Haunted Harbor
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Haunted Harbor is a Republic
Movie serial, based on the novel by Ewart Adamson
.
(writing as Dayle Douglas).
The serial was budgeted at $170,099 although the final negative cost
was $207,856 (a $37,757, or 22.2%, overspend).
It was filmed between 14 April and 18 May 1944. The serial's production number was 1395.
No other Jungle serial was released by Republic for nine years after Haunted Harbor.
This was the last serial
adaptation
made by Republic
.
This was writer
Ronald Davidson
's first time as a film producer
. His first writing credit is the 1937
Republic
serial The Painted Stallion
.
The serial was re-released on 26 September 1951, under the new title Pirates' Harbor, between the first runs of Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion and Radar Men from the Moon
. It began a pattern of re-releasing an old serial between every new release, which lasted until Republic's last new serial was released in 1955. Three years of purely re-releases then followed.
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Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....
Movie serial, based on the novel by Ewart Adamson
Ewart Adamson
Ewart Adamson was a Scottish screenwriter. He wrote for 122 films between 1922 and 1944.He was born in Dundee, Scotland, and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* Flaming Fury...
.
Cast
- Kane RichmondKane RichmondKane Richmond was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, mostly appearing in cliffhangers and serials...
as Jim Marsden - Kay AldridgeKay AldridgeKay Aldridge was an American model and actress. She is best known for playing feisty and frequently-imperiled heroines in black and white serials during the 1940s.-Life and work:...
as Patricia Harding - Roy BarcroftRoy BarcroftRoy Barcroft was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. Noted film critic Leonard Maltin acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one bad guy".-Early life:...
as Carter (AKA Kane) - Clancy CooperClancy CooperClancy Cooper was an American actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1938 and 1962.He was born in Boise, Idaho and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* The Secret Code...
as Yank - Marshall J. ReedMarshall Reed----Marshall Reed was an American supporting actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1943 and 1978. He was born in Englewood, Colorado.-Career:...
as Tommy - Oscar O'SheaOscar O'SheaOscar O'Shea was a Canadian-American character actor with over 100 film appearances from 1937 to 1953.- Partial filmography :* Captains Courageous * Double Wedding...
as John Galbraith - Forrest Taylor as Dr Oliver Harding
- Hal Taliaferro as Lawson
Production
Haunted Harbor was based on a novel by Ewart AdamsonEwart Adamson
Ewart Adamson was a Scottish screenwriter. He wrote for 122 films between 1922 and 1944.He was born in Dundee, Scotland, and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* Flaming Fury...
(writing as Dayle Douglas).
The serial was budgeted at $170,099 although the final negative cost
Negative cost
Negative cost is the cost of actually producing and shooting a film. It does not include such costs as distribution and promotion.Low-budget movies, for example The Blair Witch Project, can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.The term comes from the costs up to the...
was $207,856 (a $37,757, or 22.2%, overspend).
It was filmed between 14 April and 18 May 1944. The serial's production number was 1395.
No other Jungle serial was released by Republic for nine years after Haunted Harbor.
This was the last serial
Serial (film)
Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials, Film serials or Chapter plays, were short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film. They were related to pulp magazine serialized fiction...
adaptation
Film adaptation
Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. It is a type of derivative work.A common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a feature film, but film adaptation includes the use of non-fiction , autobiography, comic book, scripture, plays, and even...
made by Republic
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....
.
This was writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
Ronald Davidson
Ronald Davidson
Ronald Davidson was an American screenwriter. He was born in Arizona and died in San Diego, California.Ronald Davidson started his career as a short story writer and in 1943 was appointed as story editor for Republic Studios movie serials and some feature films...
's first time as a film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
. His first writing credit is the 1937
1937 in film
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.- Events :*April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US....
Republic
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....
serial The Painted Stallion
The Painted Stallion
The Painted Stallion is a 1937 Republic Movie serial. It was the sixth Republic serial of the sixty-six made by that company. Western serials such as this made up a third of the serials from Republic, a studio that was also heavily involved in making B-Western feature films at the time.This...
.
Theatrical
Haunted Harbors official release date is 26 August 1944, although this is actually the date the seventh chapter was made available to film exchanges.The serial was re-released on 26 September 1951, under the new title Pirates' Harbor, between the first runs of Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion and Radar Men from the Moon
Radar Men from the Moon
Radar Men from the Moon is the first Commando Cody serial, in 12 chapters, starring newcomer George Wallace as Cody and Aline Towne as his sidekick Joan Gilbert, with serial veteran Roy Barcroft as the evil Retik, the Ruler of the Moon. The director was Fred C...
. It began a pattern of re-releasing an old serial between every new release, which lasted until Republic's last new serial was released in 1955. Three years of purely re-releases then followed.
Critical reception
Cline writes that this "jungle-horror-mystery-sea-story" includes all of the "cliffhanging tricks Republic could muster."Chapter titles
- Wanted for Murder (25min 1s)
- Flight to Danger (15min 33s)
- Ladder of Death (15min 33s)
- The Unknown Assassin (15min 33s)
- Harbor of Horror (15min 33s)
- Return of the Fugitive (15min 32s)
- Journey into Peril (15min 34s)
- Wings of Doom (15min 33s)
- Death's Door (15min 33s)
- Crimson Sacrifice (15min 33s)
- Jungle Jeopardy (15min 33s)
- Fire Trap (15min 34s)
- Monsters of the Deep (15min 34s)
- High Voltage (15min 34s)
- Crucible of Justice (15min 33s)
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