Professor Davidson plans an expedition to find the Lost City of Zoloz. The location of the city is contained on seven pieces of ivory, three of which Davidson already possesses. Doctor Bremmer, however, intends to find the lost city and use it as a secret airbase for his unnamed country. To remove him as an obstacle, he kills The Phantom, only for his recently returned son, Geoffrey Prescott, to inherit the family identity and take over the mantle of The Phantom [...] <br /> <br />Details: <br />*************** <br />Serial: The Phantom <br />Chapter: 01 <br />Title: The Sign Of The Skull <br />Runtime: 28min 22sec <br /> <br />Directed by: B. Reeves Eason <br />Produced by: Rudolph C. Flothow <br />Written by: Morgan Cox, Victor McLeod, Leslie Swabacker, Sherman L. Lowe, Lee Falk (character), Ray Moore (character) <br />Based on: The Phantom (Comic strip by Lee Falk) <br />Starring: Tom Tyler, Jeanne Bates, Kenneth MacDonald, Ace the Wonder Dog <br />Narrated by: Knox Manning <br />Music by: Lee Zahler <br />Cinematography: James S. Brown Jr. <br />Edited by: Henry Adams, Dwight Caldwell <br />Distributed by: Columbia Pictures <br />Release date: December 24, 1943 <br />Running time: 15 chapters (299 min) <br />Color: Black and white <br />Country: United States <br />Language: English <br /> <br />Cast: <br />*************** <br />Tom Tyler as The Phantom/Geoffrey Prescott, The Ghost Who Walks. <br />Jeanne Bates as Diana Palmer <br />Kenneth MacDonald as Dr. Max Bremmer <br />Joe Devlin as Singapore Smith <br />Frank Shannon as Professor Davidson <br />Guy Kingsford as Byron Anderson <br />Wade Crosby as Long <br />John Bagni as Moku <br />Sol Gorss as Andy Kriss <br />Stanley Price as Chief Chota (uncredited) <br />Dick Curtis as Tartar Leader (uncredited) <br />Early Cantrell as Ruby Dawn aka The Fire Princess (uncredited) <br />Jay Silverheels as Astari Warrior (uncredited) <br />Sam Flint as Phantom XX, Geoffrey Prescott's Father (uncredited) <br />Ace the Wonder Dog as Devil <br /> <br /> <br />More: <br />*************** <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_(serial) <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_(comics) <br /> <br /> <br />***************
