Tim Tyler's Luck (serial)

Tim Tyler's Luck

Directed by	Ford Beebe Wyndham Gittens
Produced by	Henry MacRae Elmer Tambert (associate)
Written by	Wyndham Gittens Norman S. Hall Ray Trampe Lyman Young
Starring	Frankie Thomas Frances Robinson Jack Mulhall Al Shean Norman Willis
Music by	William Schiller Clifford Vaughan
Cinematography	Jerome Ash
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind (supervisor) Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	December 27, 1937 (1937-12-27)
Running time	12 chapters (212 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Tim Tyler's Luck (1937) is a Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Tim Tyler's Luck.

Plot

Tim Tyler stows away on a ship bound for Africa to find his father, Professor James Tyler. He meets, and is joined by, Lora Lacey, who is chasing the criminal "Spider" Webb, the man responsible for framing her brother.

Cast

Frankie Thomas as Tim Tyler
Frances Robinson as Lora Lacey, posing as Lora Graham
Jack Mulhall as Sargeant Gates
Al Shean as Professor James Tyler, Tim's father
Norman Willis as "Spider" Webb
Anthony Warde as Garry Drake
Earl Douglas as Jules Lazarre
William 'Billy' Benedict as Spud
Frank Mayo as Jim Conway
Alan Gregg as Brent, one of Spider's henchman
Stanley Blystone as Captain Clark
Everett Brown as Mogu, Spider's native henchman
Skippy as Ju Ju, the Chimp

Critical reception

Stedman considers this to be perhaps the best of Universal's "Jungle Thrillers." Tim Tyler's Luck has good direction and convincing performances. The serial has quiet moments balancing the action, which was rare for a serial. The characterization is more nuanced then "might have been expected in an action serial".^[1]

Chapter titles

Jungle Pirates
Dead Man's Pass
Into the Lions' Den
The Ivory Trail
Trapped in the Quicksands
The Jaws of the Jungle
The King of the Gorillas
The Spider Caught
The Gates of Doom
A Race for a Fortune
No Man's Land
The Kimberley Diamonds

_Source:^[2]

DVD release

All 12 chapters were released on a single DVD on February 28, 2006 with special features including a 2005 interview with Frankie Thomas, bios, the original theatrical trailer, and bonus classic cliffhanger trailers.

References

↑ Stedman, Raymond William (1971). "4. Perilous Saturdays". Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8061-0927-5.
↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 219. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

Tim Tyler's Luck at the Internet Movie Database
Tim Tyler's Luck at AllMovie

Preceded by Radio Patrol (1937)	Universal Serial Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)	Succeeded by Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in Eighteen Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West The Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

Film serials List of film serials List of film serials by studio

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