| Production Company |
Title |
Chapters |
Genre |
Director |
Cast |
Notes |
| 1910 |
| Deutsche Vitaskop GmbH |
Arsene Lupin Contra Sherlock Holmes |
5 |
|
|
Paul Otto as Lupin and Viggo Larsen as Holmes |
 German |
| 1912 |
| Edison Studios |
What Happened to Mary? |
12 |
|
Charles Brabin |
Mary Fuller |
|
| 1913 |
| Selig Polyscope Company |
The Adventures of Kathlyn |
13 |
|
Francis J. Grandon |
Kathlyn Williams |
|
| Edison Studios |
Who Will Marry Mary? |
6 |
|
|
Mary Fuller |
|
| Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont |
Fantômas |
|
|
Louis Feuillade |
|
 French |
| 1914 |
| Pathé |
The Perils of Pauline |
20 |
Damsel in distress |
Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie |
Pearl White |
First Pathé serial |
| Wharton Studio |
The Exploits of Elaine |
14 |
Damsel in distress |
George B. Seitz |
Pearl White |
|
| Kalem Company |
The Hazards of Helen |
119 |
Damsel in distress |
J.P. McGowan and James D. Davis |
Helen Holmes and Helen Gibson |
119 chapters - At 23.8 hours, this is considered to be the longest serial ever made. Each episode was about 12 minutes. |
| Edison Studios |
The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies |
12 |
|
Walter Edwin |
Mary Fuller |
|
|
The Man Who Disappeared |
12 |
|
Charles Brabin |
|
|
| Thanhouser Film Corporation |
The Million Dollar Mystery |
23 |
|
Howell Hansel |
|
|
|
Zudora |
20 |
|
Howell Hansel |
|
|
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. |
Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery |
15 |
|
Francis Ford |
|
First Universal serial |
|
The Master Key |
15 |
|
Robert Z. Leonard |
|
|
| Universal Pictures |
The Trey o' Hearts |
15 |
|
Wilfred Lucas and Henry MacRae |
|
|
| Lubin Manufacturing Company |
The Beloved Adventurer |
15 |
|
Arthur V. Johnson |
|
|
| 1915 |
| Pathé & Wharton Studio |
The New Exploits of Elaine |
10 |
Damsel in distress |
Louis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton |
Pearl White |
|
|
The Romance of Elaine |
12 |
Damsel in distress |
George B. Seitz |
Pearl White |
|
| Balboa Amusement Producing Company |
Neal of the Navy |
14 |
Maritime |
William Bertram and W.M. Harvey |
|
|
|
The Red Circle |
14 |
|
Sherwood MacDonald |
Ruth Roland |
|
| American Film Company |
The Diamond From the Sky |
30 |
|
Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor |
|
|
| Relience Film Company |
Runaway June |
15 |
|
Oscar Eagle |
Norma Phillips |
|
|
| Kalem Company |
The Ventures of Marguerite |
16 |
Damsel in distress |
Robert Ellis, John Mackin and Hamilton Smith |
|
|
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. |
The Black Box |
15 |
|
Otis Turner |
|
|
|
The Broken Coin |
22 |
Mystery |
Francis Ford |
|
|
|
Graft |
20 |
|
George Lessey and Richard Stanton |
|
|
|
Under the Crescent |
6 |
|
Burton L. King |
|
|
| Power Picture Plays |
The Mysterious Lady Baffles and Detective Duck |
|
Comedy |
Allen Curtis |
|
|
| Lubin Manufacturing Company |
Road o'Strife |
15 |
|
Howell Hansel and John Ince |
|
|
| Signal Film Corporation |
The Girl and the Game |
15 |
Damsel in distress |
J.P. McGowan |
|
|
| Vitagraph Company of America |
The Fates and Flora Fourflush |
3 |
|
Wally Van |
|
|
|
The Goddess |
15 |
|
Ralph Ince |
|
|
| Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont |
Les Vampires |
10 |
