MANHUNT OF MYSTERY ISLAND 1941 Repub. Archive Serial KEY BOOK+STILL MANUAL+4x5s!

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MANHUNT OF MYSTERY ISLAND (1941) Republic Archive Serial KEY BOOK + STILL MANUAL + 4x5s +COA!
*Guaranteed Vintage and Original ~ Comes with COA from the Museum of Mom and Pop Culture!
*This lot is for a Republic Archive Key Book containing (7) 8 x 10" original action stills with archival linen striping at left and mounted in a Wilson-Jones brown stiff board binder.
The first 3 stills have paper captions on reverse.
Stills feature classic Linda Stirling Damsel In Distress Bondage. Binder has original label on cover.
*Also included are (3) scarce image 4 x 5" contact prints (or even
print downs from 8 x 10" negatives). Lot also features an original Old-Style, Mini-Fold Out Pressbook Still Manual, Republic's inventive pint-size promotional piece for their serials.
*These pieces are from a recent discovery of scarce material from what appears to have been Republic's entry into the television market in the 1950s-1960s. See more of this great material in our companion auctions and in the weeks to come.
*Overall Condition: Excellent!
*STARS:
Richard Bailey as Lance Reardon, a private detective
Linda Stirling as Claire Forrest, daughter of Professor Forrest
Roy Barcroft as Higgins/ Captain Mephisto
*HISTORICAL CONTEXT: Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945) is a Republic Movie serial. It was the thirty-sixth serial produced by Republic (of a total of sixty-six) and the first released in 1945.
It is the penultimate 15-chapter serial to be released by the studio. The year 1945, the end of the Golden Age of Serials, was the last in which Republic released any 15-chapter serials, the remainder being either 12 or 13 chapters in length.
In 1966 footage from the serial was edited together into the 100-minute film Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine.
Three of the serial's cliffhanger gags / set pieces are copied in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
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*STORYLINE:
A breakthrough scientific device will revolutionize the world's energy usage if the kidnapped creator can be found. To rescue her father, Claire Forrest enlists the help of private detective, Lance Reardon. Clues lead them to a remote Pacific isle known only as Mystery Island, where the two confront sinister and astonishing forces. The descendants of a long-dead pirate, Captain Mephisto are holding the scientist for their own gain. Worst of all, one of the heirs possesses a Transformation Machine with the impossible ability of changing him into the molecular duplicate of his ancestor, Mephisto.
**PLEASE NOTE: COLOR ONE-SHEET POSTER NOT INCLUDED IN LOT - IMAGE SHOWN FOR VISUAL REFERENCE ONLY - THANKS!
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