VHS : Crimson Ghost - 12 Episodes
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Rating: - "The Crimson Ghost (1946) ... Linda Stirling & Clayton Moore ... Republic Serial"
Republic Pictures present "THE CRIMSON GHOST" (1946) (164 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- is a 12-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Linda Stirling and Clayton Moore, relive those thrilling days week after week venue brought you to the theater, as you were mesmerized in your seat waiting for the final chapter ... exciting action within 12 episodes from one of my favorite Republic Serials, as an evil mastermind known as "The Crimson Ghost" is playing havoc to short circuit all electrical ... Read More
Rating:  - Both Sides Are Bad Shots
This is the first serial William Witney directed at Republic without his usual associate John English. Witney was just back from WWII, and English had gone on to other things, so Fred Brannon entered the picture. Brannon had been at Republic just a year (his first serial was "The Purple Monster Strikes"). His career at Republic consisted of 8 serials and 10 westerns from 1945 to 1953, ended by his death just short of his 52nd birthday.
After WWII anything "atomic" was very popular, thus the ... Read More
Rating: - Influential, Sometimes Imaginative, Sometimes Pokey
Created in 1946, THE CRIMSON GHOST was among the last of the major serials created by Republic Studios. Like most serials, it has a formula plot that tends to be uneven from episode to episode, but in many respects GHOST would prove not only entertaining but quite influential as well.
The plot concerns a scientist that has developed a machine capable of neutralizing electricity. The "cyclotrode" is quickly targeted by a master criminal known as "the Crimson Ghost," an entity that hides behind ... Read More
Rating:  - Best of Old Republic Serials
This was the best of the old Republic Serials. Even younger audiences will enjoy this timeless classic. I wish it would come out on DVD.
Rating: - To color or not to color?
The Crimson Ghost is a great serial, with plenty of car chases, weird science and classic Republic fight scenes with lots of broken furniture. I like the color version but wish it had not been edited.
It seems like colorizing companies always cut and chop the movies they colorize, maybe to try and get the copyright by
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