Mystery |
Louis Feuillade |
|
French |
|
L'X Noir |
|
|
|
|
French |
| 1916 |
| Wharton Studio |
The Mysteries of Myra |
15 |
|
Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton |
|
|
|
The Grip of Evil |
14 |
|
W.A.S. Douglas and Harry Harvey |
|
|
|
The Iron Claw |
20 |
|
George B. Seitz |
Pearl White |
|
| Wharton Studio/Hearst |
Beatrice Fairfax |
15 |
|
Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton |
|
|
| Astra Film Corporation/Pathé |
Pearl of the Army |
15 |
Damsel in distress |
Edward José |
Pearl White |
|
|
The Shielding Shadow |
15 |
|
Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie |
|
|
| Erbograph/Consolidated Film Company |
The Crimson Stain Mystery |
16 |
Horror |
T. Hayes Hunter |
|
|
| Kleine Productions Inc. |
Gloria's Romance |
20 |
Damsel in distress |
Colin Campbell and Walter Edwin |
|
|
| Metro Pictures Corporation |
The Great Secret |
18 |
|
Christy Cabanne |
|
|
| Deutsche Bioscop |
Homunculus |
6 |
Science fiction |
Otto Rippert |
|
German |
| Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont |
Judex |
12 |
|
Louis Feuillade |
|
French |
| Niagara Film Studios |
Perils of Our Girl Reporters |
15 |
Damsel in distress |
George Terwilliger |
|
|
| American Film Company |
The Sequel to the Diamond From the Sky |
4 |
|
Edward Sloman |
|
|
|
The Secret of the Submarine |
15 |
|
George L. Sargent |
|
|
|
The Scarlet Runner |
12 |
|
William P.S. Earle and Wally Van |
|
|
| Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. |
The Strange Case of Mary Page |
15 |
|
J. Charles Haydon |
|
|
| Signal Film Corporation |
The Yellow Menace |
16 |
|
William Steiner |
|
|
|
Lass of the Lumberlands |
15 |
Western |
J.P. McGowan |
|
|
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. |
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring |
15 |
|
Francis Ford and Jacques Jaccard |
|
|
|
Liberty, A Daughter of the USA |
20 |
Western |
Henry MacRae |
|
|
| Vitagraph Company of America |
The Purple Mask |
16 |
|
Francis Ford and Grace Cunard |
|
|
| 1917 |
| Astra Film Corporation/Pathé |
The Fatal Ring |
20 |
|
George B. Seitz |
Pearl White |
|
|
The Hidden Hand |
15 |
|
James Vincent |
|
|
|
The Mystery of the Double Cross |
15 |
|
Louis J. Gasnier and William Parke |
|
|
|
The Seven Pearls |
15 |
|
Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie |
|
|
| Balboa Amusement Producing Company |
The Neglected Wife |
15 |
|
William Bertram |
Ruth Roland |
|
| Wharton Studio/International Film Service Inc. |
Patria |
15 |
|
Jacques Jaccard, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton |
|
|
| Signal Film Corporation |
The Lost Express |
15 |
|
J.P. McGowan |
|
|
|
The Railroad Raiders |
15 |
|
J.P. McGowan |
|
|
| Monmouth Film Corporation |
Jimmie Dale Alias the Grey Seal |
16 |
Mystery |
Harry McRae Webster |
|
|
| Paramount Pictures |
Who is Number One? |
15 |
Mystery |
William Bertram |
|
|
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. |
The Mystery Ship |
18 |
|
Henry MacRae |
|
|
|
The Red Ace |
16 |
|
Jacques Jaccard |
|
|
|
The Gray Ghost |
16 |
|
Stuart Paton |
|
|
|
Voice on the Wire |
15 |
|
Stuart Paton |
|
|
| Vitagraph Company of America |
The Fighting Trail |
15 |
Western |
William Duncan |
|
|
|
The Secret Kingdom |
15 |
|
Charles Brabin |
|
|
|
Vengeance and the Woman |
15 |
