Before he was "The Duke", he was the hottest new action lead in Hollywood.
Rediscover his energy, charisma and raw talent in three terrific cliff-hanger
serials that thrilled matinee audiences in the golden age of cinema.
John Wayne "The Early Years" Includes:
The Hurricane Express (12 episodes)
This Mascot movie serial stars John Wayne as Larry Baker, a commercial pilot
and son of a railroad engineer. When his father's train is derailed causing his
death, Baker sets out to track down "The Wrecker", a mysterious figure who has
been sabotaging the L & R Railroad. Assisting Baker on his quest for justice is
Gloria Martin (Shirley Grey), the daughter of a man wrongly accused of the
crimes and who is looking to clear her father's name.
Episodes: (1) The Wrecker * (2) Flying Pirates * (3) The Masked Menace * (4)
Buried Alive * (5) Danger Lights * (6) The Airport Mystery * (7) Sealed Lips *
(8) Outside the Law * (9) The Invisible Enemy * (10) The Wrecker's Secret * (11)
Wings of Death * (12) Unmasked
Shadow of the Eagle (12 episodes)
The board of directors of an aircraft company has been receiving threats via
skywriting from a mysterious figure known only as "The Eagle". The owner of a
traveling carnival, with a grudge against the company, is suspected of being the
criminal. When strange circumstances begin to befall the aircraft company and
the carnival, the carnival owner's disappearance springs the carnival's stunt
pilot and his girlfriend, the carnival owner's daughter, into action to find him
and prove his innocence.
Episodes: (1) The Carnival Mystery * (2) Pinholes * (3) The Eagle Strikes *
(4) The Man of a Million Voices * (5) The Telephone Cipher * (6) The Code of the
Carnival * (7) Eagle or Vulture? * (8) On the Spot * (9) When Thieves Fall Out *
(10) The Man Who Knew * (11) The Eagle's Wings * (12) The Shadow Unmasked
The Three Musketeers (12 episodes)
This modern take on the classic Alexander Dumas tale has three Foreign
Legionnaires, the last of their squad, about to be wiped out by a band of
marauding Arabs, only to be rescued by a pilot. The four men join forces in
order to combat the efforts of El Shaitan, "The Devil of the Desert", who plans
to destroy the Foreign Legion presence in the region and assume control of all
the Middle East.
Episodes: (1) The Fiery Circle * (2) One for All and All for One * (3) The
Master Spy * (4) Pirates of the Desert * (5) Rebel Rifles * (6) Death's Marathon
* (7) Naked Steel * (8) The Master Strikes * (9) The Fatal Cave * (10) Trapped *
(11) The Measure of a Man * (12) The Glory of Comrades
John Wayne "The Early Years" - 3 DVD Set (DVD Movie)
