Ace Drummond (serial)

Infobox Film
name = Ace Drummond


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caption = Film poster for Chapter 8 of "Ace Drummond"
director = Ford Beebe
Clifford Smith
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writer =
narrator =
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music =
cinematography =
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distributor = Universal Pictures
released = 1936
runtime = 15 chapters (258 min)
country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:702
imdb_id = 0027254

"Ace Drummond" is a 1936 film serial based on the Ace Drummond comic strip drawn by Clayton Knight and written by Eddie Rickenbacker. It featured aviator Ace Drummond and his adventures around the world.

Production

Ace Drummond was based on comic strip by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 17
chapter = 2. The Perils of Success ]

Ace Drummond gained good publicity following a set visit by Amelia Earhart. The famous aviatrix had driven out to the San Fernando Valley, after hearing that the serial was being shot there on location, where she watched the filming of the chapter two cliffhanger.cite book
last = Harmon
first = Jim
coauthors= Donald F. Glut
authorlink = Jim Harmon
title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
origyear = 1973
publisher = Routledge
isbn = 9780713000979
pages = pp. 149, 151
chapter = 7. The Aviators "Land That Plane at Once, You Crazy Fool" ]

In the traditional foreword at the beginning of each chapter, Ace Drummond used comic strips to summarise the story so far. This worked well and Universal, who had been trying to get away from using written text in its forewords, used "similar gimmicks" in their succeeding serials. [cite book
last = Stedman
first = Raymond William
title = Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment
origyear = 1971
publisher = University of Oklahoma Press
isbn = 9780806109275
pages = pp. 138
chapter = 5. Shazam and Good-by ]

Critical reception

In the words of Cline, Ace Drummond "exuded the futuristic aura of Flash Gordon combined with the eerie mystery of Baron Frankenstein's castle laboratory." [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 32
chapter = 3. The Six Faces of Adventure ]

Chapter titles

# Where East Meets West
# The Invisible Enemy
# The Doorway of Doom
# The Radio Riddle
# Bullets of Sand
# Evil Spirits
# The Trackless Trail
# The Sign in the Sky
# Secret Service
# The Mountain of Jade
# The Dragon Commands
# The Squadron of Death
# The World's Akin_Source: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 215-216
chapter = Filmography ]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0027254|title=Ace Drummond
* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Afeature_films%20AND%20firstTitle%3AA%20AND%20subject%3A%22Ace%20Drummond%22 Complete serial in public domain MPEG format]

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title=Universal Serial
before=The Phantom Rider (1936)
years=Ace Drummond (1936)
after=Jungle Jim (1936)