|
William Duncan and Laurence Trimble |
|
|
| 1918 |
| Astra Film Corporation/Pathé |
Hands Up! |
15 |
Jungle |
Louis J. Gasnier and James W. Horne |
Ruth Roland |
|
|
The House of Hate |
20 |
Mystery |
George B. Seitz |
Pearl White |
|
| Western Photoplays Inc. |
The Wolves of Kultur |
15 |
|
Joseph A. Golden |
|
|
| Jaxon Film Corporation |
A Daughter of Uncle Sam |
12 |
|
James C. Morton |
|
|
| Wharton Studio |
The Eagle's Eye |
20 |
|
George Lessey, Wellington A. Playter, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton |
|
|
| Rolfe Photoplays |
The Master Mystery |
15 |
Mystery, Science fiction |
Harry Grossman and Burton L. King |
Harry Houdini |
The studio's last production |
| Burston Films Inc. |
The Silent Mystery |
15 |
|
Francis Ford |
|
|
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. |
The Brass Bullet |
18 |
|
Ben F. Wilson |
|
|
|
Bull's Eye |
18 |
|
James W. Horne |
|
|
|
The Lion's Claw |
18 |
|
Harry Harvey and Jacques Jaccard |
|
|
|
Lure of the Circus |
18 |
|
J.P. McGowan |
|
|
|
The Red Glove |
18 |
|
J.P. McGowan |
|
|
| Vitagraph Company of America |
A Fight for Millions |
15 |
|
William Duncan |
|
|
|
The Iron Test |
15 |
|
Robert N. Bradbury and Paul Hurst |
|
|
|
A Woman in the Web |
15 |
|
Paul Hurst and David Smith |
|
|
| Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont |
Tih Minh |
|
|
Louis Feuillade |
|
French |
| 1919 |
| Astra Film Corporation/Pathé |
The Adventures of Ruth |
15 |
|
George Marshall |
Ruth Roland |
|
|
Bound and Gagged |
10 |
|
George B. Seitz |
|
|
|
The Lightning Raider |
15 |
|
George B. Seitz |
Pearl White |
|
|
Terror of the Range |
7 |
Western |
Stuart Paton |
|
|
|
The Tiger's Trail |
|
|
Robert Ellis, Louis J. Gasnier and Paul Hurst |
Ruth Roland |
|
| George B. Seitz Productions |
The Black Secret |
15 |
|
George B. Seitz |
Pearl White |
|
| Western Photoplays Inc. |
The Great Gamble |
15 |
|
Joseph A. Golden |
|
|
| Oliver Films Inc. |
The Carter Case |
15 |
|
William F. Haddock and Donald MacKenzie |
|
|
| Great Western Film Producing Company |
Elmo the Mighty |
18 |
|
Henry MacRae |
|
|
| SLK Serial Corporation |
The Fatal Fortune |
15 |
Jungle |
Donald MacKenzie and Frank Wunderlee |
|
|
| National Film Corporation of America |
Lightning Bryce |
15 |
Western, Horror |
Paul Hurst |
|
|
| Wisteria Productions |
The Lurking Peril |
15 |
|
George Morgan |
|
|
| Burston Films Inc. |
The Mystery of 13 |
15 |
|
Francis Ford |
|
|
| American Lifeograph Company |
The Perils of Thunder Mountain |
15 |
|
Robert N. Bradbury and W.J. Burman |
|
|
| Decla Bioscop AG |
Die Spinnen |
2 |
|
Fritz Lang |
|
German |
| Serico Producing Company Inc. |
A Woman in Grey |
15 |
Mystery |
James Vincent |
|
|
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. |
The Great Radium Mystery |
18 |
Mystery |
Robert Broadwell and Robert F. Hill |
|
|
|
The Lion Man |
18 |
Jungle |
Albert Russell and Jack Wells |
|
|
|
The Midnight Man |
18 |
|
James W. Horne |
|
|
| Shamrock Photoplay Corporation |
The Masked Rider |
15 |
Western |
Aubrey M. Kennedy |
|
|
| Hallmark Pictures Corporation |
The Trail of the Octopus |
15 |
Mystery, Yellow Peril |
Duke Worne |
|
|
| Vitagraph Company of America |
Man of Might |
15 |
|
William Duncan and Clifford Smith |
|
|
|
Smashing Barriers |
15 |
|
William Duncan |
|
|
| Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont |
Barabbas |
|
|
Louis Feuillade |
|
French |
| Production Company |
Title |
Chapters |
Genre |
Director |
Cast |
Notes |
| 1930 |
| Ben Wilson Productions |
The Voice from the Sky |
10 |
Science fiction |
Ben F. Wilson |
|
|
| Mascot Pictures |
The Lone Defender |
12 |
Western |
Richard Thorpe |
Rin Tin Tin |
|
| Talking Picture Epics Inc. |
Across the World with Mr & Mrs Martin Johnson |
|
Documentary |
James Leo Meehan |
|
|
|
Hunting Tigers in India |
|
Documentary |
James Leo Meehan |
|
|
| Universal Studios |
The Jade Box |
10 |
|
Ray Taylor |
|
|
|
The Lightning Express |
10 |
Western |
Henry MacRae |
|
|
|
Terry of the Times |
10 |
|
Henry MacRae |
|
|
|
The Indians are Coming |
12 |
Western |
Henry MacRae |
Tim McCoy |
First all-talking serial |
| 1931 |
| Mascot Pictures |
The Phantom of the West |
10 |
Western |
D. Ross Lederman |
Tom Tyler |
|
|
King of the Wild |
12 |
Jungle |
B. Reeves Eason and Richard Thorpe |
Boris Karloff |
|
|
The Vanishing Legion |
12 |
Western |
Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason |
|
|
|
The Galloping Ghost |
12 |
Western |
|
Harold "Red" Grange |
|
|
The Lightning Warrior |
12 |
Western |
Benjamin H. Kline and Armand Schaefer |
Rin Tin Tin |
|
| Metropolitan Pictures |
The Sign of the Wolf |
10 |
Western |
Forrest Sheldon and Harry S. Webb |
|
|
| Syndicate Pictures |
The Mystery Trooper |
10 |
Western |
Stuart Paton and Harry S. Webb |
|
|
| Universal Studios |
Finger Prints |
10 |
|
Ray Taylor |
|
|
|
Heroes of the Flames |
12 |
|
Robert F. Hill |
Tim McCoy |
|
|
Danger Island |
12 |
Jungle |
Ray Taylor |
|
|
|
Battling with Buffalo Bill |
12 |
Western |
Ray Taylor |
|
|
|
The Spell of the Circus |
12 |
|
Robert F. Hill |
|
|
| 1932 |
| Mascot Pictures |
The Shadow of the Eagle |
12 |
|
Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason |
John Wayne |
|
|
The Last of the Mohicans |
12 |
Western |
Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason |
Harry Carey |
|
|
The Hurricane Express |
12 |
|
J.P. McGowan and Armand Schaefer |
John Wayne |
|
|
The Devil Horse |
12 |
Western |
Otto Brower |
Harry Carey |
|
| RKO Radio Pictures (produced by Van Beuren Productions) |
The Last Frontier |
12 |
Western |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Lon Chaney, Jr. (as Creighton Chaney) |
|
| Universal Studios |
Detective Lloyd |
12 |
Crime |
Ray Taylor and Henry MacRae |
Jack Lloyd |
British cast and co-production, released in Europe as Lloyd of the C.I.D. |
|
The Airmail Mystery |
12 |
Aviation |
Ray Taylor |
James Flavin |
|
|
Heroes of the West |
12 |
Western |
Ray Taylor |
|
|
|
The Jungle Mystery |
12 |
Jungle |
Ray Taylor |
|
|
|
The Lost Special |
12 |
Western |
Henry MacRae |
|
|
| 1933 |
| Mascot Pictures |
The Whispering Shadow |
12 |
|
Colbert Clark and Albert Herman |
Béla Lugosi |
|
|
The Three Musketeers |
12 |
|
Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer |
John Wayne, Lon Chaney Jr. |
|
|
Fighting with Kit Carson |
12 |
Western |
Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer |
|
|
|
The Wolf Dog |
12 |
Western |
Colbert Clark and Harry L. Fraser |
Rin Tin Tin |
|
|
The Mystery Squadron |
12 |
Aviation |
Colbert Clark and David Howard |
Bob Steele |
|
| Principal Pictures |
Tarzan the Fearless |
