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The Phantom Empire
1935
Running Time:
Approximately 250 minutes
Released 2007
Gene Autry's first starring role on film was in the Science Fiction Western 12-part serial The Phantom Empire in 1935. It was a fantastic adventure with music, comedy, and action on the land, in the air and underground in the kingdom of Murania. To celebrate the Gene Autry Centennial in 2007, Gene Autry Entertainment and Image Entertainment added the serial chapters to the feature film DVD releases as a special bonus feature. The chapters are sourced from Gene Autry's personal film archive but are unrestored. We think they look rather swell and provide an entertaining viewing to both Science Fiction and Western film fans!
Synopsis:
Radio Ranch is a dude ranch resort owned by Tom Baxter and popular radio entertainer Gene Autry. Twenty thousand feet beneath the Ranch lies the super-scientific, highly-advanced kingdom of Murania which is rich in radium deposits and ruled by the beautiful Queen Tika. Gene's radio contract is such that he must broadcast daily from the ranch or he will lose it. Complications arise when a discredited scientist tries to steal the ranch from Gene for its radium and the Queen tries to protect her kingdom from the outside world by getting rid of Gene Autry and the Junior Thunder Riders.
The Phantom Empire is also known in edited form as Men With Steel Faces, Radio Ranch, and in the United Kingdom as Couldn't Possibly Happen.
Available Chapters on DVD
Actors/Artists: Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, Dorothy Christy, Wheeler Oakman, Charles K. French, Warner Richmond, Frank Glendon, Lester (Smiley) Burnette, William Moore, Edward Piel, Sr., Jack Carlyle, Champion
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Directors: Otto Brower and Breezy Eason
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Audio Format: Mono |
Screen Format: Full Frame
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Color: B&W |
Original Languages: English
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Other Languages: None |
Region Code: Region 1
(U.S. and Canada only)
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Running Time:
250 minutes |
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