Mandrake the Magician (1939) Serial

Crafty underworld leader The Wasp will stop at nothing to steal Professor Houston’s radium-energy machine. The Wasp wreaks havoc on such sites as a radio station, a dam, and a power plant in his attempts to get the invention, but luckily master Magician Mandrake is there every step of the way to right the wrongs. The star of Colorful King Features newspaper comic strip, brought to life by Columbia Pictures in 1939 in twelve adventurous episodes.

Warren Hull

1939, B&W, 215 minutes