northern Spencer Gordon Bennet

Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation
Police Reporter 10 Jack Nelson

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1930
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Ben Wilson Productions
The Voice from the Sky 10 Science fiction Ben F. Wilson

Talking Picture Epics Inc.
Across the World with Mr & Mrs Martin Johnson Documentary James Leo Meehan
Hunting Tigers in India Documentary James Leo Meehan

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1931
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Metropolitan Pictures
The Sign of the Wolf 10 Western Forrest Sheldon and Harry S. Webb

Syndicate Pictures
The Mystery Trooper 10 Western Stuart Paton and Harry S. Webb

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1932
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RKO Radio Pictures (produced by Van Beuren Productions)
The Last Frontier 12 Western Spencer Gordon Bennet Lon Chaney, Jr. (as Creighton Chaney)

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1933
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Principal Pictures
Tarzan the Fearless (1933)(12 chapters) Jungle Robert F. Hill Buster Crabbe
The Return of Chandu (133)(12 chapters) Fantasy Ray Taylor Béla Lugosi

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1934
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Romance Productions Incorporated
Young Eagles (134) (12 chapters) Spencer Gordon Bennet Bobby Cox

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1935
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Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises
The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)(12 chapters) Jungle Edward A. Kull Herman Brix

Screen Attractions
Queen of the Jungle 12 Jungle Robert F. Hill Mary Kornman

Super Serial Productions Inc.
The Lost City (1935) (12 chapters) Science fiction Harry Revier Kane Richmond

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1936 Beginning of the Golden Age of Serials
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Stage & Screen Productions (Weiss Bros.) Custer's Last Stand (1936) 15 Western Elmer Clifton Rex Lease
Stage & Screen Productions (Weiss Bros.) The Clutching Hand (1936) 15 Mystery Albert Herman Jack Mulhall, Mae Busch
Stage & Screen Productions (Weiss Bros.) The Black Coin (1936) 15 Mystery Albert Herman Dave O'Brien

Victory Pictures (Sam Katzman)
Shadow of Chinatown (1936)(15 chapters) Mystery, Yellow peril Robert F. Hill Béla Lugosi, Herman Brix

Victory Pictures (Sam Katzman)
Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)(15 chapters) Crime Robert F. Hill Ralph Byrd Last independent American serial

Great Britain Instructional
The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt (1950 UK) Frank Cadman British; Last independent serial

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