THE ADVENTURES OF FRANK MERRIWELL
12 CHAPTER SERIAL
1936

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936) is a Universal movie serial based on the Frank Merriwell books by Gilbert Patten (under the name Burt L. Standish).The serial is set in 1936 instead of the 1890s as in the original stories. Universal combined several stories to make the serial.

PLOT:
Donald Briggs plays our clean living, college athlete hero who somehow gets into all kinds of adventures. In this serial version our hero gets called home when his mother is taken ill. However, it is just a ruse to get him home. In fact, she is being harassed by prowlers and she thinks they're after a ring that her husband left behind before disappearing two years earlier. The ring holds the key to a buried treasure and our intrepid hero with his gang of college chums go searching for it with these mysterious villains on their trail. During the course of the adventure, our hero Frank gets to show off his prowess in rowing, track and field, and boxing. Jean Rogers who played Dale Arden in the Flash Gordon serial is on hand as Frank's chaste girl friend and biggest fan.

CAST:
Donald Briggs ... Frank Merriwell
Jean Rogers ... Elsie Belwood
John 'Dusty' King ... Bruce Browning
Carla Laemmle ... Carla Rogers
House Peters Jr. ... House Peters
Herschel Mayall Jr. ... 'Hersh' Mayall
Wallace Reid Jr. ... Wally Reid
Edward Arnold Jr. ... Eddie Arnold
Bryant Washburn Jr. ... Bryant Washburn
Allan Hersholt ... Allen Hersholt
Carlyle Blackwell Jr. ... Carlyle Blackwell
Peter Gowland ... Peter Gowland
Sumner Getchell ... Harry, a pal
William P. Carleton ... Charles Merriwell
Ben Hewlett ... Daggett

CHAPTERS:
1. College Hero
2. The Death Plunge
3. Death at the Crossroads
4. Wreck of the Viking
5. Capsized in the Cataract
6. Descending Doom
7. Monster of the Deep
8. The Tragic Victory
9. Between Savage Foes
10. Imprisoned in a Dungeon
11. The Crash in the Chasm
12. The Winning Play

RUNNING TIME: 219 MIN