MASKED MARVEL (1943) Republic Archive Serial STILL KEY BOOK + MANUAL + 4x5s!

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MASKED MARVEL (1943) Republic Archive Serial STILL 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 an original Republic Serial Still Key Book with (4) 8 x 10" original action stills with printing on reverse. Also find (2) 1960s 8 x 10s of John Hagner Kery Art illustration.
Also included are (2) 4x5 Studio Prints.
Stills feature classic Republic Serial Damsel In Distress Bondage.
*Also included is a one-page, 3-hole punch Mini-
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 vintage material gathered to support 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:
William Forrest as Martin Crane
Louise Currie as Alice Hamilton
Johnny Arthur as Mura Sakima, Japanese saboteur
Rod Bacon as Jim Arnold
Richard Clarke as Frank Jeffers
Anthony Warde as 'Killer' Mace
David Bacon as Bob Barton/The Masked Marvel
Bill Healy as Terry Morton
Howard C. Hickman as Warren Hamilton
Tom Steele as the Masked Marvel (and two Sakima thugs, both of whom are quickly killed, uncredited)
Gayne Whitman as The Masked Marvel's voice (uncredited)
*HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
The Masked Marvel (1943) is a 12-chapter film serial created by Republic Pictures, who produced many other well-known serials. It was Republic's thirty-first serial, of the sixty-six they produced.
The Masked Marvel is really stuntman Tom Steele throughout the serial except in the very final shot, in which he removes his mask. The mask was directly molded from Steele's face. Despite this, Tom Steele was given no screen credit at all, even for the bit parts and stunts he performed in addition to the title role.[2] The voice of the Masked Marvel was dubbed in by radio actor Gayne Whitman, since Steele's natural voice was a light tenor, somewhat similar to Henry Fonda's, and did not record as particularly "tough". However, in Steele's most visible secondary role, as a murderous assassin, he disguises his voice, apparently believing that his natural voice would be used for Marvel. (wiki)
*STORYLINE:
In The Masked Marvel, a hero dressed in a business suit and a face mask fights the Japanese saboteur Sakima and his espionage organization. The hook of the story is that, in a reversal of the common serial "Masked Mystery Villain" stock character, the audience doesn't know who the hero is until the final reel—all the audience is told is that The Masked Marvel is one of a group of special investigators (the same plotline is used in the Republic serial The Lone Ranger).
(wiki)
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