12 |
Jungle |
Robert F. Hill |
Buster Crabbe |
|
|
The Return of Chandu |
12 |
Fantasy |
Ray Taylor |
Béla Lugosi |
|
| Universal Studios |
Clancy of the Mounted |
12 |
Northern |
Ray Taylor |
|
|
|
The Phantom of the Air |
12 |
Aviation |
Ray Taylor |
|
|
|
Gordon of Ghost City |
12 |
Western |
Ray Taylor |
Buck Jones |
|
| Universal Studios |
The Perils of Pauline |
12 |
Damsel in distress |
Ray Taylor |
Evelyn Knapp |
|
| 1934 |
| Mascot Pictures |
The Lost Jungle |
12 |
Jungle |
David Howard and Armand Schaefer |
Clyde Beatty |
|
|
Burn 'Em Up Barnes |
12 |
Sports |
Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer |
Jack Mulhall, Frankie Darro |
|
|
The Law of the Wild |
12 |
|
B. Reeves Eason and Armand Schaefer |
Rin Tin Tin |
|
|
Mystery Mountain |
12 |
Western |
Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason |
Ken Maynard, Gene Autry |
|
| Romance Productions Incorporated |
Young Eagles |
12 |
|
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Bobby Cox |
|
|
Pirate Treasure |
12 |
Maritime |
Ray Taylor |
Richard Talmadge |
|
|
The Vanishing Shadow |
12 |
Science fiction |
Lew Landers |
Onslow Stevens |
|
|
The Red Rider |
12 |
Western |
Lew Landers |
Buck Jones |
|
|
Tailspin Tommy |
12 |
Aviation |
Lew Landers |
Maurice Murphy |
|
| 1935 |
| Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises |
The New Adventures of Tarzan |
12 |
Jungle |
Edward A. Kull |
Herman Brix |
|
| Mascot Pictures |
The Phantom Empire |
12 |
Western, Science fiction |
Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason |
Gene Autry |
|
|
The Miracle Rider |
15 |
Western |
Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason |
Tom Mix |
|
|
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty |
12 |
|
B. Reeves Eason and Ford Beebe |
Rin Tin Tin. Rex, the Wonder Horse |
|
|
The Fighting Marines |
12 |
|
B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane |
Grant Withers, Adrian Morris |
Last Mascot serial - merged into Republic Pictures |
| Screen Attractions |
Queen of the Jungle |
12 |
Jungle |
Robert F. Hill |
Mary Kornman |
|
| Super Serial Productions Inc. |
The Lost City |
12 |
Science fiction |
Harry Revier |
Kane Richmond |
|
| Universal Studios |
Rustlers of Red Dog |
12 |
Western |
Lew Landers |
Johnny Mack Brown |
|
|
The Call of the Savage |
12 |
Jungle |
Lew Landers |
Noah Beery, Jr. |
|
|
The Roaring West |
12 |
Western |
Ray Taylor |
Buck Jones |
|
|
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery |
12 |
Aviation |
Ray Taylor |
Clark Williams |
|
1936
Beginning of the Golden Age of Serials[1] |
| Republic Pictures |
Darkest Africa |
15 |
Jungle |
B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane |
Clyde Beatty |
First Republic serial |
|
Undersea Kingdom |
12 |
Science fiction |
B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane |
Ray Corrigan |
|
|
The Vigilantes Are Coming |
12 |
Western |
Ray Taylor and Mack V. Wright |
Hoot Gibson |
|
|
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island |
14 |
Maritime |
Ray Taylor and Mack V. Wright |
Ray Mala |
|
| Stage & Screen Productions (Weiss Bros.) |
Custer's Last Stand |
15 |
Western |
Elmer Clifton |
Rex Lease |
|
| Stage & Screen Productions (Weiss Bros.) |
The Clutching Hand |
15 |
Mystery |
Albert Herman |
Jack Mulhall, Mae Busch |
