![]() Jean Gregg believes they know more about the source of the gold than they are telling, and instructs his gang to abduct them and Jack at the gang's headquarters, an abandoned hotel in Ghost City. They exchange these at the trading post for money and supplies, which doubtless includes replacement window glass. They have been receiving pouches of gold nuggets, thrown through the window of their cabin by a mysterious friend. Elsewhere near Moosehead, two orphans, Helen (Blanche Mehaffey) and her younger brother Billy (Buzz Barton) live with their foster father, Chief Red Eagle (William Bertram). Jack goes to Moosehead, but is followed by a gangster, Mack (Charles King) who plots with Jean Gregg (Al Ferguson), trading post operator and leader of a smuggling ring, to get the half map. ![]() The story has Jack Logan (Robert Frazer) inheriting half a map from his uncle, who years earlier had quarreled with his partner over discovery of a lost Indian gold mine near Moosehead, somewhere in Canada. My "4-star" rating is mostly from finding that Grapevine's DVD was from the original version, and not an indication of the merits of the serial or of the transfer quality. While it has been called the worst serial ever made, such an honour depends on how "worst" is defined, and while certainly a top contender it helps illustrate how the "Poverty Row" producers dealt with making early sound films. Douglas, with continuity and dialogue by Carl Krusada. ![]() Webb, under the "Wonder Serials" name, directed by Stuart Paton and released by Syndicate Pictures. ![]() "The Mystery Trooper" is a 10 chapter serial produced in 1931 by Harry S. ![]()
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